HWC Hancock Whitney Corporation - Common Stock

NASDAQ · Banking · View on SEC EDGAR ↗
$66.02
Price · May 20, 2026
Fundamentals as of May 7, 2026

HWC Stock Snapshot Price, market cap, P/E, EPS, ROE, debt/equity, 52-week range

Price
$66.02
Market Cap
$5.24B
P/E (TTM)
11.2
EPS (TTM)
$5.67
Revenue (TTM)
Div Yield
2.9%
ROE
11.0%
Debt/Equity
0.2
52W Range
$53 – $75

HWC Stock Price Chart Daily OHLCV with technical indicators — pan, zoom, and customize your view

10-Year Performance Revenue, net income, margins and EPS trends

Revenue & Net Income
EPS $5.67
10-point trend, +203.2%
2016-12-31 2025-12-31
Free Cash Flow $523M
10-point trend, +62.7%
2016-12-31 2025-12-31
Margins 32.1%

Valuation P/E, P/S, P/B, EV/EBITDA ratios — is the stock expensive or cheap?

Metric
5Y trend
HWC
Peer Median
P/E (TTM)
5-point trend, +17.2%
11.2
12.7
P/S (TTM)
5-point trend, +3.4%
3.5
2.9
P/B
5-point trend, -0.7%
1.2
1.1
Price / FCF
5-point trend, +29.7%
10.0

Profitability Gross, operating and net margins; ROE, ROA, ROIC

Metric
5Y trend
HWC
Peer Median
Net Profit Margin
32.1%
32.0%
ROA
1.4%
1.2%
ROE
11.0%
10.5%

Financial Health Debt, liquidity, solvency — balance sheet strength

Metric
5Y trend
HWC
Peer Median
Debt / Equity
5-point trend, -49.7%
0.2
7.6

Growth Revenue, EPS and net income growth: YoY, 3Y CAGR, 5Y CAGR

Metric
5Y trend
HWC
Peer Median
Revenue YoY
4.8%
Revenue CAGR 3Y
3.1%
Revenue CAGR 5Y
3.6%
EPS YoY
5-point trend, +8.6%
7.4%
Net Income YoY
3-point trend, +23.8%
5.5%

Per Share Metrics EPS, book value per share, cash flow per share, dividend per share

Metric
5Y trend
HWC
Peer Median
EPS (Diluted)
5-point trend, +8.6%
$5.67

Capital Efficiency Asset turnover, inventory turnover, receivables turnover

Metric
5Y trend
HWC
Peer Median
Payout Ratio
31.6%

Dividends Yield, payout ratio, dividend history, 5Y CAGR

Dividend Yield
2.9%
Payout Ratio
31.6%
5Y Div CAGR
Ex-dateAmount
March 5, 2026$0.5000
Dec. 5, 2025$0.4500
Sept. 5, 2025$0.4500
June 5, 2025$0.4500
March 5, 2025$0.4500
Dec. 5, 2024$0.4000
Sept. 5, 2024$0.4000
June 5, 2024$0.4000
March 4, 2024$0.3000
Dec. 4, 2023$0.3000
Sept. 1, 2023$0.3000
June 2, 2023$0.3000
March 3, 2023$0.3000
Dec. 2, 2022$0.2700
Sept. 2, 2022$0.2700
June 3, 2022$0.2700
March 3, 2022$0.2700
Dec. 3, 2021$0.2700
Sept. 3, 2021$0.2700
June 4, 2021$0.2700

HWC Analyst Consensus Bullish and bearish analyst opinions, 12-month price target, upside

BUY 13 analysts
  • Strong Buy 4 30.8%
  • Buy 6 46.2%
  • Hold 3 23.1%
  • Sell 0 0.0%
  • Strong Sell 0 0.0%

12-Month Price Target

8 analysts · 2026-05-19
Median target $79.50 +20.4%
Mean target $78.75 +19.3%

Earnings History EPS actual vs estimate, surprise %, beat rate, next earnings date

Avg Surprise
0.02%
Period EPS Actual EPS Est Surprise
March 31, 2026 $1.52 $1.51 0.01%
Dec. 31, 2025 $1.49 $1.50 -0.01%
Sept. 30, 2025 $1.49 $1.45 0.04%
June 30, 2025 $1.37 $1.37 -0.00%
March 31, 2025 $1.38 $1.30 0.08%

