Heritage Financial

HFWA

Market cap $817M

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The mean of analysts' price targets for Heritage Financial (HFWA) points to a 25.2% upside in the stock. While this highly sought-after metric has not proven reasonably effective, strong agreement among analysts in raising earnings estimates does indicate an upside in the stock.

Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:HFWA ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call October 23, 2025 1:00 PM EDT Company Participants Bryan McDonald - CEO, President & Director Donald Hinson - Executive VP & CFO Tony Chalfant - Executive VP & Chief Credit Officer Conference Call Participants Adam Kroll - Piper Sandler & Co., Research Division Jeff Rulis - D.A. Davidson & Co., Research Division Liam Coohill - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division Jackson Laurent - Stephens Inc., Research Division Presentation Operator Hello, everyone, and a warm welcome to the Heritage Financial 2025 Q3 Earnings Call.

The headline numbers for Heritage Financial (HFWA) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended September 2025, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Heritage Financial (HFWA) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.56 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate . This compares to earnings of $0.33 per share a year ago.

Third Quarter 2025 Highlights Net income was $19.2 million, or $0.55 per diluted share, compared to $12.2 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2025. Deposits increased $73.1 million, or 1.3% (5.0% annualized), with noninterest demand deposits increasing 2.1% (8.4% annualized), from the second quarter of 2025.

YCharts recently began posting the entire collection of Standard and Poors Indexes: 500 Large-Caps; 400 Mid-Caps; 600 Small-Caps. This article provides an October update to the S&P600 Small-Cap Top 40 dividend dogs by yield. All 40 of current S&P600 top yield small-cap stocks pay dividends. As of 10/20/25 yields ranged 4.12%-9.32% annually. 38 by broker-target-price-estimates ranged 0.39%-53.06%. And 40 by total-annual-returns ranged 4.76%-115.12%.

Dividends are one of the best benefits to being a shareholder, but finding a great dividend stock is no easy task. Does Heritage Financial (HFWA) have what it takes?

NEW YORK, Oct. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Class Action Attorney Juan Monteverde with Monteverde & Associates PC (the “M&A Class Action Firm”), has recovered millions of dollars for shareholders and is recognized as a Top 50 Firm in the 2024 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report. The firm is headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City and is investigating Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HFWA ) related to its merger with Olympic Bancorp, Inc. Upon completion of the proposed transaction, Heritage shareholders will own approximately 82.6% of the combined company. Is it a fair deal?

OLYMPIA, Wash. , Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: HFWA) (the "Company" or "Heritage") anticipates issuing its third quarter earnings release on Thursday, October 23, 2025 before the market opens.