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Hancock Whitney Corporation (HWC)

Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Gulfport, United States | NasdaqGS
71.87 USD -0.24 (-0.333%) ⇩ (Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 71.90 +0.03 (0.042%) ⇧ (Oct. 14, 2026, 4:29 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m. EDT

Hancock Whitney presents a compelling case for income-focused investors seeking exposure to a regional bank with a fortress balance sheet and a clean multi-year price trajectory. The stock has delivered a robust +78% gain over the last nine years, avoiding the structural decline traps that plague many peers, while maintaining a healthy 2.75% yield backed by a conservative 37% payout ratio. Fundamentally, the company is trading at a discount to its forward earnings (9.9x P/E) despite solid revenue growth and expanding operating margins, indicating the market may be underweighting its recovery story. However, the short-term outlook is clouded by recent technical weakness. The stock is currently trading below its 50-day moving average, reflecting a lack of immediate momentum despite the positive long-term trend. This disconnect creates a moderate-risk environment where the long-term thesis remains intact, but the path to the analyst mean target requires patience. The options market confirms this sentiment, with traders positioning for a breakout rather than a crash, which supports a cautious accumulation strategy rather than an aggressive momentum play.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.065314
AutoARIMA0.093610
MSTL0.102318
AutoETS0.106125

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 57%
H-stat 29.52
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.173
Excess Kurtosis -1.31
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-03
Last Dividend Date 2026-09-03
Revenue per Share 17.091
Market Cap 5,765,631,488
Trailing P/E 14.06
Forward P/E 9.81
Beta 0.99
Profit Margins 30.26%
Website https://www.hancockwhitney.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m. EDT: Options activity shows a distinct bullish skew with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money calls (strikes 80 and 85 for Feb '27) compared to negligible put volume. Implied volatility is elevated for near-term strikes, suggesting speculators are pricing in potential upside momentum rather than downside protection.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.66% 2.86% 3.00% 2.74%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-09-04 0.500000 0.659283
2026-06-05 0.500000 0.720669
2026-03-05 0.500000 0.770179
2025-12-05 0.450000 0.711125
2025-09-05 0.450000 0.717474
2025-06-05 0.450000 0.845229
2025-03-05 0.450000 0.838145
2024-12-05 0.400000 0.683293
2024-09-05 0.400000 0.780793
2024-06-05 0.400000 0.885152
2024-03-04 0.300000 0.703565
2023-12-04 0.300000 0.681818
2023-09-01 0.300000 0.706547
2023-06-02 0.300000 0.740010
2023-03-03 0.300000 0.613246
2022-12-02 0.270000 0.494687
2022-09-02 0.270000 0.568182
2022-06-03 0.270000 0.544574
2022-03-03 0.270000 0.486311
2021-12-03 0.270000 0.561915
2021-09-03 0.270000 0.603892
2021-06-04 0.270000 0.547667
2021-03-05 0.270000 0.654387
2020-12-03 0.270000 0.920559
2020-09-04 0.270000 1.300578
2020-06-04 0.270000 1.083902
2020-03-04 0.270000 0.791093
2019-12-04 0.270000 0.667986
2019-09-04 0.270000 0.789705
2019-06-04 0.270000 0.678733
2019-03-04 0.270000 0.620119
2018-12-04 0.270000 0.706621
2018-09-04 0.270000 0.523763
2018-06-04 0.240000 0.465567
2018-03-02 0.240000 0.455408
2017-12-04 0.240000 0.469208
2017-08-31 0.240000 0.546075
2017-06-01 0.240000 0.507400
2017-03-02 0.240000 0.511182
2016-12-01 0.240000 0.571429
2016-09-01 0.240000 0.748130
2016-06-02 0.240000 0.895522
2016-03-02 0.240000 0.967352
2015-12-02 0.240000 0.861141
2015-09-02 0.240000 0.890869
2015-06-03 0.240000 0.786885
2015-03-03 0.240000 0.816604
2014-12-03 0.240000 0.748830
2014-09-03 0.240000 0.724200
2014-06-03 0.240000 0.704225
2014-03-03 0.240000 0.704019
2013-12-03 0.240000 0.698283
2013-09-03 0.240000 0.757576
2013-06-03 0.240000 0.863931
2013-03-01 0.240000 0.797607
2012-12-03 0.240000 0.762389
2012-08-31 0.240000 0.809717
2012-06-01 0.240000 0.839161
2012-03-01 0.240000 0.702165
2011-12-01 0.240000 0.809990
2011-09-01 0.240000 0.813008
2011-06-02 0.240000 0.749298
2011-03-02 0.240000 0.719856
2010-12-02 0.240000 0.727273
2010-09-01 0.240000 0.855310
2010-06-02 0.240000 0.641711
