Hilltop Holdings Inc (HTH)

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Hilltop Holdings Inc. Ranks No. 3 Among Mid-sized Banks on Bank Director Magazine’s 2014 Bank Performance Scorecard (8/27/14)

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTH) ranked No. 3 in the $5 billion to $50 billion asset category on the 2014 Bank Performance Scorecard published by Bank Director magazine. According to a press release issued by Bank Director magazine, the Bank Performance Scorecard is an annual ranking of the 200 largest banks traded on the NASDAQ OMX and NYSE exchanges, and is divided into three categories: big banks, with more than $50 billion in assets; mid-sized banks, with between $5 billion and $50 billion in assets; and community banks, with between $1 billion and $5 billion in assets.

Bank Director magazine uses five key metrics to evaluate bank performance: core return on average equity (ROAE) and core return on average assets (ROAA), to measure profitability; the ratio of tangible common equity (TCE) to tangible assets, to measure capital strength; and credit quality, gauged through the ratio of nonperforming assets to total loans and other real estate owned, and the ratio of net charge-offs to average loans.

Bank Director magazine is a leading information resource for directors and officers of financial institutions and reaches the leaders of the institutions that comprise America’s banking industry.

About Hilltop Holdings

Hilltop Holdings is a Dallas-based financial holding company. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, PlainsCapital Corporation, a regional commercial banking franchise, it has three operating subsidiaries: PlainsCapital Bank, PrimeLending and First Southwest. Through Hilltop’s other wholly owned subsidiary, National Lloyds Corporation, it provides property and casualty insurance through two insurance companies, National Lloyds Insurance Company and American Summit Insurance Company. At June 30, 2014, Hilltop Holdings employed approximately 4,450 people and operated approximately 400 locations in 45 states. Hilltop’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HTH." Find more information at Hilltop-Holdings.com and PlainsCapital.com.

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