Zacks Research Weighs in on Hilltop Holdings Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:HTH)

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) – Research analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Hilltop in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, September 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $0.30 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.29. The consensus estimate for Hilltop’s current full-year earnings is $1.36 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Hilltop’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.40 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.44 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $1.49 EPS.

HTH has been the subject of a number of other reports. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Hilltop from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 20th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price objective on shares of Hilltop from $33.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 29th. Finally, Stephens lifted their target price on shares of Hilltop from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 30th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $34.50.

Hilltop Stock Performance

NYSE:HTH opened at $31.55 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $32.13 and a 200-day simple moving average of $31.16. The stock has a market cap of $2.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.45 and a beta of 1.13. Hilltop has a 1 year low of $26.78 and a 1 year high of $35.66.

Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.05. Hilltop had a net margin of 7.10% and a return on equity of 5.30%. The firm had revenue of $297.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $283.22 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.28 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in HTH. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Hilltop in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Innealta Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Hilltop during the second quarter worth about $69,000. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its position in Hilltop by 91.1% in the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 8,186 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $256,000 after purchasing an additional 3,902 shares during the last quarter. Duality Advisers LP bought a new stake in Hilltop in the 1st quarter valued at about $275,000. Finally, ProShare Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Hilltop by 7.4% in the first quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 9,407 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $295,000 after purchasing an additional 647 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 57.13% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Hill A. Feinberg sold 17,157 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.99, for a total transaction of $566,009.43. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 544,979 shares in the company, valued at $17,978,857.21. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 28.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hilltop Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 30th. Investors of record on Friday, August 16th were issued a dividend of $0.17 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 16th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.16%. Hilltop’s payout ratio is currently 39.77%.

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.