Zacks Research Weighs in on Hilltop's Q1 Earnings (NYSE:HTH)

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH - Free Report) - Zacks Research cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Hilltop in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, November 21st. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings of $0.29 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.30. The consensus estimate for Hilltop's current full-year earnings is $1.49 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Hilltop's Q2 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS and Q3 2025 earnings at $0.46 EPS.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the company. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their price objective on Hilltop from $33.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a report on Monday, July 29th. StockNews.com raised Hilltop from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, October 10th. Finally, Stephens upped their price objective on Hilltop from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 30th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Hilltop currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $34.50.

Hilltop Stock Up 1.2 %

Shares of HTH stock traded up $0.38 during trading on Monday, reaching $32.65. 319,415 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 316,622. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.12 billion, a PE ratio of 20.03 and a beta of 1.14. Hilltop has a twelve month low of $28.58 and a twelve month high of $35.66. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $31.75 and its 200-day moving average price is $31.54.

Hilltop (NYSE:HTH - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $411.49 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $302.29 million. Hilltop had a return on equity of 4.90% and a net margin of 6.65%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.57 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Hilltop

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of HTH. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its position in Hilltop by 187.9% in the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 511,286 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $16,443,000 after purchasing an additional 333,695 shares during the last quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC raised its position in Hilltop by 419.7% in the third quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC now owns 383,692 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $12,340,000 after purchasing an additional 309,858 shares during the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC increased its stake in shares of Hilltop by 90.5% in the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 592,138 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $19,043,000 after buying an additional 281,230 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Hilltop by 2.9% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,393,284 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $168,918,000 after buying an additional 153,697 shares during the period. Finally, State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of Hilltop by 4.4% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,568,227 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $82,594,000 after buying an additional 107,348 shares during the period. 57.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Hill A. Feinberg sold 17,157 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.99, for a total transaction of $566,009.43. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 544,979 shares in the company, valued at $17,978,857.21. This represents a 3.05 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Martin Bradley Winges sold 30,851 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.61, for a total value of $1,006,051.11. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 77,748 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,535,362.28. This represents a 28.41 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 29.30% of the company's stock.

Hilltop Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 8th were given a dividend of $0.17 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 8th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.08%. Hilltop's payout ratio is 41.72%.

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.