Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) Stock Gets Downgrade from Wall Street Zen

Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report issued on Saturday, Wall Street Zen reports.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the company. Raymond James Financial lowered Hilltop from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 6th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their target price on Hilltop from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Weiss Ratings raised Hilltop from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Zacks Research downgraded Hilltop from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 7th. Finally, Piper Sandler reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $42.00 price target on shares of Hilltop in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Hilltop currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $40.00.

Hilltop Trading Down 0.1%

HTH stock opened at $36.33 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $38.00 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $38.06. The stock has a market cap of $2.08 billion, a PE ratio of 15.14 and a beta of 0.89. Hilltop has a 1 year low of $31.75 and a 1 year high of $40.41.

Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 22nd. The financial services provider reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.64 by ($0.20). The firm had revenue of $309.51 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $320.37 million. Hilltop had a net margin of 9.08% and a return on equity of 6.51%. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.74 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Hilltop will post 2.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Hilltop

In other news, Director Rhodes Bobbitt sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.12, for a total value of $802,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 56,096 shares in the company, valued at $2,250,571.52. This trade represents a 26.28% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In the last three months, insiders have sold 52,555 shares of company stock worth $2,087,714. Corporate insiders own 5.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Hilltop

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of HTH. Canton Hathaway LLC grew its stake in Hilltop by 23.1% in the third quarter. Canton Hathaway LLC now owns 9,060 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $341,000 after purchasing an additional 1,700 shares in the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Hilltop by 36.6% during the 3rd quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 2,127 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $80,000 after purchasing an additional 570 shares during the last quarter. Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC bought a new stake in shares of Hilltop during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $267,000. Ellsworth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Hilltop during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,075,000. Finally, Fortitude Family Office LLC raised its stake in shares of Hilltop by 4,411.1% during the 3rd quarter. Fortitude Family Office LLC now owns 3,248 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $122,000 after purchasing an additional 3,176 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 57.13% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Hilltop

Here are the key news stories impacting Hilltop this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Hilltop maintained its quarterly dividend at $0.22 per share, equivalent to $0.88 annually and a yield of approximately 2.4%. The dividend is payable November 20 to shareholders of record on November 6. Hilltop Holdings Announces Q3 2026 Earnings and Declares Quarterly Dividend
• Positive Sentiment: Net interest income increased to $122.4 million from $112.4 million a year earlier, while net interest margin improved to 3.33% from 3.21% in the prior quarter. Hilltop also repurchased 512,075 shares for $20 million, signaling continued capital returns. Hilltop Holdings Announces Third-Quarter Financial Results
• Neutral Sentiment: Management’s earnings call and presentation may provide further detail on credit quality, mortgage activity, and the outlook. Mortgage loan originations were $2.2 billion, modestly below $2.3 billion a year earlier. Hilltop Holdings Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Profitability weakened broadly: income attributable to common stockholders dropped to $24.9 million from $45.8 million, noninterest income declined 14.1% to $187.1 million, and the company recorded a $10.2 million provision for credit losses, compared with a $2.5 million reversal last year. Hilltop Holdings Q3 Earnings and Revenues Miss Estimates

About Hilltop

Hilltop Holdings Inc (NYSE: HTH) is a Dallas-based financial services holding company. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company provides commercial and consumer banking, mortgage lending, and securities brokerage and investment-banking services.

PlainsCapital Bank is Hilltop’s banking subsidiary and serves businesses, professionals, and individuals primarily in Texas. Its offerings include commercial and real estate lending, deposit accounts, treasury management, wealth management, and other banking services.

Hilltop also operates PrimeLending, a residential mortgage lender that originates home loans through a network of loan officers and offices across the United States.