Zacks Research Has Bearish Estimate for Hilltop Q1 Earnings

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Hilltop in a research report issued on Thursday, November 21st. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $0.29 per share for the quarter, down from their prior 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.

Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $411.49 million during 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 period in the prior year, the company earned $0.57 earnings per share.

Several other equities research analysts also recently commented on the stock. Stephens upped their price objective on shares of Hilltop from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 30th. StockNews.com upgraded Hilltop from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 10th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their target price on Hilltop from $33.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 29th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, According to MarketBeat.com, Hilltop has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $34.50.

Hilltop Stock Performance

HTH stock opened at $32.65 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $31.75 and a 200-day moving average of $31.54. Hilltop has a fifty-two week low of $28.58 and a fifty-two week high of $35.66. The company has a market capitalization of $2.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.03 and a beta of 1.14.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Hilltop

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Hilltop during the 3rd quarter valued at about $29,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Hilltop by 1.7% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,056,739 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $33,991,000 after acquiring an additional 17,477 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC boosted its stake in shares of Hilltop by 112.9% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 106,619 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $3,428,000 after purchasing an additional 56,537 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Hilltop by 53.1% during the 3rd quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 70,905 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $2,280,000 after purchasing an additional 24,591 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp raised its position in Hilltop by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,568,227 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $82,594,000 after purchasing an additional 107,348 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 57.13% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Hilltop

In other Hilltop news, Director Hill A. Feinberg sold 17,157 shares of Hilltop stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 29th. The shares were 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. The trade was a 3.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Martin Bradley Winges sold 30,851 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.61, for a total transaction of $1,006,051.11. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 77,748 shares in the company, valued at $2,535,362.28. The trade was a 28.41 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 29.30% of the company’s stock.

Hilltop Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared 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 dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.