Financial Services
Hancock Whitney Corporation - 6(HWCPZ)
Live Price
Offline$21.76
-0.75% today
1Y Change
-6.87%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $5.51B
- Revenue Growth
- -1.5%
- EPS Growth
- +7.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.7%
Coverage: 250 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Hancock Whitney Corporation - 6 (HWCPZ) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $5.51B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $21.76 and down 6.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -1.5%, EPS growth of +7.7%, a dividend yield of 2.7%. What stands out right now is revenue -1.5%, EPS +7.7%, free cash flow -15.0% with operating margin 27.6% and ROIC 6.6%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 2.7%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 13.4 and price/sales 2.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines HWCPZ price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-1.5% vs +3.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+27.6% vs +4.7% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 21, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -1.5% and EPS is at +7.7%, with operating margin around 27.6%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.7%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 21, 2026 | โ | +0.1% | -1.5% | -1.9% |
2026 Jan 20, 2026 | +0.0% | +0.9% | +0.7% | +1.1% |
2025 Oct 14, 2025 | +4.2% | -0.1% | +0.8% | -0.5% |
Benchmark Edge
HWCPZ vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
HWCPZ
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
HWCPZ Max Drawdown
-13.51%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for HWCPZ and SPY.
Company Overview
Hancock Whitney Corporation - 6
NASDAQ Global Select
Hancock Whitney Corp. operates as a bank holding company, which engages in the provision of financial services. It also offers trust and investment management services to retirement plans, corporations, individuals, brokerage services, annuity products, life insurance, general insurance and agency services, including life, title insurance and consumer financing service. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Gulfport, MS.
- Leadership
- John M. Hairston
- IPO Date
- Jun 17, 2020
- Employees
- 3.5k
- Street Address
- Hancock Whitney Plaza
- Mailing
- Gulfport, MS, 39501
- Region
- Gulfport, MS, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 228 868 4000
- Last Updated
- Apr 30, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 13.4
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.7
- Price/Sales
- 2.8
- Price/Book
- 1.3
Growth
- Revenue
- -1.5%
- EPS
- +7.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- -15.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 72.3%
- Operating Margin
- 27.6%
- Net Margin
- 21.4%
- ROE
- 9.3%
- ROIC
- 6.6%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.35
- Current Ratio
- 0.27
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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