Strong Full-Year Earnings Growth
Consolidated income attributable to common stockholders for 2025 was $165.6 million, or $2.64 diluted EPS, representing a 46% increase versus the prior year.
Improved Revenue and Operating Leverage
Total revenues increased 8% to approximately $1.3 billion in 2025 while expenses grew 2%, resulting in positive operating leverage of 6% for the year.
Return of Capital to Shareholders
Hilltop returned $229 million to stockholders in 2025 via share repurchases and dividends; in Q4 the company returned $11 million via dividends and repurchased $61 million in shares.
Net Interest Income and Margin Expansion
Net interest income grew 7% year-over-year; consolidated net interest margin increased 30 basis points to 302 basis points versus 2024. PlainsCapital Bank NIM expanded to 329 basis points and improved 12 basis points year-over-year.
Hilltop Securities Strong Performance
Hilltop Securities produced $501 million in net revenues with a 13.5% pretax margin for the year; Q4 pretax income was $26 million on $138 million in revenues (18% pretax margin). Public finance net revenues rose 20% YoY and wealth management net revenues grew 16% to $53 million.
Mortgage Business Signs of Stabilization
PrimeLending posted a seasonally adjusted Q4 origination volume of $2.4 billion; refinance volumes increased $168 million (49% YoY) and gain-on-sale margins improved 19 basis points in 2025.
Solid Capital and Book Value Metrics
Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 19.7%; tangible book value per share increased $0.60 from prior quarter to $31.83.
Loan Growth and Healthy Pipeline
Average HFI loans were $8.2 billion (Q4), up 1.8% vs prior quarter and up $361 million year-over-year, with a loan pipeline entering 2026 of about $2.6 billion and management expects full-year average bank loan growth of 4%–6% (exclusions noted).
Deposit Cost Improvements and Funding Trends
Average interest-bearing deposit cost declined to 269 basis points (down 21 bps vs Q3 2025 and down 44 bps vs prior year period); ending deposits increased ~ $200 million year-over-year net of returned sweep deposits.