HWC
Hancock Whitney Corporation
HWC's fundamentals are weak and it looks expensive: trading at 13x earnings, above its usual 11x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
HWC Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
HWC's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like HWC.
HWC PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 8.1x | $40.37 | -38% |
| Forward | 9.2x | $65.00 | — |
| Fair | 10x | $52.07 | -20% |
| Expensive | 13x | $64.92 | -0.1% |
| Current | 13x | $65.00 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
HWC's PE is in its expensive range at 13x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 9.2x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
HWC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for HWC, with profitability improving.
HWC Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $7.08 | +43% |
| Q3 2026 | $4.96 | -11% |
| Q2 2026 | $5.09 | -6.3% |
| Q1 2026 | $4.86 | -10% |
| Q4 2025 | $5.67 | +7.4% |
| Q3 2025 | $5.59 | +25% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.43 | +28% |
| Q1 2025 | $5.42 | +26% |
| Q4 2024 | $5.28 | +17% |
HWC earned $4.96 per share over the past year, down 11% from the year before.
HWC Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $420.1M | +8.9% |
| Q2 2026 | $401.4M | +6.9% |
| Q1 2026 | $292.6M | -20% |
| Q4 2025 | $389.3M | +6.7% |
| Q3 2025 | $385.7M | +4.9% |
| Q2 2025 | $375.5M | +4.4% |
| Q1 2025 | $364.7M | +3% |
| Q4 2024 | $364.8M | +18% |
HWC's revenue grew through 2024 and has held roughly level since: $420M last quarter, up 8.9% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 34% | -7.8 points |
| Q2 2026 | 40% | +1.9 points |
| Q1 2026 | 20% | -21 points |
| Q4 2025 | 41% | -0.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | 42% | +2.1 points |
| Q2 2025 | 39% | -1.8 points |
| Q1 2025 | 41% | +3.2 points |
| Q4 2024 | 41% | +21 points |
HWC's operating margin was 34% last quarter, down 7.8 points from the same quarter a year ago.
HWC Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $255M | +65% |
| Q2 2026 | $150.4M | +23% |
| Q1 2026 | $108.4M | +8.2% |
| Q4 2025 | $145.9M | -23% |
| Q3 2025 | $155M | -2.3% |
| Q2 2025 | $122M | +18% |
| Q1 2025 | $100.2M | -39% |
| Q4 2024 | $188.8M | +104% |
HWC's free cash flow was $660M over the past year, up 17% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like HWC.
HWC Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1.1% | -873K shares |
| 1 year | -5.7% | -4.8M shares |
| 3 years | -6.7% | -5.8M shares |
| 5 years | -7.3% | -6.4M shares |
| Available history | -6.9% | -6M shares |
HWC has 81M diluted shares, down 5.7% from a year ago, with $370M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $82.4M |
| Q2 2026 | $46.5M |
| Q1 2026 | $94.6M |
| Q4 2025 | $146.6M |
| Q3 2025 | $40.1M |
| Q2 2025 | $39.4M |
| Q1 2025 | $20.7M |
| Q4 2024 | $7.9M |
HWC spent $370M buying back its own shares over the past year, about three times what it spent the year before.
HWC Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 2.1x | Moderate |
| Q1 2026 | 1.8x | Healthy |
| Q4 2025 | 1.0x | Healthy |
| Q3 2025 | 2.5x | Moderate |
| Q2 2025 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 0.4x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 0.5x | Very low |
HWC's net debt is about 1.7 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 2.5 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like HWC.
HWC Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 34.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 31.9 | Neutral |
HWC's weekly RSI is 34 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 32 (neutral).
HWC PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | HWC | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 13x | 13x | 0.6% above |
| PE % | 83 | 63 | 20 pts above |
HWC is trading at 13x earnings, in line with the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
HWC Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $71.8 | 9.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $74.5 | 13% below |
| 50 week MA | $70.1 | 7.3% below |
| 100 week MA | $63.6 | 2.2% above |
| 200 week MA | $54.3 | 20% above |
HWC has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 20% above its 200-week average.
HWC Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $43.8 | $34.2 | -22% |
| 2021 | $34.2 | $48.6 | +42% |
| 2022 | $48.6 | $48.5 | -0.3% |
| 2023 | $48.5 | $48.6 | +0.2% |
| 2024 | $48.6 | $54.9 | +13% |
| 2025 | $54.9 | $65.2 | +19% |
| 2026 YTD | $65.2 | $65.0 | -0.3% |
HWC has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's roughly flat so far in 2026.