Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for HWC in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Hancock Whitney (HWC) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Sep 28 close
$72.83−1.02 (−1.4%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryHancock Whitney's week centers on its upcoming third-quarter results, with the company confirming its Q3 2026 earnings release for October 20, after market close, followed by a conference call for analysts and investors. Alongside this, analyst activity has picked up: Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised its price target to $78 with a Market Perform rating, while Barclays maintained an Overweight rating with an $80 target, both signaling increased confidence in the bank's performance.
Shares closed at $72.83, down 1.4% on the day, sitting between the 50-day average of $75.92 and the 200-day average of $70.07. The stock has returned 17% over six months and 15.6% over the past year, though it has slipped 2.9% over one month and 2.6% over three months. The GekkoIndex reads 64.4, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. Price sits 8.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $79.24.
Earnings arrive on 20 October, 21 days away, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the last quarterly report showed an EPS beat of $1.49 versus $1.46 estimated, with a -1.1% reaction, and the company has beaten estimates in 7 of the last 8 quarters. Seasonality over this stretch has averaged 0.5% across 5 years, positive in 3 of them. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current window. Analyst consensus among 8 firms stands at 7 buy and 1 hold ratings, with a consensus target of $84.22.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Hancock Whitney price vs fair value
Close $72.83200-day averageGekko Fair Value $79.24
Hancock Whitney quick facts
- Market cap
- $5.91B
- P/E ratio
- 14.5
- Forward P/E
- 10.1
- EPS, TTM
- $5.10
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.41B
- Profit margin
- 30.3%
- Dividend yield
- 2.60%
- Beta
- 0.95
- Volume
- 835,608 avg 816,763
- 1-year return
- +15.6%
- Typical daily move
- ±1.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.9%
- 50-day average
- $75.92
- 200-day average
- $70.07
- Next earnings
- Oct 20 after close
- Shares outstanding
- 80.22M
Hancock Whitney swing-trade checklist
Hancock Whitney scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $72.83 sits between the 50-day ($75.92) and 200-day ($70.07) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
64.4, Accumulation
Reading 64.4 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
8.1% below
Price is 8.1% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 21 days
Reports on Oct 20, 2026, 21 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+0.5% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +0.5% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Hancock Whitney stock chart and price history
Hancock Whitney closed at $72.83 on Sep 28, 2026, +15.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $54.05 to $80.13.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −2.9%
- 3 months
- −2.6%
- 6 months
- +17.0%
- 1 year
- +15.6%
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About Hancock Whitney
Hancock Whitney serves as the parent holding company for Hancock Whitney Bank, which provides everyday and online banking to businesses, small companies, and individual customers. It is recognized for offering a wide mix of deposit accounts, from checking and savings to money market and time deposits, alongside various loan products covering commercial, real estate, construction, mortgage, and consumer lending needs.
The bank also extends credit lines, letters of credit, and guarantees, while supplementing its lending business with brokerage and treasury management services, annuities, life insurance, and trust and investment management for retirement plans, corporations, and individuals. It further takes part in new market tax credit initiatives and handles foreclosed property. Its branch and ATM network spans the Gulf South, reaching across Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, and parts of East Texas including Houston, Beaumont, Dallas, and San Antonio, with additional offices supporting loan production in Tennessee and trust and asset management in Texas.
Hancock Whitney shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker HWC.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Regional banks
- Website
- hancockwhitney.com
Hancock Whitney GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Hancock Whitney’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 64.4, in the Accumulation zone, up 2.5 points over five sessions.
64.4Accumulation
Up 2.5 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 30 | +1.2% | +5.0% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 176 | +0.8% | +4.7% | ||
| Neutral | 417 | +0.4% | +1.1% | ||
| Distribution | 44 | −1.2% | −2.9% | ||
| Selling | 5 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average HWC share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Hancock Whitney stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Hancock Whitney trades 8.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $79.24, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Hancock Whitney shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$79.24
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 29, 2026
8.1% Undervalued
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Hancock Whitney insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Hancock Whitney, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in HWC were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Hancock Whitney has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $46.46M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.79%
- Trailing four quarters
- $327.8M
From company filings.
Hancock Whitney earnings: next date and track record
Hancock Whitney reports on Oct 20, 2026, after the close (21 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 20, 2026
Expected after the close, 21 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.66
- Revenue estimate
- $421.7M
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±1.7%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jan 19, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Hancock Whitney's Q4 2025 earnings call, highlighting a strong year-end and full-year performance, ongoing balance sheet growth, and a multi-year organic growth plan. Management discusses ROA/PPNR improvements, a bond portfolio restructuring that is expected to boost NIM and EPS, and guidance for 2026 including mid-single-digit loan growth, 4-5% fee income growth, and expense growth of 5-6% with an ROA target modestly higher than 2025. The call includes questions on loan production, deposit growth, M&A posture (opportunistic), funding costs, and credit quality, with emphasis on disciplined pricing and risk-adjusted revenue."
