Heritage Financial Corp (HFWA) Down -13.76% From Its 52-Week High, But Growth Potential Is Changing Over Time

Heritage Financial Corp (NASDAQ:HFWA) currently has a daily average trading volume of 180.02K but it saw 100849 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 812.17M USD, the company’s current market price of $23.78 came falling about -0.29 while comparing to the previous closing price of $23.85. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $27.58 and as low as $16.55. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $23.48 while lowest mark touched by it was $23.92.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Heritage Financial Corp (HFWA) gives us an average price of $24.76, while its current price level is -13.76% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 43.73% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $25.24 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $21.22. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.18% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.92%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 36.48 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Keefe Bruyette which downgraded the stock as “Mkt Perform” in its note to investors issued on April 24, 2023, recommending a price target of between $31 and $23 for it. DA Davidson upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Neutral” on June 29, 2022 while assigning a price target range of $27-$29. Stephens issued its recommendations for the stock as it resumed the price target for the stock is $28.

Over the week, HFWA’s stock price is moving -2.94% down while it is -8.99% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -2.94% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 15.55%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in February, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.44 while estimate for next year EPS is 1.62. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $60.68M as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $230.51M and seeing the company making $252.22M in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $60.71M for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Heritage Financial Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 34.15M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 4.19% and return on equity (ROE) at 4.45%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 22.10 while having a 12.42 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.56. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.93 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.65. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.53% on average.