HTH Stock — Hilltop Holdings Inc.

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (HTH)

Updated October 16, 2026.

HTH is a Stock. its distribution rate is 2.39%, its trailing-12-month yield is 2.17%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 99/100 (Safe). Total return is 157.0% over the past 22.7 years, 742.3 points behind SPY at 899.3%.

Hilltop Holdings Inc. operates a diversified financial services business across banking, broker-dealer, and mortgage origination segments, providing consumer and commercial banking products, public finance and securities services, and residential mortgage origination from its Dallas headquarters. The company pays a modest current distribution rate on a quarterly basis. The stock appeals to income-oriented investors seeking exposure to the financial services sector.

HTH performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 157.0% over the past 22.7 years, 742.3 points behind SPY at 899.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 21.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 13.5%.

HTH key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

99 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

2.37%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

02/12/2004

Distribution rate

2.39%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

2.17%

5-year average yield

1.99

Last close

$36.85 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$2,111,004,466

Average volume

258783.0

Dividend

$0.22

Ex-dividend date

08/07/2026

Payment date

08/21/2026

Beta

0.885

Payout ratio

29.6%

P/E ratio

13.65

Forward P/E

13.4953

EPS

$2.70

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (2.39%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (2.17%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

HTH risks and drawbacks

HTH's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 13.5%.

Who may consider HTH — and who may not

HTH may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (HTH pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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