- Guidance
- Guidance for 2026 includes: ROA to be higher than 2025; NIM expansion driven by bond portfolio restructuring (~32 bps yield, ~7 bps NIM) and cash flow restructuring; NII growth supported by mid-single-digit loan growth; fee income growth guidance of 4-5%; total expenses up 5-6% (including 185 bps impact from organic growth plan and Stable Trust acquisition); TCE around 9-9.5% but currently just over 10%; continued buybacks; deposit growth in low single digits; capex and investments to support revenue generation; hiring up to 50 more revenue-generating associates in 2026.
- Risks flagged
- Key risks discussed include macroeconomic environment and rate path (Fed funds rate assumptions at 3.25%), potential changes in deposit costs and CD maturities, paydowns in CRE, competition for talent, execution risk from the organic growth plan and bank hiring, variability in fee income (Sabal integration and other specialty lines), and potential volatility in funding costs and margins amid interest rate cuts.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2026 | $1.49 est $1.46 | $391.8M est $391.9M | −1.1% |
| Oct 21, 2025 | $1.49 est $1.43 | — | −0.7% |
| Jul 15, 2025 | $1.32 est $1.36 | $374.4M est $391.3M | −1.3% |
| Apr 15, 2025 | $1.38 est $1.29 | $362.8M est $368.0M | +1.9% |
| Jan 21, 2025 | $1.40 est $1.28 | $363.7M est $365.1M | +1.0% |
| Oct 15, 2024 | $1.33 est $1.30 | $364.7M est $366.8M | +0.5% |
| Jul 16, 2024 | $1.31 est $1.20 | $358.6M est $359.1M | +6.7% |
| Apr 16, 2024 | $1.24 est $1.18 | $351.2M est $356.6M | +0.1% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Hancock Whitney stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Hancock Whitney is $84.22, +15.6% from the last close, from 8 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$84.22consensus 12-month target, +15.6% from the last close
Now $72.83Avg $84.22
Low $80High $91
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 8 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | Citi | $86 | +18.1% |
| Jul 23 | D.A. Davidson | $86 | +18.1% |
| Jul 23 | Citi | $87 | +19.5% |
| Jul 22 | Raymond James | $87 | +19.5% |
| Jul 22 | Stephens | $85 | +16.7% |
+4.7%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+0.5%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±1.9%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Hancock Whitney seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Hancock Whitney averaged +0.5% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +0.9% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +0.7% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +0.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +0.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +8.9% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, HWC’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.9%.
Hancock Whitney market cap and key statistics
Hancock Whitney’s market cap is $5.91B, with a P/E ratio of 14.5 and revenue of $1.41B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $5.91B
- P/E ratio
- 14.5
- Forward P/E
- 10.1
- EPS, TTM
- $5.10
- Gekko Fair Value
- $79.24
Trading
- Volume
- 835,608
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 816,763
- 52-week high
- $80.13
- 52-week low
- $54.05
- Shares outstanding
- 80.22M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.41B
- Profit margin
- 30.3%
- Return on equity
- 9.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +17.4%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.95
- Typical daily move
- ±1.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.9%
- Dividend yield
- 2.60%
Hancock Whitney stock news this week
Coverage of Hancock Whitney this week reads positive: 2 positive, 0 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Hancock Whitney Corp (HH1.SG) Stock Price, News, Quote & HistoryYahoo! Finance Canada, Sep 23
- Hancock Whitney Q3FY26 Results: Earnings release set for October 20scanx.trade, Sep 23
- Hancock Whitney price targets raised by analystsscanx.trade, Sep 22
- Hancock Whitney Corporation to Announce Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Host Conference Call October 20Business Wire, Sep 22
Hancock Whitney peers
Hancock Whitney’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| CMCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Accumulation | 4.8% below |
| USBU.S. Bancorp | Accumulation | 10.6% below |
| NUNu | Buying | 24.1% below |
| TFCTruist Financial | Buying | 10.3% below |
| FITBFifth Third Bancorp | Accumulation | 11.5% below |
| MTBM&T Bank | Accumulation | 11.2% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Hancock Whitney stock FAQ
What is Hancock Whitney’s market cap?
Hancock Whitney’s market cap is $5.91B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $72.83, with 80.22M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 14.5.
What is the Hancock Whitney stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Hancock Whitney is $84.22, +15.6% from the last close. Of the 8 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 7 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Hancock Whitney stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Hancock Whitney is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $72.83 is 8.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $79.24. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Hancock Whitney report earnings next?
Hancock Whitney is expected to report on Oct 20, 2026, after the market closes (21 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.66 per share on revenue of $421.7M. Hancock Whitney beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 1.7% on average across the report.
What is Hancock Whitney’s 52-week high and low?
Hancock Whitney’s 52-week high is $80.13 and its 52-week low is $54.05; it closed at $72.83 on Sep 28, 2026, +15.6% over the past year.
Is Hancock Whitney stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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