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July 15, 2018 – By Vivian Park

Investor sentiment rose to 1.26 in 2018 Q1. Its up 0.01, up from 1.25 in 2017Q4. It is positive, as 14 investors sold Heritage Financial Corporation shares and 43 reduced their holdings. 28 funds opened positions while 44 raised issues. 25.64 million shares, or 8.91% more than 23.54 million shares in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Quantitative Systematic Strategies Llc reported 15,263 shares. Invesco invested 40,409 shares. Aqr Capital Management Company holds 124,765 shares or 0% of its portfolio. Chicago Equity Ptnrs Lc has accumulated 87,020 shares. Alliancebernstein Limited Partnership holds 1.02 million shares, or 0.02% of its portfolio. The California State Teachers Retirement System invested 0% in Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HFWA). Eaton Vance Management holds 0% or 23,500 shares. Parametric Portfolio Associate Limited invested in 129,740 shares. Brown Advisory Inc. reported having 14,254 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Us Comml Bank De holds 2,909 shares or 0% of its portfolio. Private Ocean Ltd Liability Co. has invested 0% or 356 shares. Mbadmutual Trust Co Fsb Adv accumulated 0% or 185 shares. Rothschild Asset Mgmt has invested 0.04% of its portfolio in Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HFWA). Tower Rech Capital Ltd Privately Held (Trc) holds 0% of its portfolio in Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HFWA) for 683 shares. Brandywine Mngmt Limited of Pennsylvania has invested 0% in Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HFWA).

Since April 30, 2018, there have been no insider purchases and one sale for $ 44,781 of business.

Analysts expect Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HFWA) to announce $ 0.44 EPS on July 25 before the opening. They anticipate a change in EPS of $ 0.05 or 12.82% compared to the $ 0.39 EPS of the previous quarter. HFWA's profit would be $ 16.18 million, or 19.74 P / E if the earnings per share of $ 0.44 is correct. After having already recorded EPS of $ 0.41, badysts at Heritage Financial Corporation posted EPS growth of 7.32%. The stock fell by 1.14% or $ 0.4 during the last trading session, reaching $ 34.75. Approximately 226,378 shares were traded. Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HFWA) has grown 35.85% since July 16, 2017 and is showing an upward trend. It outperformed the S & P500 by 23.28%.

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Among 4 badysts covering Heritage Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: HFWA), 4 have Buy, 0 Sell and 0 Hold ratings. Therefore, 100% are positive. Inheritance Financial Corp has had 5 badyst reports since January 18, 2018 according to SRatingsIntel. PiperJaffray updated Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HFWA) on Wednesday, May 2 at the "Overweight" rating. Keefe Bruyette & Woods raised the title to "Buy" in the report of Monday, March 12. Sandler O'Neill maintained the Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HFWA) rating on Thursday, January 18th. Sandler O'Neill has a "Buy" rating and a target of $ 35.5. The rating was maintained by Sandler O'Neill with "Buy" on Friday, January 26th. The company was updated on Monday, March 12 by Wood

Heritage Financial Corporation is the bank holding company of Heritage Bank that provides various financial services. services to small businesses and the general public in the United States. The company has a market capitalization of $ 1.28 billion. The company accepts various deposit products, such as interest-free accounts, NOW accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts and certificates of deposit. It has a P / E ratio of 25.89. The Company's loan portfolio includes commercial and industrial loans, commercial real estate loans held by homeowners and non-homeowners, family home loans of one to four, real estate and mortgage loans, consumer loans, home loans and mortgages. term loans. financing, and term real estate loans, as well as commercial loans of industries related to real estate and businesses in agriculture, health, legal professions and others.

Another recent and important Heritage Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HFWA) was published by Streetinsider .com which published an article entitled: "Heritage Financial (HFWA) appoints Jeff Deuel to succeed Brian Vance as CEO" 09 July 2018.

By Vivian Park