HWCHancock Whitney Corporation

$73.50+38% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: rangebound and insiders net selling (often routine).

3 neutral
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +5% vs its 200-day average.

Insider conviction−$2.1M (90 days to Oct 22, 2026)SEC EDGAR · Oct 22, 2026

Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 22, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).

Short interest7.6% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Heavily shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Up 0.7% since the previous count, down from 8.0% of shares outstanding three months ago.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

1-year returnbetter than 76% of the market
vs 200-day avgmiddle of the market

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How HWC is trading

Hancock Whitney Corporation is +38% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 22 points ahead of the market.

+38%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
+4.7%

vs 200-day average · close to trend

RSI (14)
52

RSI (14) · neutral

Below its 52-week high
7.9%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 15, 2024$44.30 – $79.80 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$73.50
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
+0.44%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
+38%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+73%
vs 50-day average$74.26
−1.0%
52-week high
$79.80
52-week low
$54.07
Annualised volatility
30%
Insider selling, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
$2.1M
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)+17%
2025+20%
2024+16%
2023+3.3%
2022−1.2%
2021+51%
2020−19%
2019+30%
2018−28%
2017+17%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan108 of 10+4.6%
Feb104 of 10−1.0%
Mar103 of 10−7.4%
Apr106 of 10+1.7%
May108 of 10+1.4%
Jun106 of 10+1.1%
Jul118 of 11+4.6%
Aug115 of 11−0.11%
Sep115 of 11−0.89%
Oct118 of 11+2.8%
Nov107 of 10+8.7%
Dec106 of 10+3.0%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.