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Heritage Financial Corp

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Heritage Financial Corp

HFWA·NASDAQ·Finance·CIK 0001046025

Heritage Financial Corporation is a bank holding company that oversees the business activities of its single reportable segment, Heritage Bank. Heritage Bank, headquartered in Olympia, Washington, operates 50 branch offices across Washington State, the greater Portland, Oregon area, Eugene, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho, as of December 31, 2025. It also has one loan production office in Spokane, Washington. Heritage Bank conducts business under the Whidbey Island Bank name on Whidbey Island, Washington. On January 31, 2026, Heritage completed the acquisition of Olympic Bancorp, Inc. and its banking subsidiary, Kitsap Bank. This acquisition added 16 branch offices, which now operate under the Kitsap Bank name as a division of Heritage Bank. The deposits of Heritage Bank are insured by the FDIC. The company's primary business involves commercial lending and deposit relationships with small and medium-sized businesses and their owners in its market areas, along with attracting deposits from the general public. Heritage Financial Corporation also provides real estate construction and land development loans and consumer loans. Olympic shareholders received 45.0 shares of Heritage common stock for each share of Olympic common stock. The merger consideration totaled approximately $185.0 million, consisting of 7,167,600 shares of Heritage common stock, based on the closing price on January 30, 2026.

Heritage Financial Corp (NASDAQ:HFWA) is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector. Wiseek has independently scored 11 items for HFWA at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-07-23, rated 7/10. Across its 11 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 6 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for HFWA spans 8-K, 10-Q, 8-K/A, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Heritage Financial Q2 2026 Earnings: Net Income Dips to $17.5M, NIM Expands to 3.99%, Dividend Raised to $0.25
  • Heritage Financial Reports Strong Q1 Earnings Driven by Olympic Bancorp Acquisition and Improved Asset Quality
  • Heritage Financial Reports Q1 Results, Highlights Successful Olympic Bancorp Integration & Stable Dividend
  • Heritage Financial Q1 Net Income Rises to $18.95M, Driven by Olympic Bancorp Deal
  • Heritage Financial Discloses Full Financial Impact of $185M Olympic Bancorp Acquisition

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$246.14M
Net Income
$67.53M
Diluted EPS
$1.96
Op. Cash Flow
$94.82M
Free Cash Flow
$85.66M
Cash & Equivalents
$233.09M
Debt / Equity
0.00×
Net Margin
27.4%
Shares Outstanding
33.96M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-27 · accession 0001628280-26-012703

Short Interest & Short Volume

6.73 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 3,027,972 shares in HFWA as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 0.3% decrease from the prior period — about 6.7 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 83.2% of HFWA volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)3,027,972 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 0.3%
Days to cover6.73 at avg daily volume of 449,695
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)83.2% of 57,837 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume78.7%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$28.14
52-week range · as of 2026-07-23 $21.32 – $31.25
Market cap
$1.15B
Volume
370.3K (0.9× avg)
3-mo avg 400.5K
Live data · 2026-10-04 03:17 UTC · Market closed

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HFWA
Jul 23, 2026, 5:08 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $30.29
Real-time Price: $28.14 info
Change: -$2.15 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $1.151B info
HFWA
May 08, 2026, 12:55 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $27.39
Real-time Price: $28.14 info
Change: +$0.750 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $1.151B info
HFWA
Apr 23, 2026, 5:05 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $27.70
Real-time Price: $28.14 info
Change: +$0.440 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $1.151B info
HFWA
Apr 23, 2026, 8:11 AM EDT
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Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $27.34
Real-time Price: $28.14 info
Change: +$0.805 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $1.151B info
HFWA
Apr 10, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K/A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $27.30
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Change: +$0.840 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $1.151B info
HFWA
Mar 20, 2026, 6:09 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $24.69
Real-time Price: $28.14 info
Change: +$3.45 (+14%) info
Market Cap: $1.151B info
HFWA
Feb 27, 2026, 2:11 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $26.25
Real-time Price: $28.14 info
Change: +$1.89 (+7%) info
Market Cap: $1.151B info
HFWA
Feb 02, 2026, 12:42 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $26.57
Real-time Price: $28.14 info
Change: +$1.57 (+6%) info
Market Cap: $1.151B info
HFWA
Jan 22, 2026, 1:59 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $28.21
Real-time Price: $28.14 info
Change: -$0.070 (-0.25%) info
Market Cap: $1.151B info
HFWA
Jan 22, 2026, 11:30 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $28.23
Real-time Price: $28.14 info
Change: -$0.090 (-0.32%) info
Market Cap: $1.151B info
HFWA
Jan 08, 2026, 8:19 PM EST
Filing Type: 425
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $23.97
Real-time Price: $28.14 info
Change: +$4.17 (+17%) info
Market Cap: $1.151B info
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