HWC — Hancock Whitney Corp

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates HWC Bullish with a Setup Score of 54, net conviction 47, actionability 62. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score54
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction47
Actionability62 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Hancock Whitney Corp

Hancock Whitney Corporation operates as the financial holding company for Hancock Whitney Bank that provides traditional and online banking services to commercial, small business, and retail customers in the United States. The company offers various transaction and savings deposit products, such as brokered deposits, time deposits, and money market accounts; treasury management services; secured and unsecured loan products, including revolving cr… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$75.23
Market Cap$6.07B
Float79.7M
Shares Outstanding80.2M
P/E (Forward)10.09
P/E (TTM)14.92
Price/Sales (TTM)4.30
vs. Analyst Target+11.4% to analyst PT
Profit Margin30.26%
Operating Margin (TTM)43.86%
Revenue (TTM)$1.41B
Earnings Growth (YoY)17.40%
Dividend Rate2.0%
Analyst Target Price$83.80 (8 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $1.38B -$45.2M $664M -$74.7M
2021 $1.35B $463M $1.37B $614M
2022 $1.47B $524M $1.41B $705M
2023 $1.89B $393M $1.31B $536M
2024 $2.05B $461M $1.39B $616M
2025 $2.02B $486M $1.47B $656M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $515M $127M
Dec 2025 $515M $126M
Mar 2026 $409M $47.4M
Jun 2026 $401M $127M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.9%
Institutional Ownership99.0%
Short Float6.4%
% of All Funds Holding4.47%
Number of Funds Holding393

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$76.41Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$69.18Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$63.00Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$53.11Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$68.51Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$63.04Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$54.57Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$68.00 support 1.20x 1 months ago
$48.00 support 1.19x 24 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (122 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.15% 0.00% 48.36% 9.78% -13.78%
1 Day 0.29% 0.35% 56.56% 13.35% -17.91%
1 Week 0.40% 0.60% 54.92% 15.73% -24.86%
2 Weeks 1.19% 1.13% 55.74% 21.33% -24.31%
1 Month 1.94% 1.98% 58.68% 26.86% -31.25%

Next earnings: October 13, 2026 (47 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan-0.9%48.6%35
Feb0.3%45.7%35
Mar-0.9%48.6%35
Apr0.5%48.6%35
May0.5%65.7%35
Jun1.6%57.1%35
Jul1.9%58.3%36
Aug-0.4%48.6%35
Sep0.4%54.3%35
Oct2.4%68.6%35
Nov4.7%74.3%35
Dec2.1%60.0%35

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.01% 46.2% 1671
Tuesday 0.08% 47.1% 1821
Wednesday 0.02% 47.1% 1818
Thursday 0.08% 47.6% 1784
Friday 0.09% 46.8% 1774

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 99.0%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.9%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings9
Net Value-$8.9M
Net Shares Change-134,968
% of Float-0.2%
C-Suite Filings6
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
HAIRSTON JOHN M President & CEO -$5.9M 2 2 sell
Achary Michael M Chief Financial Officer -$2.3M 2 2 sell
Mayfield Emory L Jr Chief Banking Officer -$381,236 1 1 sell
Ziluca Christopher S Chief Credit Officer -$358,415.39 1 1 sell
Liollio Dean -$311,588.282 1 1 sell
PICKERING CHRISTINE L -$107,024.18 2 2 sell

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-07-27 Achary Michael M Chief Financial Officer -$1.7M Transaction at $76.18, now -1.2%
2026-08-21 Mayfield Emory L Jr Chief Banking Officer -$381,236 Transaction at $76.40, now -1.5%
2026-02-10 HAIRSTON JOHN M President & CEO -$4.7M Transaction at $73.71, now +2.1%
2026-01-26 Ziluca Christopher S Chief Credit Officer -$358,415.39 Transaction at $68.57, now +9.7%
2025-10-20 Achary Michael M Chief Financial Officer -$542,784.84 Transaction at $54.86, now +37.1%
2025-10-20 HAIRSTON JOHN M President & CEO -$1.2M Transaction at $54.65, now +37.7%

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AI Consult Analysis

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