Zacks Research Brokers Reduce Earnings Estimates for Hilltop

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Hilltop in a research report issued on Thursday, February 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings of $0.39 per share 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 announced its earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The financial services provider reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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%.

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

Hilltop Trading Up 2.9 %

Shares of HTH stock opened at $31.89 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $29.71 and its 200-day simple moving average is $31.04. The company has a market capitalization of $2.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.32 and a beta of 1.14. Hilltop has a 1-year low of $26.67 and a 1-year high of $35.32.

Institutional Trading of Hilltop

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in HTH. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 333,695 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in Hilltop by 5.9% during the third quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 13,794 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $444,000 after buying an additional 769 shares in the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Hilltop by 11.4% in the third quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 63,222 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $2,033,000 after buying an additional 6,487 shares during the last quarter. Versor Investments LP boosted its stake 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 worth $1,100,000 after acquiring an additional 21,600 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings 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 valued at $836,000 after acquiring 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 company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 13th will be issued a $0.18 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 13th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.26%. This is an increase from Hilltop’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.17. Hilltop’s dividend payout ratio is currently 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.