Heartland Financial USA (HTLF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Financial USA in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 2 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" HTLF shares.
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5 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Heartland Financial USA's shares. Their HTLF share price targets range from $35.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $39.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.9% from the stock's current price.
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Heartland Financial USA's stock was trading at $37.61 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, HTLF stock has decreased by 11.0% and is now trading at $33.48.
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Heartland Financial USA saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 617,800 shares, a decline of 7.4% from the March 15th total of 666,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 255,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.6% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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Heartland Financial USA will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 1st at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLF) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 29th. The bank reported $1.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.40. The bank earned $144.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $178.60 million. Heartland Financial USA had a net margin of 8.57% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.56%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.37 EPS.

Heartland Financial USA declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 12th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, February 27th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 9th.
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Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.64%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 71.01%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HTLF will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.81% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) stock in their portfolio include First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA), First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FYT) and First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF (AIRR).First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FYX).

9 employees have rated Heartland Financial USA Chief Executive Officer Bruce Lee on Glassdoor.com. Bruce Lee has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Heartland Financial USA investors own include AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), UGI (UGI), Five Below (FIVE), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), International Business Machines (IBM), Dominion Energy (D), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), MetLife (MET), Altria Group (MO) and AT&T (T).

Heartland Financial USA's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.08%). Insiders that own company stock include Bruce K Lee, Deborah K Deters, John K Schmidt, Martin J Schmitz and Robert B Engel.
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