Zacks Research Issues Negative Estimate for Hilltop Earnings

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) – Zacks Research reduced their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Hilltop in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, February 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings of $0.39 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.42. The consensus estimate for Hilltop’s current full-year earnings is $1.51 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Hilltop’s FY2027 earnings at $1.94 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on HTH. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their price objective on Hilltop from $35.00 to $34.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Raymond James lowered shares of Hilltop from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and three have issued a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Hilltop has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $34.00.

Hilltop Stock Down 0.4 %

NYSE:HTH opened at $31.01 on Monday. Hilltop has a 52 week low of $26.67 and a 52 week high of $35.32. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $29.69 and its two-hundred day moving average is $31.03. The company has a market capitalization of $2.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.82 and a beta of 1.14.

Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The financial services provider reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.27. Hilltop had a net margin of 7.04% and a return on equity of 5.18%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Hilltop by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,383,034 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $154,116,000 after buying an additional 32,605 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Hilltop by 4.4% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,568,227 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $82,594,000 after acquiring an additional 107,348 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Hilltop by 1.7% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,056,739 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $33,991,000 after acquiring an additional 17,477 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Hilltop by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 826,187 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $23,654,000 after purchasing an additional 32,127 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in Hilltop by 85.4% during the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 797,987 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $22,846,000 after purchasing an additional 367,564 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 57.13% of the company’s stock.

Hilltop Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is a positive change from Hilltop’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.17. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.32%. Hilltop’s dividend payout ratio is 41.38%.

Hilltop Company Profile

Hilltop Holdings Inc provides business and consumer banking services. It operates through three segments: Banking, Broker-Dealer, and Mortgage Origination. The Banking segment offers savings, checking, interest-bearing checking, and money market accounts; certificates of deposit; lines and letters of credit, home improvement and equity loans, loans for purchasing and carrying securities, term, agricultural and commercial real estate, equipment loans, and other lending products; and mortgage, commercial and industrial loans, and term and construction finance.