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Hilltop Holdings Inc.HTHCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Regional Banks

Texas-based holding company combining PlainsCapital Bank, PrimeLending mortgage origination and Hilltop Securities broker-dealer.

Momentum neutral 46
Mkt cap
$2.07B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
67%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$12.1M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.98×
price to book
ROE
6.6%
delivered
Implied ROE
9.1%
what the price asks
Next earnings
83 days
28 Jan 2027
Close · USD$36.40
1D-1.1%
1W-1.9%
1M-0.8%
3M-6.1%
6M-3.6%
YTD+7.2%
1Y+10.0%
ATR %2.6%
Beta0.39
52w lowhigh9.9% off high

What Hilltop does

Texas-based holding company combining PlainsCapital Bank, PrimeLending mortgage origination and Hilltop Securities broker-dealer.

Three streams that behave differently: bank interest from Texas lending, fees from originating and selling home mortgages, which rise when rates fall, and commissions and underwriting fees from the broker-dealer, including public-finance work for municipalities and school districts. The Ford family is among the largest shareholders.

Products and services

  • Commercial banking (PlainsCapital Bank)
  • Mortgage origination (PrimeLending)
  • Broker-dealer/investment banking (Hilltop Securities)

Customers

  • Texas businesses and consumers
  • Mortgage borrowers nationally
  • Institutional securities clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Diversified financial holding companies
  • Texas banking, mortgage and securities

What could go right

  • Texas economic growth across banking, mortgage and securities

What could go wrong

  • Mortgage origination volume cyclicality
  • Broker-dealer market-sensitive revenue

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Diversified banking, mortgage and securities units cross-sell within a Texas-centric franchise.

Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, US · Founded: 1987 · Employees: 3,550

Named competitors

Hilltop at a glance

Size Hilltop (HTH) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $2.07B, the 1769th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $36.40 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 3.6%, against +5.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 2.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.0%); the operating margin is 14.8% (peer median 37.6%).

Valuation It trades at 0.98× book value against a peer median of 1.21× (8th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.1%; Hilltop delivers 6.6%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 4.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 105HTH 98
Six months, rebased to 100: Hilltop against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Hilltop financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.57B$1.63B$1.60B$1.58B$1.28B
Revenue growth—+2%+1%+24%—
Net income$141M$166M$113M$110M$113M
Free cash flow$200M-$95.1M$116M-$12.3M$117M
Capital expenditure$30.3M$16.8M$7.13M$8.49M$9.80M
Total debt$1.09B$927M$1.29B$1.36B$1.45B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Hilltop competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%+40%-20%0%6196SRCEFCFWUNTBTBBK8381600908EFSCGABC7380CUBDCOM8370001227PAGBDBHTH6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Hilltop is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%20%30%10×20×6196SRCEFCFWUNTBTBBK8381600908EFSCGABC7380CUBBUSE001227PAGMBINHTHReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Hilltop is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%40%20%40%SRCEFCFWUNTBTBBK8381600908EFSC7380CUBDCOM001227MBINHTHROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Hilltop is the large dot.

Hilltop competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (HTH vs CFR vs BANF vs SF)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Hilltop HTH$2.07B-4%-2%7%0.98×9.1%
Cullen/Frost Bankers CFR$9.65B+12%+2%16%2.52×14.2%
BancFirst BANF$3.87B+2%-3%14%1.94×12.7%
Stifel Financial SF$10.7B-7%+8%17%2.00×16.9%

How Hilltop compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Hilltop against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureHTHPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-0.8%+1.6%9th lowest of 21
6-month return-3.6%+5.0%5th lowest of 21
Return on equity6.6%10.0%5th lowest of 21
Price / book0.98×1.21×8th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E15.2×11.6×2nd most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies9.1%10.4%9th least demanding of 21
ROE delivered6.6%10.1%4th lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Hilltop HTHUnited States$2.07B-4%-2%7%0.98×9.1%6.6%
Bank of Zhengzhou 6196.HKHong Kong$2.06B-14%-3%3%0.15×3.5%n/a
1st Source SRCEUnited States$2.09B+18%+4%14%1.59×10.5%13.9%
First Commonwealth Financial FCFUnited States$2.03B+13%+4%11%1.37×10.4%11.4%
Western Union WUUnited States$2.15B-24%-2%44%2.35×14.3%44.0%
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) NTBUnited States$2.15B-3%0%21%1.94×12.0%21.1%
Bancorp TBBKUnited States$1.97B-15%-7%33%2.96×26.3%33.0%
San-in Godo Bank 8381.TJapan$1.95B+5%+27%8%0.91×5.9%8.1%
Wuxi Rural Commercial Bank 600908.SSChina$1.94B+3%-5%10%0.54×2.8%10.1%
Enterprise Financial Services EFSCUnited States$2.21B+4%+2%10%1.20×10.2%9.6%
German American Bancorp GABCUnited States$1.88B+15%+12%13%1.63×11.0%12.8%
Juroku Financial Group,Inc 7380.TJapan$2.30B0%+16%6%0.70×6.3%6.1%
City Union Bank CUB.NSIndia$2.31B+8%+22%14%1.94×29.8%14.1%
Dime Commercial Bancshares DCOMUnited States$1.85B+13%+14%9%1.39×12.4%9.4%
First Busey BUSEUnited States$2.33B+8%+17%10%1.03×8.8%9.8%
Kiyo Bank 8370.TJapan$1.83B+39%+20%9%1.13×8.6%9.4%
Bank of Lanzhou 001227.SZChina$1.82B-4%0%6%0.38×2.5%5.5%
Paragon Banking PAG.LUnited Kingdom$1.81B+5%-7%12%0.95×14.0%12.0%
Banco di Desio e della Brianza BDB.MIItaly$2.37B+80%+2%9%1.41×12.0%9.0%
Dah Sing Financial 0440.HKHong Kong$1.81B+4%-8%6%0.36×4.7%5.6%
Merchants Bancorp MBINUnited States$2.38B+12%0%14%1.23×12.6%13.6%

Questions

Who are Hilltop's main competitors?
Named competitors: Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), BancFirst (BANF), Stifel Financial (SF). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Bank of Zhengzhou (6196.HK), 1st Source (SRCE), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), Western Union (WU), Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) (NTB), Bancorp (TBBK).
Is Hilltop expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.98× against a peer median of 1.21×, 8th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.1%; Hilltop delivers 6.6%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Hilltop stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -3.6% against +5.0% for the median peer; over one year +10.0%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.