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How to buy Hilltop stock
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Hilltop Holdings Inc is a banks-regional business based in the US. Hilltop shares (HTH) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Hilltop employs 4,900 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$2 billion.
How to buy shares in Hilltop
- Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
- 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.
- Search for Hilltop. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: HTH. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Hilltop reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- 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 Hilltop, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Hilltop. 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.
Hilltop share price
Use our graph to track the performance of HTH stocks over time.Hilltop shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-04-08.
| 52-week range | USD$12.6441 - USD$39.6 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | USD$34.8431 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$27.9784 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$34.2 |
| PE ratio | 6.491 |
| Dividend yield | USD$0.36 (1.1%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$5.01 |
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Is Hilltop under- or over-valued?
Valuing Hilltop stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Hilltop's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Hilltop's P/E ratio
Hilltop's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 6x. In other words, Hilltop shares trade at around 6x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Hilltop's PEG ratio
Hilltop's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.14. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Hilltop's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Hilltop financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$2 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 27.96% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$2 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 2.69% |
| Return on equity TTM | 19.26% |
| Profit margin | 22.19% |
| Book value | $28.277 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$2.7 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Hilltop shares
There are currently 3.5 million Hilltop shares held short by investors – that's known as Hilltop's "short interest". This figure is 11% up from 3.1 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Hilltop shares can be evaluated.
Hilltop's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Hilltop's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Hilltop shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Hilltop shares traded daily (recently around 743884.9137931). Hilltop's SIR currently stands at 4.64. In other words for every 100,000 Hilltop shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4640 shares are currently held short.
However Hilltop's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Hilltop shares, or, against the total number of tradable Hilltop shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Hilltop's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Hilltop shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0544% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Hilltop shares, roughly 54 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Hilltop.
Find out more about how you can short Hilltop stock.
Hilltop share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 7.77% of net profits
Recently Hilltop has paid out, on average, around 7.77% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.45% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Hilltop shareholders could enjoy a 1.45% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Hilltop's case, that would currently equate to about $0.36 per share.
While Hilltop's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Hilltop is investing more in its future growth.
Hilltop's most recent dividend payout was on 25 February 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 10 February 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Hilltop share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Hilltop's shares have ranged in value from as little as $12.6441 up to $39.6. 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 (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Hilltop's is 1.0965. This would suggest that Hilltop's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Hilltop overview
Hilltop Holdings Inc. provides business and consumer banking, and financial products and services. It operates through three segments: Banking, Broker-Dealer, and Mortgage Origination. The Banking segment offers savings, checking, interest-bearing checking, and money market accounts; certificates of deposit; lines and letters of credit, home improvement and equity loans, loans for purchasing and carrying securities, equipment loans and leases, agricultural and commercial real estate loans, and other loans; and commercial and industrial loans, and term and construction finance. This segment also provides treasury management, wealth management, asset management, check cards, safe deposit boxes, online banking, bill pay, trust, and overdraft services; and estate planning, management and administration, investment portfolio management, employee benefit accounts, and individual retirement accounts, as well as automated teller machines. The Broker-Dealer segment offers public finance services that assist public entities in originating, syndicating, and distributing securities of municipalities and political subdivisions; specialized advisory and investment banking services; advice and guidance to arbitrage rebate compliance, portfolio management, and local government investment pool administration; structured finance services, which include advisory services for derivatives and commodities; sells, trades in, and underwrites U.S. government and government agency bonds, corporate bonds, and municipal bonds, as well as mortgage-backed, asset-backed, and commercial mortgage-backed securities and structured products. This segment also provides asset and liability management advisory, clearing, retail, and securities lending services. The Mortgage Origination segment offers mortgage, jumbo, Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Affairs, and United States Department of Agriculture loans. Hilltop Holdings Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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