Hancock Whitney Corporation (HWC) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Financial Services · Banks - Regional
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $67.44 — A.R:R 0.0:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Negative momentum.
Hancock Whitney Corporation is a Gulf South regional bank holding company operating 180 banking locations across MS, AL, LA, FL, TX, TN, and GA with $35.5B total assets, $24B loans, and $29.3B deposits. Revenue comes primarily from net interest income, trust/investment... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $67.44 — A.R:R 0.0:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Negative momentum. Chart setup: RSI 51 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/7 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 75d clear, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMGeographicGulf South region10-K Item 1A: 'Unfavorable economic conditions, particularly in the Gulf South region, could significantly affect the demand for our loans and other products'
- MEDIUMTenantcommercial and residential real estate10-K Item 1A: 'Our loan portfolio contains several industry, collateral and other concentrations including, but not limited to, commercial and residential real estate, healthcare, hospitality'
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $67.44 — A.R:R 0.0:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Negative momentum. Chart setup: RSI 51 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $64.18. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $67.53 (+0.1% upside). Prior stop was $64.18. Stop-loss: $64.18.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Negative momentum; Value-trap signals (2/5): Revenue declining (-20.9% YoY), Material insider selling (3 sells, 0.09% of cap).
Hancock Whitney Corporation trades at a P/E of 13.7 (forward 9.7). TrendMatrix value score: 8.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
13 analysts cover HWC with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $78.
What does Hancock Whitney Corporation do?Hancock Whitney Corporation is a Gulf South regional bank holding company operating 180 banking locations across MS,...
Hancock Whitney Corporation is a Gulf South regional bank holding company operating 180 banking locations across MS, AL, LA, FL, TX, TN, and GA with $35.5B total assets, $24B loans, and $29.3B deposits. Revenue comes primarily from net interest income, trust/investment management fees, and mortgage origination.