AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Hilltop Holdings (HTH)

Hilltop Holdings Q1 diluted EPS rises to $0.65 from $0.42, including one-time gains

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Hilltop Holdings reported first-quarter 2025 income attributable to Hilltop of $42.1 million, or $0.65 diluted EPS, up from $0.42 a year earlier and $0.55 in the fourth quarter of 2024. The presentation identifies $28.7 million in pre-tax one-time items, or $0.44 of diluted EPS, so most of the year-over-year EPS gain came from nonrecurring items. PrimeLending posted an $8.3 million pre-tax loss in the quarter.

Key points

  • Diluted EPS of $0.65 versus $0.42 in Q1 2024 and $0.55 in Q4 2024; income attributable to Hilltop of $42.1 million
  • One-time items totaled $28.7 million pre-tax, led by a $30.5 million pre-tax gain on the sale of operations by a merchant banking investment
  • Returned $44.9 million to stockholders in Q1 2025: $33.3 million in share repurchases and $11.6 million in dividends
  • 2025 outlook includes mortgage origination volume of $8 billion to $9.5 billion and a 22% to 24% full-year GAAP effective tax rate

The filing

CompanyHilltop Holdings (HTH)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 24, 2025, 4:31 PM ET
Accession number0001558370-25-005427

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

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