Hancock Whitney Corp. (NASDAQ: HWC) is 9.47% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $32.16 and a high of $56.81 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The HWC stock was last observed hovering at around $54.54 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.35%.
Currently trading at $53.19, the stock is 11.81% and 13.28% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.98 million and changing -2.48% at the moment leaves the stock 21.85% off its SMA200. HWC registered 22.42% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 19.34%.
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The stock witnessed a 18.70% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 24.68%, and is 6.66% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 6.21% over the week and 3.18% over the month.
Hancock Whitney Corp. (HWC) has around 3591 employees, a market worth around $4.61B and $1.86B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 12.48 and Fwd P/E is 10.26. Profit margin for the company is 19.88%. Distance from 52-week low is 65.39% and -6.37% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.77%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -0.16% this year
The shares outstanding are 86.34M, and float is at 85.61M with Short Float at 2.59%.
Hancock Whitney Corp. (HWC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Knight Cecil W. Jr, the company’s Chief Banking Officer. SEC filings show that Knight Cecil W. Jr sold 844 shares of the company’s common stock on May 01 ’24 at a price of $46.82 per share for a total of $39516.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 58843.0 shares.
Hancock Whitney Corp. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 30 ’24 that PICKERING CHRISTINE L (Director) sold a total of 1,300 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 30 ’24 and was made at $45.62 per share for $59306.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 23982.0 shares of the HWC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 22 ’24, Ziluca Christopher S (Chief Credit Officer) disposed off 3,636 shares at an average price of $43.50 for $0.16 million. The insider now directly holds 35,285 shares of Hancock Whitney Corp. (HWC).
