Company Analysis

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (HTH)

NYSE: HTH · State Commercial Banks · Dallas, TX · filing with the SEC since 2003
Grade4.8
◀ Past 3.6● Present 6.1▶ Future 5.1

The grade of Hilltop Holdings Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.8/10
◀ Past3.640% of the headline
● Present6.135% of the headline
▶ Future5.125% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-05-16.

weight 45% of this tense · 8th percentile among 165 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Hilltop Holdings Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, 2 times, the latest 2025-05-16); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2019-11-13) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 20th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hilltop Holdings Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $456 million in fiscal 2016 to $784 million in fiscal 2025, up 6.2% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 13% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.2%bottom 8% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 1% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak13.2%bottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.9% a year. 50% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 18 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 84th percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Hilltop Holdings Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 50% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 18 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-05 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 4% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.1/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 8%: 8¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 86%: owes 86¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 69th percentile among 161 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Hilltop Holdings Inc. earned about 8 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 86 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 11% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 27% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 46% of 155 in its family; net margin 21.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 155 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hilltop Holdings Inc.'s standing among 155 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $784 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 29% by size; a net margin of 21.1% ranks in the top 49%; revenue growth of 9.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 15% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$784Mtop 29% of its family
  • net margin21.1%top 49% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth9.9%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 31% of 150 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2010.

weight 22% of this tense · 69th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Hilltop Holdings Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Ford, Jeremy B (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2010-03-22, 16.6 years (top 12% of its family); the 20 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 13.9 years (top 6%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 20 people in charge now (bottom 26%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge9 in three years among 20 peoplebottom 26% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed13.9 yearstop 6% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record16.6 yearstop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 44% of 142 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 142 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Hilltop Holdings Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.3 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 7.9% of its assets as net cash, top 15% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -7.1% of revenue (bottom 2%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets7.9%top 15% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-7.1%bottom 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 40% of 152 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hilltop Holdings Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 9.9% a year over the last three filed years against 6.2% over all 10, speeding up (bottom 48% of its family); the newest year grew -6.3% (bottom 4%); capital spending grew 19.8% a year (top 33%) (its annual reports). Hilltop Holdings Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+3.7 points a yearbottom 48% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-6.3%bottom 4% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending19.8%top 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 32% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Hilltop Holdings Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $784 million in fiscal 2025 came in 21.2% below the $995 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 22% of its family); net income of $166 million against a prior three-year average of $112 million (top 11%); a net margin of 21.1% against 15.3% before (top 6%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-21.2%bottom 22% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+48%top 11% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+5.9 pointstop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton HTH · research, not advice