Hancock Whitney Corp’s recently made public that its Director Liollio Dean unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.31 million on Nov 14 ’25. In the deal valued at $58.48 per share,5,328 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Liollio Dean now holds 29,694 shares worth roughly $1.99 million.
Then, Achary Michael M sold 9,894 shares, generating $542,785 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $54.86, the Chief Financial Officer now owns 55,733 shares.
Before that, HAIRSTON JOHN M sold 21,883 shares. Hancock Whitney Corp shares valued at $1,195,906 were divested by the President & CEO at a price of $54.65 per share. As a result of the transaction, HAIRSTON JOHN M now holds 271,022 shares, worth roughly $18.14 million.
Barclays initiated its Hancock Whitney Corp [HWC] rating to an Overweight in a research note published on December 17, 2025; the price target was $76. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Hovde Group’s analysts, who remained covering the stock and in mid July has reiterated a ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating for it. Keefe Bruyette also remained covering HWC and has decreased its forecast on July 11, 2025 with a “Mkt perform” recommendation from previously “an Outperform” rating. Stephens revised its rating on December 09, 2024. It rated HWC as “an Overweight” which previously was an “an Equal-weight”.
Price Performance Review of HWC
On Tuesday, Hancock Whitney Corp [NASDAQ:HWC] saw its stock fall -1.46% to $66.94. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.09%. Hancock Whitney Corp shares have risen nearly 22.60% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 5.12% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Hancock Whitney Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Hancock Whitney Corp stocks on 2025-12-31, growing by 0.63 million shares to a total of 6.12 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 5.49 million shares. There was a rise of 10.34%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on July 17, 2024 when Hovde Group resumed its ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $62.
