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HWC

HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP
Nasdaq· State Commercial Banks· Inc. MS· CIK 0000750577 Traditional Finance
$73.48 −0.03 (−0.04%)
Oct 26 4:00 PM ET · prev $73.51
Market cap
$5.9B
Mid cap
Consensus
Buy
71% Buy or better · 14 analysts
Median target
$85.50
+16% · range $79.00–91.00
1 year
+30.1%
from $56.50 · Oct 27
30 days
+0.9%
from $72.83
52-week range
$56.14–79.78
−8% from high · low Oct 30
Avg volume 20D
837.5K
shares / day
Short interest
6.28M
≈7.8% of shares · +0.7%
Days to cover
6.6
at average volume
Insider net
−$6.9M
0 buyers · 4 sellers · since Feb 1
New fund stakes
2
Q2 2026 13F · 1 exit
Filing reports
4
analyzed by SecBot
SecBot read MIXED 2 reports · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 0 bullish · 1 mixed · 1 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 2/2
Strongest MIXED Hancock Whitney reported Q3 2026 GAAP EPS of $1.36, down from $1.55 in Q2, due to $30.4M in pretax…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersBEARISH

    4 insiders sold $6.9M.

  • InstitutionsMIXED

    Q2 2026: 28 added (2 new), 21 trimmed or exited. Largest new: Alberta Investment Management $18.0M, Point72 Asset Management, $14.1M.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    10 of 14 rate it Buy or better. Every target is above the price.

  • EstimatesFLAT

    Current-quarter EPS estimate $1.749 → $1.719 over 90 days. 3 up, 2 down in 30 days.

  • Short sellersSTEADY

    Short interest +0.7% to 6.28M shares. 6.6 days to cover, ≈7.8% of shares.

  • TrendDOWNTREND

    1% below its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
2
new positions
1
exit
$32.1M
in new stakes
FundMoveSharesValue
FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.ADD2,809,258$209.9M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCADD1,529,827$114.3M
BARCLAYS PLCADD775,509$57.9M
UBS Group AGTRIM513,004$38.3M
NORGES BANKTRIM414,965$31.0M
Squarepoint Ops LLCADD384,570$28.7M
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ADD351,321$26.3M
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INCADD315,440$23.6M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

14 analysts
Buy 71% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy4Buy6Hold4Sell0Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 10 analysts

Price is below the lowest target. Median implies +16%.Targets as of Oct 26, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Oct 21, 2026Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINMarket Perform
Oct 21, 2026Piper Sandler
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOverweight
Oct 5, 2026Barclays
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOverweight
Sep 22, 2026Citigroup
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy
Aug 3, 2026Barclays
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOverweight
Jul 22, 2026Benchmark
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy

Insider ledger

Form 4
$0
bought · 0 insiders
$6.9M
sold · 4 insiders
DateInsiderTypeValue
Sep 29, 2026
Perez Sonia
Director
AWARD$1.6K
Sep 29, 2026
Wilkins Carleton Richard
Director
AWARD$3.9K
Sep 29, 2026
Liollio Dean
Director
AWARD$26.9K
Sep 29, 2026
Little Sonya C
Director
AWARD$6.7K
Aug 20, 2026
Mayfield Emory L Jr
Chief Banking Officer
SELL$381.2K
Jul 24, 2026
Achary Michael M
Chief Financial Officer
SELL$1.7M
Jun 29, 2026
Liollio Dean
Director
AWARD$26.9K
Jun 29, 2026
Little Sonya C
Director
AWARD$6.7K

Earnings setup

Estimates
$1.72
EPS estimate, this quarter
−2%
estimate change, 90 days
3↑ 2↓
revisions, 30 days
Current-quarter EPS estimate
PeriodEPS est.Range30D rev.Revenue
Current Q$1.72$1.65–$1.77-1.4%$434.1M
Next Q🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Current FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Next FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only

Short side

FINRA· Sep 30, 2026
6,276,713
shares short
+0.7%
vs prior settlement
6.6
days to cover
≈7.8%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 20, 2026 SEC
Hancock Whitney reported Q3 2026 GAAP EPS of $1.36, down from $1.55 in Q2, due to $30.4M in pretax acquisition-related…
8-K — Impact 5/10
Oct 20, 2026 Earnings result
HWC Q3 2026 Earnings: EPS $1.74 (+3.7% vs est)
Sep 29, 2026 Insider
Perez Sonia was granted 21.81 shares
Director @ $72.20 ($1.6K)
Sep 29, 2026 Insider
Wilkins Carleton Richard was granted 54.54 shares
Director @ $72.20 ($3.9K)
Sep 29, 2026 Insider
Liollio Dean was granted 372.23 shares
Director @ $72.20 ($26.9K)
Aug 3, 2026 SEC
Hancock Whitney completed its previously announced acquisition of OFB Bancshares (parent of One Florida Bank) for…
8-K — Impact 4/10
Jul 21, 2026 SEC
Hancock Whitney reported Q2 2026 GAAP EPS of $1.55, exactly in line with consensus, and net income of $127.0M vs…
8-K — Impact 5/10
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
FULLER & THALER ASSET — ADD
2,809,258 shares ($209.9M)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Recent
Oct 20, 2026
Earnings result
HWC Q3 2026 Earnings: EPS $1.74 (+3.7% vs est)
Jul 21, 2026
Earnings date
HWC Q2 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-07-21
Apr 21, 2026
Earnings date
HWC Q1 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-04-21
Apr 2, 2026
Short interest
FTD: HWC — 9,114 shares ($0.6M) failed to deliver
Settlement: 20260402, Price: $64.11, FTD Value: $584,298.54, HANCOCK WHITNEY CORPORATION CO

SecBot reports

4 filings · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 mixed · 3 neutral
All HWC filing & press-release reports (4)