HWC - Hancock Whitney Corporation
Hancock Whitney Corporation operates as the financial holding company for Hancock Whitney Bank that provides traditional and online banking services to commercial, small business, and retail customers. It accepts various deposit products, including noninterest-bearing demand deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts, savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, and time deposit accounts. The company also offers loans products comprising commercial and industrial loans; commercial real estate loans; construction and land development loans; residential mortgages; consumer loans comprising second lien mortgage home loans, home equity lines of credit, and nonresidential consumer purpose loans; revolving credit facilities; and letters of credit and financial guarantees.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $64.22, ATM IV 217.7%, net GEX $5.8K.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Market Cap
- $5.29B
- P/E Ratio
- 12.95
- Beta
- 0.98
- 52-Week Range
- 52.89-75.43
- Dividend Yield
- $1.90
- CEO
- John Hairston
- Employees
- 3,497
- IPO Date
- Jun 4, 1991
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What HWC Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 42.5% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($5.8K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.032) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The HWC overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked HWC overview questions
- What is HWC?
- HWC is the ticker symbol for Hancock Whitney Corporation, a listed security. Hancock Whitney Corporation operates as the financial holding company for Hancock Whitney Bank that provides traditional and online banking services to commercial, small business, and retail customers. It accepts various deposit products, including noninterest-bearing demand deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts, savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, and time deposit accounts. Listed on NASDAQ. HWC is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the HWC options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the HWC options snapshot shows spot at $64.22, ATM IV 217.7%, IV rank 42.5%, net GEX $5.8K, expected move 7.10%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are HWC's key statistics?
- Hancock Whitney Corporation (HWC) carries a market capitalization of $5.29B, trailing P/E ratio of 12.95, beta of 0.98 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 52.89-75.43. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does HWC belong to?
- Hancock Whitney Corporation operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Banks - Regional industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare HWC's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the HWC data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).