Zacks Research Weighs in on Hilltop’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:HTH)

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) – Analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Hilltop in a report released on Monday, March 3rd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $0.34 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.33. The consensus estimate for Hilltop’s current full-year earnings is $1.51 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Hilltop’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.95 EPS.

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

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on HTH. Raymond James cut shares of Hilltop from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their price objective on shares of Hilltop from $35.00 to $34.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and three have assigned a hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $34.00.

Hilltop Stock Performance

Hilltop stock opened at $31.76 on Wednesday. Hilltop has a fifty-two week low of $26.67 and a fifty-two week high of $35.32. The stock has a market cap of $2.06 billion, a PE ratio of 18.25 and a beta of 1.14. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $29.99 and its 200 day simple moving average is $31.08.

Hilltop Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 13th were given a $0.18 dividend. This is a positive change from Hilltop’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.17. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 13th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.27%. Hilltop’s payout ratio is currently 41.38%.

Institutional Trading of Hilltop

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Hilltop by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,383,034 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $154,116,000 after purchasing an additional 32,605 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its position 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 purchasing an additional 107,348 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Hilltop by 1.7% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,056,739 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $33,991,000 after purchasing an additional 17,477 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Hilltop by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 826,187 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $23,654,000 after purchasing an additional 32,127 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of Hilltop by 85.4% in the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 797,987 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $22,846,000 after purchasing an additional 367,564 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 57.13% of the company’s stock.

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.