Heartland Financial USA, Inc. [HTLF] stock is trading at $41.13, up 15.15%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The HTLF shares have gain 17.28% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 17.01%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. [NASDAQ: HTLF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 29, 2024, when Raymond James upgraded its rating to a Strong Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $41 for it. Previously, Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform on December 13, 2022, and kept the price target unchanged to $54. On October 06, 2022, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $48 on the stock. Stephens upgraded its rating to a Overweight and increased its price target to $60 on October 26, 2021. Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $60 remained the price target by the analyst firm on September 07, 2021. DA Davidson upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on December 18, 2020, and upped its price target to $49. In a note dated January 28, 2020, Piper Sandler upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock but restated the target price of $53.
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. [HTLF] stock has fluctuated between $26.10 and $39.39 over the past year. Heartland Financial USA, Inc. [NASDAQ: HTLF] shares were valued at $41.13 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the HTLF fundamentals
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. [NASDAQ:HTLF] reported sales of 967.17M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 14.02%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.0% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.26%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.14%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.12%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.0, Equity is 0.04 and Total Capital is 0.02. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.52.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 39.82 points at the first support level, and at 38.50 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 42.63, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 44.12.
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. [HTLF] reported earnings per share of $1.06 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/31/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $1.1/share, meaning a difference of -$0.04 and a surprise factor of -3.60%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/30/2023 were $1.12 per share as compared to estimates of $1.09 per share, a difference of $0.03 representing a surprise of 2.80%.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Heartland Financial USA, Inc.’s Current Ratio is 0.08. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.82, the price to book ratio is 0.94 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 24.92.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Karrels Kevin C, EVP, Head of Consumer, that happened on Dec 31 ’23 when 93.0 shares were purchased. HTLF President and CEO, Lee Bruce K completed a deal on Aug 14 ’23 to buy 3000.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP, Chief HR Officer DETERS DEBORAH K bought 536.0 shares on Jun 30 ’23.