Peer Comparison Key metrics vs sector peers

Ticker Market Cap P/E Rev YoY Net Margin ROE Gross Margin
HWC $5.24B 11.2 4.8% 32.1% 11.0%
GBCI $5.73B 22.1 7.5% 236.5% 6.2%
UBSI 11.7 37.5% 8.6%
ABCB 12.4 5.7% 34.1% 10.3%
FLG $5.24B -25.2 -8.6% -2.2%
OZK
AUB $5.00B 17.4 68.1% 19.9% 5.6%
HOMB $5.45B 11.5 7.2% 43.6% 11.3%
AX $4.30B 10.2 1.8% 658.0% 16.6%
ASB $4.28B 9.3 -11.1% 31.9% 9.7%
FFIN $4.28B 16.9 14.7% 40.2% 13.9%

Full Fundamentals All metrics by year — income statement, balance sheet, cash flow

Income Statement 10
Annual Income Statement data for HWC
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Interest Expense 10-point trend, +1271.8% · · $523M $87M $49M $115M $231M $179M $108M $73M $54M $38M
Interest Income 12-point trend, +133.1% $1.61B $1.69B $1.62B $1.14B $982M $1.06B $1.13B $1.03B $901M $732M $680M $693M
Pretax Income 12-point trend, +152.9% $612M $574M $490M $659M $568M $-125M $393M $382M $308M $187M $170M $242M
Income Tax 12-point trend, +90.1% $126M $113M $98M $135M $105M $-80M $65M $58M $93M $38M $38M $66M
Net Income 5-point trend, +176.6% $486M $461M $393M · · · · · · · $131M $176M
EPS (Basic) 12-point trend, +171.4% $5.70 $5.30 $4.51 $6.00 $5.23 $-0.54 $3.72 $3.72 $2.49 $1.87 $1.64 $2.10
EPS (Diluted) 12-point trend, +170.0% $5.67 $5.28 $4.50 $5.98 $5.22 $-0.54 $3.72 $3.72 $2.48 $1.87 $1.64 $2.10
Shares (Basic) 12-point trend, +3.8% 84,905,000 86,346,000 86,130,000 86,068,000 86,823,000 86,533,000 86,488,000 85,355,000 84,695,000 77,850,000 78,197,000 81,804,000
Shares (Diluted) 12-point trend, +4.2% 85,440,000 86,648,000 86,423,000 86,394,000 87,027,000 86,533,000 86,599,000 85,521,000 84,963,000 77,949,000 78,307,000 82,034,000
EBITDA 10-point trend, -3.7% $27M $32M $35M $32M $29M $30M $31M $27M $28M $28M · ·
Balance Sheet 18
Annual Balance Sheet data for HWC
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
PP&E (Net) 12-point trend, -34.4% $261M $280M $302M $329M $350M $381M $380M $354M $334M $362M $377M $398M
PP&E (Gross) 12-point trend, +6.8% $632M $626M $620M $632M $630M $652M $630M $580M $549M $593M $587M $592M
Accum. Depreciation 12-point trend, +91.6% $371M $346M $319M $303M $280M $272M $250M $226M $215M $231M $210M $194M
Goodwill 12-point trend, +49.0% $925M $855M $855M $855M $855M $855M $855M $791M $746M $621M $621M $621M
Intangibles 12-point trend, -49.5% $67M $35M $45M $56M $70M $87M $107M $96M $91M $88M $108M $133M
Total Assets 12-point trend, +71.0% $35.47B $35.08B $35.58B $35.18B $36.53B $33.64B $30.60B $28.24B $27.34B $23.98B $22.83B $20.75B
Short-term Debt 12-point trend, -11.7% $1.02B $639M $1.15B $1.87B $1.67B $1.67B $2.71B $1.59B $1.70B $1.23B $1.42B $1.15B
Deferred Tax 3-point trend, -48.5% · · · · $19M $49M $38M · · · · ·
Total Liabilities 12-point trend, +69.7% $31.01B $30.95B $31.77B $31.84B $32.86B $30.20B $27.13B $25.15B $24.45B $21.26B $20.42B $18.27B
Long-term Debt 12-point trend, -46.7% $199M $211M $236M $242M $244M $378M $233M $225M $306M $436M $490M $374M
Total Debt 12-point trend, -11.7% $1.02B $639M $1.15B $1.87B $1.67B $1.67B $2.71B $1.59B $1.70B $1.23B $1.42B $1.15B
Common Stock 2-point trend, -3.6% · · · · · · · · · · $258M $268M
Retained Earnings 12-point trend, +319.6% $3.04B $2.70B $2.38B $2.09B $1.66B $1.29B $1.48B $1.24B $1.01B $851M $778M $723M
