With 0.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.76 million shares. The 52-week range on HWC shows that it touched its highest point at $62.40 and its lowest point at $43.60 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $62.33. With its current market cap of 4.63 billion, HWC has annualized dividend of $1.65 while the current yield stands at 3.07%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.08.
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 3.26%, but this was up by 16.63% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -11.12% while six-month performance rose 3.36%. The stock gained 13.08% in the past year, while it has lost -1.70% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HWC yields 5.42 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.80. For the next quarter, that number is 1.35. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5.04% for this year and 4.54% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 7.99% 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, 86.03 million HWC shares are outstanding with a float of 84.96 million shares on hand for trading.
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.
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.
