secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hilltop Holdings Inc. (HTH)
CIK:        0001265131
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-25-000545
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hilltop reports Q4 EPS $0.55 vs $0.44 YoY; raises dividend 6% to $0.18
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- Q4 2024 income to common stockholders $35.5M ($0.55 diluted EPS) vs $28.7M ($0.44) a year earlier.
- Board declared $0.18 quarterly dividend, up 6% from prior quarter, and authorized $100M stock buyback through Jan 2026.
- Net interest margin fell to 2.72% from 2.84% in Q3; credit loss reversal of $5.9M.
- Redeemed $150M 5% senior notes due 2025 on Jan 15; expected $23-27M gain from Moser Acquisition sale.
- Mortgage origination volume rose 24% YoY to $2.3B; book value per share $33.71.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1265131/000155837025000545/0001558370-25-000545-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1265131/000155837025000545/hth-20250130x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-25-000545

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