2010-03-03 0.240000 0.591716
2009-12-02 0.240000 0.570885
2009-09-03 0.240000 0.656994
2009-06-03 0.240000 0.704432
2009-03-03 0.240000 0.920245
2008-12-03 0.240000 0.607595
2008-09-03 0.240000 0.481348
2008-06-03 0.240000 0.543725
2008-03-03 0.240000 0.649175
2007-12-03 0.240000 0.631081
2007-08-30 0.240000 0.598355
2007-06-01 0.240000 0.603015
2007-03-05 0.240000 0.547071
2006-12-01 0.240000 0.454373
2006-08-31 0.240000 0.462963
2006-06-01 0.220000 0.394477
2006-03-01 0.195000 0.439982
2005-12-01 0.195000 0.500385
2005-09-01 0.195000 0.633322
2005-06-01 0.165000 0.500911
2005-03-02 0.165000 0.520669
2004-12-01 0.165000 0.482174
2004-09-01 0.165000 0.535714
2004-06-02 0.125000 0.454876
2004-03-03 0.125000 0.436529
2003-12-03 0.115000 0.403297
2003-09-03 0.115000 0.457711
2003-06-04 0.105000 0.439606
2003-03-06 0.105000 0.482426
2002-12-03 0.100000 0.454030
2002-09-03 0.100000 0.414938
2002-06-03 0.100000 0.515730
2002-03-07 0.100000 0.576923
2001-12-03 0.093333 0.668096
2001-08-30 0.093333 0.671139
2001-06-01 0.093333 0.738784
2001-03-01 0.093333 0.730829
2000-12-01 0.166667 1.486992
2000-08-31 0.083333 0.778207
2000-06-01 0.083333 0.763356
2000-03-01 0.083333 0.668894
1999-12-01 0.083333 0.624998
1999-09-01 0.083333 0.624998
1999-06-02 0.083333 0.558657
1999-03-03 0.083333 0.549448
1998-12-02 0.083333 0.555553
1998-09-02 0.083333 0.537632
1998-06-03 0.083333 0.450449
1998-03-03 0.083333 0.406502
1997-12-03 0.083333 0.421051
1997-09-03 0.083333 0.523558
1997-06-03 0.083333 0.593469
1997-03-03 0.083333 0.588233
1996-12-03 0.072667 0.566236
1996-09-03 0.072464 0.665560
1996-06-03 0.072464 0.662254
1996-03-01 0.072464 0.671143
1995-12-01 0.072464 0.675678
1995-08-31 0.072464 0.724640
1995-05-30 0.066667 0.760334
1995-03-03 0.066667 0.766671
1994-11-29 0.066667 0.793107
1994-08-30 0.066667 0.793107
1994-05-31 0.066667 0.821433
1993-11-30 0.065217 0.689651
1993-08-30 0.049275 0.535429
1993-05-28 0.049275 0.539679
1993-03-01 0.049275 0.566663
1992-11-30 0.043478 0.487802
1992-08-31 0.043478 0.566034
1992-06-01 0.043478 0.652170
1992-03-02 0.043478 0.705878
Additional Data
dividendYield 2.77
exDividendDate 2026-09-04
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.9
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.026348634
lastDividendValue 0.5
lastDividendDate 2026-09-04
dividendDate 2026-09-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.22719538
Address1 Hancock Whitney Plaza
Address2 2,510 14th Street
All Time High 80.13
All Time Low 4.130435
Ask 92.24
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 866,740
Average Daily Volume3 Month 820,331
Average Volume 820,331
Average Volume10Days 866,740
Beta 0.989
Bid 51.77
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 1
Book Value 55.227
City Gulfport
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 71.87
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 71.91
Day Low 65.47
Display Name Hancock Whitney
Dividend Date 1,789,430,400
Dividend Yield 2.77
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,792,526,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,792,526,400
Earnings Growth 0.174
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.118
Earnings Timestamp 1,792,526,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,526,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,526,400
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 4.679
Enterprise Value 6,608,323,072
Eps Current Year 6.48249
Eps Forward 7.32813
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.11
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,480,000
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 75.0038
Fifty Day Average Change -3.1337967
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.04178184
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 22.719538
Fifty Two Week High 80.13
Fifty Two Week High Change -8.2599945
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.103082426
Fifty Two Week Low 54.05
Fifty Two Week Low Change 17.820004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.3296948
Fifty Two Week Range 54.05 - 80.13
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 676,042,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.56
Float Shares 79,679,948
Forward Eps 7.32813
Forward P E 9.807414
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 3,674
Fullday Change -0.20999908
Fullday Change Percent -0.2912205
Fullday Price 71.87
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 1,412,391,040
