Benzinga | Oct 18, 2021 02:12PM EDT

Preview: Hancock Whitney's Earnings

HWC is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, 2021-10-19. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Hancock Whitney will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $1.29

Hancock Whitney bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat on EPS by $23.42, which was followed by a 4.23 increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Hancock Whitney's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020EPS Estimate 1.11 0.97 0.90 0.7EPS Actual 1.37 1.21 1.17 0.9Revenue Estimate 318.09M 314.63M 319.54M 316.89MRevenue Actual 328.92M 321.68M 320.64M 322.12M

Stock Performance

Shares of Hancock Whitney were trading at $48.35 as of October 15. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 117.2%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be satisfied going into this earnings release.

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