GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Hancock Whitney Corporation (HWC) on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings of $119.5 million.
The Gulfport, Mississippi-based bank said it had earnings of $1.38 per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.28 per share.
The holding company of Whitney Bank and Hancock Bank posted revenue of $490.1 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $364.7 million, which missed Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $364.8 million.
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