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00939
Held Percent Institutions 0.98339
Implied Shares Outstanding 80,223,058
Industry Banks - Regional
Industry Disp Banks - Regional
Industry Key banks-regional
Ir Website http://www.snl.com/irweblinkx/corporateprofile.aspx?iid=100308
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,788,480,000
Last Dividend Value 0.5
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,079,654,400
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Hancock Whitney Corporation operates as the financial holding company for Hancock Whitney Bank that provides traditional and online banking services to commercial, small business, and retail customers in the United States. The company offers various transaction and savings deposit products, such as brokered deposits, time deposits, and money market accounts; treasury management services; secured and unsecured loan products, including revolving credit facilities; letters of credit and similar financial guarantees; trust and investment management services to retirement plans, corporations, and individuals; and investment advisory and brokerage products. It also provides commercial and industrial loans, such as commercial non-real estate and real estate loans; construction and land development loans; residential mortgages; and consumer loans comprising second lien mortgage home loans, home equity lines of credit, and nonresidential consumer purpose loans, automobiles, recreational vehicles and boats, other personal purposes, deposit account secured loans, and small portfolio of credit card receivables. In addition, the company offers commercial finance products to middle market and corporate clients comprising leases and related structures; invests in new market tax credit activities and holds certain foreclosed assets; fixed annuity and life insurance products, investment management and advisory, and other services; and underwrites transactions primarily for banking clients, as well as debt and mortgage-related securities. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Long Name Hancock Whitney Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 5,765,631,488
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_318929
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 425,896,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 5,809,753,860
Number Of Analyst Opinions 10
Open 71.08
Operating Cashflow 577,446,976
Operating Margins 0.4386
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.3718
Peg Ratio 1.76
Phone 228 868 4000
Post Market Change 0.02999878
Post Market Change Percent 0.041740336
Post Market Price 71.9
Post Market Time 1,792,009,754
Previous Close 72.11
Price Eps Current Year 11.086789
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.3013562
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.082178
Profit Margins 0.30262
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.8
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.239998
Regular Market Change Percent -0.332822
Regular Market Day High 71.91
Regular Market Day Low 65.47
Regular Market Day Range 65.47 - 71.91
Regular Market Open 71.08
Regular Market Previous Close 72.11
Regular Market Price 71.87
Regular Market Time 1,792,008,001
Regular Market Volume 741,707
Return On Assets 0.01195
Return On Equity 0.097040005
Revenue Growth 0.076
Revenue Per Share 17.091
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17004645
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 80,223,058
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.078200005
Shares Short 6,276,713
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 5,511,570
Short Name Hancock Whitney Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.10560001
Short Ratio 7.55
Source Interval 15
State MS
Symbol HWC
Target High Price 91.0
Target Low Price 79.0
Target Mean Price 84.525
Target Median Price 85.5
Total Cash 1,136,258,048
Total Cash Per Share 14.164
Total Debt 1,978,950,016
Total Revenue 1,412,391,040
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.9
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.026348634
Trailing Eps 5.11
Trailing P E 14.064579
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 70.43585
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.4341507
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.02036109
Type Disp Equity
Volume 741,707
Website https://www.hancockwhitney.com
Zip 39,501