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Heritage Financial Corp

HFWA

25.190USD

+0.950+3.92%
Close 09/18, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
855.28MMarket Cap
17.29P/E TTM

Heritage Financial Corp

25.190

+0.950+3.92%

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively healthy. Its valuation is considered overvalued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Hold. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
140 / 400
Overall Ranking
258 / 4723
Industry
Banking Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 6 analysts
Hold
Current Rating
28.000
Target Price
+16.52%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Company Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Heritage Financial Corporation is a bank holding company. The Company is primarily engaged in the business of planning, directing, and coordinating the business activities of its wholly owned subsidiary, Heritage Bank (the Bank). Its business consists primarily commercial lending and deposit relationships with small and medium-sized businesses and their owners in its market areas and attracting deposits from the general public. It also makes real estate construction and land development loans, consumer loans and residential real estate loans for sale or investment purposes on residential properties located primarily in its market. It offers a full range of products and services to customers for personal and business banking needs designed to attract both short-term and long-term deposits. It also offers investment advice through a wealth management department that provides objective advice from trusted advisers. The Bank conducts business from its approximately 50 branch offices.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 74.32%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 74.32%.
Overvalued
The company’s latest PB is 0.93, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 30.19M shares, decreasing 6.03% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by The Vanguard
Star Investor The Vanguard holds 2.41M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company's current financial score is 5.11, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 7.07. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is low. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 50.69M, representing a year-over-year decrease of 0.87%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 13.73%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.11
Change
0

Financials

7.80

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

Quality of Earnings

3.53

Operational Efficiency

3.26

Growth Potential

5.85

Shareholder Returns

5.11

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current valuation score is 1.80, which is higher than the Banking Services industry's average of 1.34. Its current P/E ratio is 16.73, which is -1.43% below the recent high of 16.49 and 7.33% above the recent low of 15.50.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
1.80
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 140/400
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 6.67, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 7.39. The average price target for Heritage Financial Corp is 27.00, with a high of 34.00 and a low of 26.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.67
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 6 analysts
Hold
Current Rating
28.000
Target Price
+15.51%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

306
Total
4
Median
5
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Heritage Financial Corp
HFWA
6
Bank of America Corp
BAC
26
JPMorgan Chase & Co
JPM
26
Wells Fargo & Co
WFC
25
US Bancorp
USB
25
Regions Financial Corp
RF
24
1
2
3
...
61

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current price momentum score is 7.10, which is lower than the Banking Services industry's average of 7.69. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 25.47 and the support level at 22.97, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.05
Change
0.05

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(1)
Neutral(3)
Buy(2)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-0.041
Neutral
RSI(14)
60.785
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
66.280
Buy
ATR(14)
0.768
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
84.494
Neutral
Williams %R
12.632
Overbought
TRIX(12,20)
0.185
Sell
StochRSI(14)
100.000
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(0)
Neutral(0)
Buy(6)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
24.444
Buy
MA10
24.661
Buy
MA20
24.497
Buy
MA50
24.042
Buy
MA100
23.821
Buy
MA200
24.018
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Banking Services industry's average of 6.22. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 88.92%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 1.53%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 2.41M shares, representing 7.11% of shares outstanding, with 0.65% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
4.62M
-2.02%
Jennison Associates LLC
2.75M
+24.71%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
2.40M
-1.14%
Victory Capital Management Inc.
1.48M
+15727.69%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
2.07M
+0.02%
State Street Global Advisors (US)
1.53M
-7.35%
AllianceBernstein L.P.
1.38M
-7.63%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
824.58K
+3.08%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership
444.88K
+2.67%
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (US)
386.96K
+1.50%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current risk assessment score is 5.80, which is higher than the Banking Services industry's average of 5.23. The company's beta value is 0.53. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.80
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.53
VaR
+3.06%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+23.13%
240-Day Volatility
+36.42%
Return
Best Daily Return
60 days
+5.77%
120 days
+5.77%
5 years
+15.20%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-6.85%
120 days
-8.16%
5 years
-8.16%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+1.15
120 days
+0.50
5 years
+0.29
Risk Assessment
Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+23.13%
3 years
+55.29%
5 years
+55.29%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+0.92
3 years
-0.14
5 years
+0.02
Skewness
240 days
+1.06
3 years
+0.53
5 years
+0.41
Volatility
Realised Volatility
240 days
+36.42%
5 years
+35.77%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+2.88%
5 years
+2.84%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+62.57%
240 days
+62.57%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+22.91%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+19.94%
Liquidity
Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+0.47%
120 days
+0.64%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
-22.09%
60 days
-17.90%
120 days
+12.81%

Peer Comparison

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7.64 /10
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