secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hilltop Holdings Inc. (HTH)
CIK:        0001265131
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-008003
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hilltop Q4 EPS $0.69 vs $0.55 YoY; dividend up 11%, new $125M buyback
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- Q4 net income $41.6M ($0.69) vs $35.5M ($0.55) YoY; full-year $165.6M ($2.64).
- Dividend raised 11% to $0.20/share; payable Feb 27, 2026, record Feb 13.
- New share repurchase program up to $125M through Jan 2027.
- Book value per share $36.42, up 2% from $35.69 at Sep 30.
- Banking ROAA 1.05%, broker-dealer pre-tax margin 18.4%, mortgage pre-tax loss narrowed to $5.2M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1265131/000110465926008003/0001104659-26-008003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1265131/000110465926008003/hth-20260129x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-008003

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