With 0.79 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.69 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $61.32 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $60.285. The 52-week range on HWC shows that it touched its highest point at $62.40 and its lowest point at $43.90 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $69.11. With its current market cap of 5.18 billion, HWC has annualized dividend of $1.70 while the current yield stands at 2.81%. HWC paid its most recent dividend on 1749081600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1749081600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.13.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of HWC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.45%, but this was up by 7.78% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 19.04% while six-month performance rose 1.32%. The stock gained 10.58% in the past year, while it has gained 9.22% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HWC yields 5.43 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.00. For the next quarter, that number is 1.43. This implies an EPS growth rate of 7.07% for this year and 6.16% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 9.61% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 7.29%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 85.35 million HWC shares are outstanding with a float of 84.60 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-06-30, short shares totaled 3.64 million, which was 425.0 higher than short shares on 1748563200. In addition to Mr. John M. Hairston as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Michael M. Achary CPA serves as its Senior EVP, CFO & Principal Accounting Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.90060997 of HWC’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for HWC since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With HWC analysts setting a high price target of 70.0 and a low target of 62.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 65.125. Based on these targets, HWC could surge 15.68% to reach the target high and rise by 2.46% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 7.63% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $5.26147 being high and $5.13119 being low. For HWC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.20134. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.47 and the low estimate is $1.33. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.39.
