05:45 PM EST, 01/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Hilltop Holdings ( HTH ) reported Q4 earnings late Thursday of $0.55 per diluted share, up from $0.44 a year earlier.

Four analysts polled by Factset expected $0.28.

Revenue for the three months ended Dec. 31, expressed as the sum of its net interest income and non-interest income, rose to $301.1 million from $290.2 million a year earlier.

Four analysts expected $286.7 million.

The company said it increased its quarterly dividend by 6% to $0.18 per share, payable on Feb. 27 to shareholders of record on Feb. 13.

Additionally, Hilltop said it authorized a new $100 million stock buyback program running through next January.