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The price of Hancock Whitney Corp. (NASDAQ: HWC) closed at $46.47 in the last session, up 1.02% from day before closing price of $46.00. In other words, the price has increased by $1.02 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.47 million shares were traded. HWC stock price reached its highest trading level at $46.625 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $45.48.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at HWC’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.39 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.09.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Citigroup on April 17, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $50 from $48 previously.
Truist Downgraded its Buy to Hold on January 05, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $54 to $50.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 22 ’24 when Ziluca Christopher S sold 3,636 shares for $43.50 per share. The transaction valued at 158,166 led to the insider holds 35,285 shares of the business.
Loper D Shane sold 17,690 shares of HWC for $828,069 on Jan 25 ’24. The Chief Operating Officer now owns 71,148 shares after completing the transaction at $46.81 per share. On Jan 22 ’24, another insider, Exnicios Joseph S, who serves as the President-Hancock Whitney Bank of the company, sold 9,857 shares for $47.15 each. As a result, the insider received 464,758 and left with 30,159 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, HWC now has a Market Capitalization of 4025324544. As of this moment, Hancock’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.81, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.22. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.35. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.23 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.04.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, HWC has reached a high of $49.65, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $31.02. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 6.57%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 10.80%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, HWC traded on average about 497.01K shares per day over the past 3-months and 582080 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 86.34M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 85.92M. Insiders hold about 1.15% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 81.59% stake in the company. Shares short for HWC as of 1711584000 were 1738463 with a Short Ratio of 3.50, compared to 1709164800 on 1510586. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1738463 and a Short% of Float of 2.6800001.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for HWC is 1.20, which was 1.2 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.026086958The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.94.