Treasury Stock 2-point trend, +43.2% · · · · · · · · · · $226M $158M
AOCI 12-point trend, -651.4% $-376M $-606M $-621M $-772M $-54M $80M $-55M $-181M $-134M $-121M $-81M $-50M
Stockholders' Equity 12-point trend, +80.4% $4.46B $4.13B $3.80B $3.34B $3.67B $3.44B $3.47B $3.08B $2.88B $2.72B $2.41B $2.47B
Liabilities + Equity 12-point trend, +71.0% $35.47B $35.08B $35.58B $35.18B $36.53B $33.64B $30.60B $28.24B $27.34B $23.98B $22.83B $20.75B
Shares Outstanding 12-point trend, +2.3% 82,259,000 86,124,000 86,345,000 85,941,000 86,749,000 86,728,000 87,515,000 85,643,000 85,200,000 84,235,000 77,496,000 80,426,485
Cash Flow 19
Annual Cash Flow data for HWC
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
D&A 12-point trend, -9.9% $27M $32M $35M $32M $29M $30M $31M $27M $28M $28M $29M $30M
Stock-based Comp 12-point trend, +75.1% $24M $23M $25M $23M $22M $21M $21M $20M $18M $14M $13M $14M
Deferred Tax 12-point trend, -1.3% $23M $4M $14M $-22M $10M $-21M $47M $45M $50M $-8M $17M $24M
Amort. of Intangibles 12-point trend, -62.9% $10M $9M $12M $14M $17M $20M $21M $22M $22M $20M $24M $27M
Other Non-cash $-19M · · · · · · · · · · ·
Operating Cash Flow 12-point trend, +53.7% $542M $626M $495M $842M $586M $355M $352M $449M $411M $344M $236M $352M
CapEx 12-point trend, -8.5% $19M $10M $25M $29M $24M $38M $43M $51M $20M $19M $24M $20M
Investing Cash Flow 11-point trend, +86.2% $-314M $275M $-295M $662M $-3.22B $-3.18B $-459M $-847M $-895M $-1.32B $-2.28B ·
Debt Issued 11-point trend, -100.0% · $0 $0 $6M $22M $166M $21M $21M $165.0K $7M $274M $21M
Net Debt Issued 11-point trend, +100.0% · $0 $0 $5M $-131M $166M $7M $-70M $-204M $-14M $116M $-14M
Stock Issued · · · · · · · · · $259M · ·
Stock Repurchased 10-point trend, +418.4% $247M $38M $0 $59M $22M $13M $185M $8M · · $96M $48M
Net Stock Activity 11-point trend, -418.4% $-247M $-38M $0 $-59M $-22M $-13M $-185M $-8M · $259M $-96M $-48M
Dividends Paid 12-point trend, +91.3% $154M $131M $105M $94M $96M $96M $95M $89M $83M $77M $77M $80M
Financing Cash Flow 11-point trend, -112.0% $-239M $-887M $-203M $-1.34B $2.51B $2.92B $156M $394M $498M $1.05B $1.99B ·
Net Change in Cash 4-point trend, +77.9% · · · · · · · · $14M $69M $-53M $8M
Taxes Paid 5-point trend, +327.7% $103M $66M $102M · · · · · · · $32M $24M
Free Cash Flow 12-point trend, +57.6% $523M $616M $470M $813M $562M $317M $309M $399M $391M $321M $209M $332M
Levered FCF 10-point trend, -83.1% · · $51M $744M $522M $276M $117M $246M $315M $263M $166M $304M
Profitability 5
Annual Profitability data for HWC
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Net Margin 3-point trend, +61.1% 32.1% · · · · · · · · · 15.2% 19.9%
Pretax Margin 12-point trend, +47.3% 40.4% 39.7% 35.4% 47.7% 43.8% -9.8% 32.4% 33.7% 29.1% 20.5% 19.7% 27.4%
EBITDA Margin 10-point trend, -42.3% 1.8% 2.2% 2.5% 2.3% 2.2% 2.4% 2.5% 2.3% 2.6% 3.1% · ·
ROA 3-point trend, +56.8% 1.4% · · · · · · · · · 0.60% 0.88%
ROE 3-point trend, +56.3% 11.0% · · · · · · · · · 5.4% 7.0%
Liquidity & Solvency 1
Annual Liquidity & Solvency data for HWC
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Debt / Equity 12-point trend, -51.0% 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5
Efficiency 1
Annual Efficiency data for HWC
