Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.08 EPS

Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday. The bank reported $1.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.08, Briefing.com reports. The firm had revenue of $279.39 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $182.73 million. Heartland Financial USA had a return on equity of 11.50% and a net margin of 8.17%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.22 EPS.

Heartland Financial USA Trading Down 0.1 %

NASDAQ:HTLF opened at $42.08 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $1.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.35 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a current ratio of 0.72. Heartland Financial USA has a 1 year low of $26.10 and a 1 year high of $43.17. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $34.48 and a 200-day simple moving average of $33.91.

Heartland Financial USA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 28th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 13th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 10th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.85%. Heartland Financial USA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 72.29%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on HTLF shares. Stephens reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $45.00 price objective on shares of Heartland Financial USA in a report on Tuesday, January 30th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their target price on Heartland Financial USA from $41.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on Heartland Financial USA from $40.00 to $43.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 30th. TheStreet cut Heartland Financial USA from a “b” rating to a “c+” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 30th. Finally, DA Davidson boosted their target price on Heartland Financial USA from $36.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $45.00.

Heartland Financial USA Company Profile

Heartland Financial USA, Inc, a bank holding company, provides commercial, small business, and consumer banking services to individuals and businesses in the United States. The company accepts various deposit products, including checking, demand deposit accounts, NOW accounts, savings, money market, and individual retirement; certificates of deposit; and other time deposits.