Hancock Whitney Corp.’s (HWC) fourth-quarter 2024 earnings per share of 1.40easilybeattheZacksConsensusEstimateof1.28. The bottom line compared favorably with 1.26earnedintheyear−agoquarter.Stayup−to−datewithallquarterlyreleases:SeeZacks EarningsCalendar.Theresultsbenefitedfromtheincreaseinnon−interestincomeandnetinterestincome(NII).Lowerexpensesandprovisionswereotherpositives.However,thedeclineintotalloanswasaheadwind.Netincomewas122.1 million, up fr ...