When you buy and hold a stock for the long term, you definitely want it to provide a positive return. Furthermore, you’d generally like to see the share price rise faster than the market. But Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) has fallen short of that second goal, with a share price rise of 24% over five years, which is below the market return. The last year has been disappointing, with the stock price down 0.7% in that time.
Now it’s worth having a look at the company’s fundamentals too, because that will help us determine if the long term shareholder return has matched the performance of the underlying business.
See our latest analysis for Hilltop Holdings
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