Earnings Outlook For Heartland Financial

Heartland Financial HTLF is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Monday, 2021-10-25. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Heartland Financial will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $1.23

Heartland Financial 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 11.9%, which was followed by a 0.44% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Heartland Financial's past performance and the resulting price change:

Stock Performance

Shares of Heartland Financial were trading at $50.82 as of October 21. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 46.06%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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