How to buy Hawthorn Bancshares stock

Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc is a banks-regional business based in the US. Hawthorn Bancshares shares (HWBK) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

How to buy shares in Hawthorn Bancshares

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Hawthorn Bancshares. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: HWBK. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Hawthorn Bancshares reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Hawthorn Bancshares, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Hawthorn Bancshares. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Hawthorn Bancshares share price

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Hawthorn Bancshares shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-23.

52-week range	USD$13.2034 - USD$24.0195
50-day moving average	USD$20.27
200-day moving average	USD$19.9154
Wall St. target price	N/A
PE ratio	9.275
Dividend yield	USD$0.49 (2.45%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.2

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Hawthorn Bancshares financials

Revenue TTM	USD$62.2 million
Operating margin TTM	28.11%
Gross profit TTM	USD$62.2 million
Return on assets TTM	0.85%
Return on equity TTM	11.94%
Profit margin	22.99%
Book value	$19.192
Market capitalisation	USD$132.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Hawthorn Bancshares shares

There are currently 81,568 Hawthorn Bancshares shares held short by investors – that's known as Hawthorn Bancshares's "short interest". This figure is 0.8% down from 82,263 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Hawthorn Bancshares shares can be evaluated.

Hawthorn Bancshares's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Hawthorn Bancshares's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Hawthorn Bancshares shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Hawthorn Bancshares shares traded daily (recently around 15656.046065259). Hawthorn Bancshares's SIR currently stands at 5.21. In other words for every 100,000 Hawthorn Bancshares shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5210 shares are currently held short.

However Hawthorn Bancshares's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Hawthorn Bancshares shares, or, against the total number of tradable Hawthorn Bancshares shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Hawthorn Bancshares's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Hawthorn Bancshares shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0141% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Hawthorn Bancshares shares, roughly 14 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Hawthorn Bancshares.

Find out more about how you can short Hawthorn Bancshares stock.

Have Hawthorn Bancshares's shares ever split?

Hawthorn Bancshares's shares were split on a 104:100 basis on 14 June 2018. So if you had owned 100 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 104 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Hawthorn Bancshares shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 3.8% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Hawthorn Bancshares shares which in turn could have impacted Hawthorn Bancshares's share price.

Hawthorn Bancshares share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Hawthorn Bancshares's shares have ranged in value from as little as $13.2034 up to $24.0195. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Hawthorn Bancshares's is 0.5544. This would suggest that Hawthorn Bancshares's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Hawthorn Bancshares overview

Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Hawthorn Bank that provides various banking services in Missouri. It offers checking and savings accounts, and certificates of deposit; and a range of lending services, including commercial and industrial, single payment personal, installment, and commercial and residential real estate loans. The company also provides trust, Internet banking, and brokerage services; safety deposit boxes; and debit cards. It operates 23 banking offices. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Hawthorn Bancshares is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 5.956% of Hawthorn Bancshares shares are held by insiders and 37.245% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Hawthorn Bancshares?

  Hawthorn Bancshares's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Hawthorn Bancshares based?

  Hawthorn Bancshares's address is: 132 East High Street, Jefferson City, MO, United States, 65102

• What is Hawthorn Bancshares's ISIN number?

  Hawthorn Bancshares's international securities identification number is: US4204761039

• What is Hawthorn Bancshares's CUSIP number?

  Hawthorn Bancshares's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 301309100