What is Zacks Research’s Forecast for Hilltop Q3 Earnings?

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q3 2027 earnings estimates for shares of Hilltop in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, October 8th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $0.64 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.67. Zacks Research has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Hilltop’s current full-year earnings is $2.55 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Hilltop’s FY2027 earnings at $2.34 EPS, Q1 2028 earnings at $0.48 EPS, Q2 2028 earnings at $0.59 EPS and Q3 2028 earnings at $0.65 EPS.

Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.63 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.14. Hilltop had a net margin of 10.17% and a return on equity of 7.40%. The firm had revenue of $315.81 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $306.18 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.57 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also weighed in on HTH. Weiss Ratings lowered Hilltop from a “buy (b+)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Tuesday. Piper Sandler reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $42.00 price target on shares of Hilltop in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Raymond James Financial lowered Hilltop from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their price objective on Hilltop from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $40.00.

Hilltop Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of HTH stock opened at $36.71 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $2.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.60 and a beta of 0.89. The company’s 50 day moving average is $38.64 and its 200 day moving average is $37.98. Hilltop has a 52-week low of $30.78 and a 52-week high of $40.41.

Hilltop Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 7th were issued a $0.22 dividend. This is an increase from Hilltop’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 7th. Hilltop’s dividend payout ratio is presently 32.59%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Rhodes Bobbitt sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.12, for a total transaction of $802,400.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 56,096 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,250,571.52. This represents a 26.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders sold 52,555 shares of company stock worth $2,087,714 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 5.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Hilltop

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Strategic Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Hilltop in the second quarter valued at about $33,000. Signaturefd LLC grew its stake in shares of Hilltop by 276.4% during the second quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,370 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $53,000 after acquiring an additional 1,006 shares during the last quarter. C M Bidwell & Associates Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Hilltop during the second quarter worth about $62,000. Allworth Financial LP acquired a new position in shares of Hilltop during the second quarter valued at about $65,000. Finally, Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC acquired a new position in shares of Hilltop during the second quarter valued at about $88,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 57.13% of the company’s stock.

Hilltop Company Profile

Hilltop Holdings Inc is a Dallas, Texas-based financial services holding company that provides banking, mortgage lending and securities services through its subsidiaries. The company primarily serves individuals, businesses, government entities and institutional clients, with operations focused largely on the United States and particularly the Texas market.

PlainsCapital Bank, Hilltop’s banking subsidiary, offers commercial and consumer banking products, including loans, deposit accounts, treasury management and other financial services.