Heartland Financial USANASDAQ: HTLF

NEW YORK , July 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), has recovered money for shareholders and is recognized as a Top 50 Firm in the 2018-2022 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report. We are headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City and are investigating Heartland Financial, USA Inc. (NASDAQ: HTLF), relating to its proposed merger with UMB Financial Corporation.

The latest figures for Heartland Financial (HTLF) provide a glimpse into the company's performance in the first quarter of 2024, but it could be beneficial to analyze certain important indicators against analyst expectations and the results from the same period last year.

Heartland Financial reported earnings of $1.22 per share for the quarter, exceeding the expected $1.14 per share according to the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This is the same as the earnings of $1.22 per share in the previous year.

Heartland Financial USA Inc. announced on Monday that it has agreed to a $2 billion all-stock acquisition by UMB Financial Corp. Shareholders of Heartland Financial will receive 0.55 shares of UMB common stock for each of their shares.

HTLF (NASDAQ: HTLF) has scheduled a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2024 financial results on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 5 p.m. ET.

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Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (HTLF) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Heartland Financial (HTLF) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2023, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Looking beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimate forecasts for Heartland Financial (HTLF), delve into some of its key metrics to gain a deeper insight into the company's potential performance for the quarter ended December 2023.