HBT Financial (HBT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HBT Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "reduce" HBT shares.
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2 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for HBT Financial's shares. Their HBT share price targets range from $20.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $20.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.0% from the stock's current price.
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HBT Financial's stock was trading at $21.11 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, HBT shares have decreased by 14.1% and is now trading at $18.14.
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HBT Financial saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 91,500 shares, a decrease of 26.7% from the March 15th total of 124,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 26,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 22nd 2024.
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HBT Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:HBT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 24th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.60. The business earned $70.62 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $57.78 million. HBT Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.93% and a net margin of 24.84%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.62 EPS.

HBT Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 6th will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share on Tuesday, February 13th. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 5th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.17.
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HBT Financial (NASDAQ:HBT) pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.13%. HBT has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 36.54%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HBT will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.36% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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23 employees have rated HBT Financial Chief Executive Officer Fred L. Drake on Glassdoor.com. Fred L. Drake has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees.

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HBT Financial (HBT) raised $149 million in an initial public offering on Friday, October 11th 2019. The company issued 8,300,000 shares at $17.00-$19.00 per share. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (A Stifel Company) and J.P. Morgan served as the underwriters for the IPO and RAYMOND JAMES, Sandler O'Neill + Partners and D.A. Davidson & Co. were co-managers.

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