HWC

Hancock Whitney Corp

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57.630

-0.98(-1.672%)1D

Overview
Forecast
Valuation
Earnings

Line

Candle

YTD

High

59.370

Open

59.370

VWAP

57.83

Vol

456.53K

Mkt Cap

4.94B

Low

57.510

Amount

26.40M

EV/EBITDA(TTM)

Total Shares

86.63M

6.28B

EV/OCF(TTM)

P/S(TTM)

3.81

Hancock Whitney Corporation is a bank holding company. The Company provides comprehensive financial services through its bank subsidiary, Hancock Whitney Bank (the Bank), a Mississippi state bank, and other nonbank affiliates. The Bank offers a broad range of traditional and online banking services to commercial, small business and retail customers, providing a variety of transaction and savings deposit products, treasury management services, secured and unsecured loan products (including revolving credit facilities), letters of credit and similar financial guarantees. The Bank provides trust and investment management services to retirement plans, corporations and individuals and provides its customers with access to investment advisory and brokerage products. It offers other services through bank and nonbank subsidiaries. The Bank’s subsidiaries provide commercial finance products to middle market and corporate clients, including leases and related structures.

Market Estimates

Earnings Estimates

Revenue

YoY Chg

EPS

YoYChg

FY2025Q3

FY2025Q4

FY2026Q1

391.35M

+5.67%

1.434

+7.82%

395.55M

+7.63%

1.460

+4.3%

394.19M

+7.26%

1.428

+3.46%

Estimates Revision

The market is revising No Change the revenue expectations for Hancock Whitney Corporation (HWC) for FY2025, with the revenue forecasts being adjusted by 0% over the past three months. During the same period, the stock price has changed by 7.14%.

Revenue Estimates for FY2025

No Change

0.00%

In Past 3 Month

EPS Estimates for FY2025

No Change

0.00%

In Past 3 Month

Stock Price

Go Up

+7.14%

In Past 3 Month

5 Analyst Rating

18.34% Upside

Wall Street analysts forecast HWC stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for HWC is 68.20 USD with a low forecast of 64.00 USD and a high forecast of 72.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.

4 Buy

1 Hold

0 Sell

Strong Buy

18.34% Upside

Current: 57.630

Low

64.00

Averages

68.20

High

72.00

18.34% Upside

Current: 57.630

Low

64.00

Averages

68.20

High

72.00

Keefe Bruyette

Market Perform

maintain

$63 -> $64

2025-07-16

Reason

Keefe Bruyette

Price Target

$63 -> $64

2025-07-16

maintain

Market Perform

Reason

Keefe Bruyette raised the firm's price target on Hancock Whitney to $64 from $63 and keeps a Market Perform rating on the shares.

Piper Sandler

Overweight

maintain

$70 -> $72

2025-07-16

Reason

Piper Sandler

Price Target

$70 -> $72

2025-07-16

maintain

Overweight

Reason

Piper Sandler raised the firm's price target on Hancock Whitney to $72 from $70 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. The firm notes the strong Q2 results were driven by about 6% LQA loan growth, enhanced asset quality, and strategic progress with the Sabal Trust Company acquisition .

Raymond James

Michael Rose

Strong Buy

maintain

$62 -> $68

2025-07-16

Reason

Raymond James

Michael Rose

Price Target

$62 -> $68

2025-07-16

maintain

Strong Buy

Reason

Raymond James analyst Michael Rose raised the firm's price target on Hancock Whitney to $68 from $62 and keeps a Strong Buy rating on the shares. Hancock Whitney's Q2 results exceeded consensus estimates on both a core EPS and pre-provision net revenue basis, the analyst tells investors in a research note.

DA Davidson

Buy

upgrade

$65 -> $67

2025-07-16

Reason

DA Davidson

Price Target

$65 -> $67

2025-07-16

upgrade

Buy

Reason

DA Davidson raised the firm's price target on Hancock Whitney to $67 from $65 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The company's results reflected an expected pivot to positive loan growth, with period-end balances growing 6.3%, and solid net interest income growth and net interest margin expansion, the analyst tells investors in a research note.

Keefe Bruyette

Catherine Mealor

Outperform -> Market Perform

downgrade

$62 -> $63

2025-07-10

Reason

Keefe Bruyette

Catherine Mealor

Price Target

$62 -> $63

2025-07-10

downgrade

Outperform -> Market Perform

Reason

Keefe Bruyette analyst Catherine Mealor downgraded Hancock Whitney to Market Perform from Outperform with a price target of $63, up from $62, ahead of the Q2 report. The shares have outperformed year-to-date and most of the quarter's optimism is now priced in, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Given Hancock's slower revenue growth outlook in the second half of 2025 and 2026 relative to peers, Keefe believes a Market Perform rating is now appropriate.

Stephens & Co.

Matt Olney

Buy

Maintains

$73 → $69

2025-04-16

Reason

Stephens & Co.

Matt Olney

Price Target

$73 → $69

2025-04-16

Maintains

Buy

Reason

Stephens lowered the firm's price target on Hancock Whitney to $69 from $73 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. Updated 2025 guidance points to higher pre-provision net revenue, driven by improved cost controls and the impact of the Sabal acquisition, notes the analyst, who adds that management remains optimistic loan growth will improve in the second half of 2025.

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Valuation Metrics

The current forward P/E ratio for Hancock Whitney Corp (HWC.O) is 10.10, compared to its 5-year average forward P/E of 8.98. For a more detailed relative valuation and DCF analysis to assess Hancock Whitney Corp 's fair value, click here.

Forward PE

The forward P/E ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's current stock price by its estimated future earnings per share over the next 12 months.

Fair

5Y Average PE

8.98

Current PE

10.10

Overvalued PE

10.25

Undervalued PE

7.70

Forward EV/EBITDA

The forward EV/EBITDA ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's enterprise value (EV) by its estimated future earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) over the next 12 months.

N/A

5Y Average EV/EBITDA

0.00

Current EV/EBITDA

0.00

Overvalued EV/EBITDA

0.00

Undervalued EV/EBITDA

0.00

Forward PS

The forward P/S ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's current stock price by its estimated future sales (or revenue) per share over the next 12 months.

Fair

5Y Average PS

2.78

Current PS

3.17

Overvalued PS

3.27

Undervalued PS

2.29