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Asset Turnover 12-point trend, -3.2% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Per Share 6
Annual Per Share data for HWC
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Book Value / Share 12-point trend, +76.4% $54.22 $47.93 $44.05 $38.89 $42.31 $39.65 $39.62 $35.98 $33.86 $32.29 $31.14 $30.74
Revenue / Share 12-point trend, +64.8% $17.73 $16.69 $16.04 $15.99 $14.91 $14.64 $13.99 $13.26 $12.48 $11.67 $11.01 $10.76
Cash Flow / Share 12-point trend, +47.6% $6.34 $7.22 $5.73 $9.75 $6.73 $4.10 $4.06 $5.25 $4.84 $4.37 $2.97 $4.30
Dividend / Share 6-point trend, +87.5% $2 $2 $1 $1 · · · · · · $1 $1
Dividend Paid / Share 12-point trend, +87.5% $2 $2 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1
EPS (TTM) 12-point trend, +170.0% $5.67 $5.28 $4.50 $5.98 $5.22 $-0.54 $3.72 $3.72 $2.48 $1.87 $1.64 $2.10
Growth Rates 7
Annual Growth Rates data for HWC
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Revenue YoY 5-point trend, +97.5% 4.8% 4.3% 0.33% 6.5% 2.4% · · · · · · ·
Revenue CAGR 3Y 3-point trend, +3.0% 3.1% 3.7% 3.0% · · · · · · · · ·
Revenue CAGR 5Y 3.6% · · · · · · · · · · ·
EPS YoY 4-point trend, -49.2% 7.4% 17.3% -24.8% 14.6% · · · · · · · ·
EPS CAGR 3Y 2-point trend, -563.2% -1.8% 0.38% · · · · · · · · · ·
Net Income YoY 2-point trend, -68.5% 5.5% 17.4% · · · · · · · · · ·
Dividend CAGR 5Y 10.0% · · · · · · · · · · ·
Valuation (TTM) 13
Annual Valuation (TTM) data for HWC
Metric Trend 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Revenue TTM 12-point trend, +71.7% $1.52B $1.45B $1.39B $1.38B $1.30B $1.27B $1.21B $1.13B $1.06B $910M $862M $883M
Net Income TTM 12-point trend, +176.6% $486M $461M $393M $120M $120M $120M $120M $120M $120M $120M $131M $176M
Market Cap 12-point trend, +112.2% $5.24B $4.71B $4.20B $4.16B $4.34B $2.95B $3.84B $2.97B $4.22B $3.63B $1.95B $2.47B
P/E 12-point trend, -23.2% 11.2 10.4 10.8 8.1 9.6 -63.0 11.8 9.3 20.0 23.0 15.3 14.6
P/S 12-point trend, +23.6% 3.5 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.3 2.3 3.2 2.6 4.0 4.0 2.3 2.8
P/B 12-point trend, +17.6% 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.3 0.8 1.0
P / Tangible Book 6-point trend, +27.8% 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.2 · · · · · ·
P / Cash Flow 12-point trend, +38.0% 9.7 7.5 8.5 4.9 7.4 8.3 10.9 6.6 10.3 10.7 8.4 7.0
P / FCF 12-point trend, +34.7% 10.0 7.7 8.9 5.1 7.7 9.3 12.4 7.4 10.8 11.3 9.4 7.4
Dividend Yield 12-point trend, -9.8% 2.9% 2.8% 2.5% 2.3% 2.2% 3.2% 2.5% 3.0% 2.0% 2.1% 4.0% 3.3%
Earnings Yield 12-point trend, +30.1% 8.9% 9.7% 9.3% 12.4% 10.4% -1.6% 8.5% 10.7% 5.0% 4.3% 6.5% 6.8%
Payout Ratio 3-point trend, -30.8% 31.6% · · · · · · · · · 58.6% 45.8%
Annual Payout 12-point trend, +91.3% $154M $131M $105M $94M $96M $96M $95M $89M $83M $77M $77M $80M

Financial Statements Income statement, balance sheet, cash flow — annual, last 5 years

Income Statement
2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-31
Net Income $486M$461M$393M
Diluted EPS $5.67$5.28$4.50$5.98$5.22
Balance Sheet
2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-31
Debt / Equity 0.20.20.30.60.5
Cash Flow
2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-31
Free Cash Flow $523M$616M$470M$813M$562M

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