# Hancock Whitney Corporation (HWC)

- Sector: Financials · Industry: Banks Regional
- SEC CIK: 0000750577 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000750577))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/hwc
- Data as of: price 2026-09-29; newest filing used 2026-08-07; latest fiscal period ended 2026-06-30

## Grade

**B+** on the balance-sheet rubric used for lenders, 4 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | $427.4M |  |
| Earnings growing overall | passed | $427.4M | $392.6M |
| Earnings growing recently | failed | $427.4M | $486.1M |
| Earns well on its assets | passed | 1.2% |  |
| Book value per share growing | passed | $52.20 | $38.69 |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 6 of 7 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 29.1% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | passed | 29.1% |  |
| Good return on equity | failed | 9.6% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | 0.30 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | passed | 38.1% |  |
| Earns a wide spread on lending | passed | 3.2% |  |
| Runs the bank efficiently | passed | 59.7% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $1.5B |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $427.4M |
| Free cash flow, trailing twelve months | $559.7M |
| Net margin | 29.1% |
| Return on equity | 9.6% |
| Debt to equity | 0.30 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | $5.11 |
| Share price | $72.23 |
| Market value | $5.8B |
| Price / earnings | 14.1x |
| Price / sales | 3.9x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/hwc)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/hwc/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/hwc/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/hwc/earnings)

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