Zacks Research Analysts Lower Earnings Estimates for Hilltop

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q4 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Hilltop in a research note issued on Thursday, February 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $0.39 for the quarter, down from their prior 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.

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

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on the stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their price objective on shares of 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 downgraded shares of Hilltop from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and three have given a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $34.00.

Hilltop Stock Down 1.6 %

Shares of NYSE:HTH opened at $31.12 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $2.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.89 and a beta of 1.14. Hilltop has a 52 week low of $26.67 and a 52 week high of $35.32. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $29.71 and a 200 day moving average price of $31.03.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Hilltop

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of HTH. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its position in shares of Hilltop by 187.9% during the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 511,286 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $16,443,000 after acquiring an additional 333,695 shares during the period. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Hilltop by 5.9% during the 3rd quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 13,794 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $444,000 after acquiring an additional 769 shares during the period. QRG Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Hilltop by 11.4% during the 3rd quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 63,222 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $2,033,000 after acquiring an additional 6,487 shares during the period. Versor Investments LP lifted its position in shares of Hilltop by 171.4% during the 3rd quarter. Versor Investments LP now owns 34,200 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,100,000 after acquiring an additional 21,600 shares during the period. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Hilltop by 4.9% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 25,984 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $836,000 after purchasing an additional 1,218 shares during the last quarter. 57.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Hilltop Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 13th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.31%. This is an increase from Hilltop’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.17. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. Hilltop’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 41.38%.

About Hilltop

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.