With 0.88 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.45 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $9.505 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $9.21. The 52-week range on HTBK shows that it touched its highest point at $11.27 and its lowest point at $8.09 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $11.00. With its current market cap of 569.76 million, HTBK has annualized dividend of $0.52 while the current yield stands at 5.62%. HTBK paid its most recent dividend on 1746662400, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1754524800. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.82.
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 HTBK was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -6.47%, but this was down by -9.67% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 2.32% while six-month performance fell -3.85%. The stock lost -1.39% in the past year, while it has lost -12.49% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HTBK yields 0.64 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.87. For the next quarter, that number is 0.21. This implies an EPS growth rate of 7.58% for this year and 23.10% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 61.45 million HTBK shares are outstanding with a float of 59.06 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-07-15, short shares totaled 0.82 million, which was 133.00001 higher than short shares on 1749772800. In addition to Mr. Robertson Jones Jr. as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Thomas A. Sa CPA serves as its Executive VP & COO.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for HTBK since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 HTBK analysts setting a high price target of 11.0 and a low target of 11.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 11.0. Based on these targets, HTBK could surge 18.92% to reach the target high and rise by 18.92% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 18.92% 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 $0.68 being high and $0.64 being low. For HTBK, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.66. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was $0.18. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.23 and the low estimate is $0.2. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.21.
