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Heartland Financial USA (HTLF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$66.30 +1.50 (+2.31%)
(As of 11/21/2024 ET)

About Heartland Financial USA Stock (NASDAQ:HTLF)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$65.18
$67.22
50-Day Range
$54.47
$68.87
52-Week Range
$29.67
$69.91
Volume
118,592 shs
Average Volume
288,109 shs
Market Capitalization
$2.84 billion
P/E Ratio
37.04
Dividend Yield
1.81%
Price Target
$45.60
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Heartland Financial USA, Inc., a bank holding company, provides commercial, small business, and consumer banking services to individuals and businesses in the United States. The company accepts various deposit products, including checking, demand deposit accounts, NOW accounts, savings, money market, and individual retirement; certificates of deposit; and other time deposits. It offers loans, including commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, agricultural, small business, and real estate mortgage loans; consumer loans comprising motor vehicle, home improvement, home equity line of credit, and fixed rate home equity and personal lines of credit; and credit cards for commercial, business, and personal use. In addition, the company provides business and personal online banking, and mobile banking; bill payment, remote deposit capture, and treasury management services; debit cards; automated teller machines; and automated clearing house services, wire transfers, insured cash sweeps, zero balance accounts, lockbox, image cash letter, remote deposit capture, commercial cards for travel and entertainment purchasing, merchant services to receive credit card payments, investment sweep accounts, reconciliation services, online invoice processing, foreign exchange and positive pay fraud prevention services for checks and automated clearing house services payments. Further, it offers wealth management, trust services, brokerage services, and fixed rate annuity products; and investment services, including mutual funds, individual retirement products, and education savings products. Heartland Financial USA, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Heartland Financial USA Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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87th Percentile Overall Score

HTLF MarketRank™: 

Heartland Financial USA scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 197th out of 916 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Heartland Financial USA are expected to decrease by -8.75% in the coming year, from $4.57 to $4.17 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Heartland Financial USA is 37.04, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 125.01.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Heartland Financial USA is 37.04, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 45.80.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Heartland Financial USA has a P/B Ratio of 1.40. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Heartland Financial USA's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.45% of the float of Heartland Financial USA has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Heartland Financial USA has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Heartland Financial USA has recently decreased by 29.09%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Heartland Financial USA pays a meaningful dividend of 1.84%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Heartland Financial USA does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Heartland Financial USA is 67.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Heartland Financial USA will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.78% next year. This indicates that Heartland Financial USA will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Heartland Financial USA's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.45% of the float of Heartland Financial USA has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Heartland Financial USA has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Heartland Financial USA has recently decreased by 29.09%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Heartland Financial USA has a news sentiment score of 1.07. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.78 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Heartland Financial USA this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 1 people have searched for HTLF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    1 people have added Heartland Financial USA to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Heartland Financial USA insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,537,200.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.80% of the stock of Heartland Financial USA is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    71.55% of the stock of Heartland Financial USA is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Heartland Financial USA's insider trading history.
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HTLF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Heartland Financial USA's stock was trading at $37.61 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, HTLF shares have increased by 76.3% and is now trading at $66.30.
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Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The bank reported $1.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $1.17. The bank had revenue of $272.79 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $189.51 million. Heartland Financial USA had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.81% and a net margin of 8.79%.

Top institutional shareholders of Heartland Financial USA include Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (3.40%), State Street Corp (2.88%), HTLF Bank (2.73%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.39%). Insiders that own company stock include Bruce K Lee, Martin J Schmitz, John K Schmidt, Robert B Engel, Deborah K Deters, Kevin L Thompson, Kevin L Thompson and Lo B Nestman.
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Shares of HTLF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Heartland Financial USA investors own include Chevron (CVX), Comcast (CMCSA), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Charles Schwab (SCHW), McKesson (MCK), Yum! Brands (YUM) and Edwards Lifesciences (EW).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 8/27 Dividend
8/13/2024
Dividend Payable
8/27/2024
Last Earnings
10/29/2024
Ex-Dividend for 11/26 Dividend
11/12/2024
Today
11/22/2024
Dividend Payable
11/26/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024
Next Earnings (Estimated)
2/03/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Sector
Finance
Industry
State commercial banks
Sub-Industry
Regional Banks
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:HTLF
CUSIP
42234Q10
Employees
1,970
Year Founded
1981

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$45.60
High Stock Price Target
$54.00
Low Stock Price Target
$41.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-31.2%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
5 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$79.92 million
Pretax Margin
10.93%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$932.87 million
Cash Flow
$6.01 per share
Book Value
$47.33 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
42,113,000
Market Cap
$2.84 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.94

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This page (NASDAQ:HTLF) was last updated on 11/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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