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Hilltop Holdings Executive Compensation (FY25)

HTH · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): July 24, 2026
276 figures on this page: 267 cited to the filing that reported them, 9 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Jeremy Ford was paid $3,527,281 in total compensation as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hilltop and Chief Executive Officer of PlainsCapital Bank for fiscal 2025, and Ford's total was 50.7% lower than the $7,150,071 reported for fiscal 2024. The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 39:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $81,523. Shareholders recorded 93.0% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held July 23, 2026 for fiscal 2025. The disclosed peer group names Ameris Bancorp, BancFirst Corporation, Banner Corporation, Commerce Bancshares, Inc. and Community Financial System, Inc., among others.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Jeremy Ford
Latest say-on-pay support
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July 23, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Jeremy Ford: $7,150,071 → $3,527,281 (50.7% lower)
CEO pay ratio: 93:1 → 39:1 (58.1% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Hilltop Holdings' chief executive and what were they paid?
Jeremy Ford was paid $3,527,281 in total compensation as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hilltop and Chief Executive Officer of PlainsCapital Bank for fiscal 2025. Ford's total was 50.7% lower than the $7,150,071 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Hilltop Holdings' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders recorded 93.0% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held July 23, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Hilltop Holdings' peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Ameris Bancorp, BancFirst Corporation, Banner Corporation, Commerce Bancshares, Inc. and Community Financial System, Inc., among others.
What is Hilltop Holdings' chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 39:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $81,523.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
M. Bradley Winges
President and Chief Executive Officer of Hilltop Securities
◇◇◇◇◇—◇— not reconciled
Jerry Schaffner
Chief Executive Officer of PlainsCapital Bank
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
William Furr
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇◇◇—◇— not reconciled
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jeremy Ford
President and Chief Executive Officer of Hilltop and Chief Executive Officer of PlainsCapital Bank
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
M. Bradley Winges
President and Chief Executive Officer of Hilltop Securities
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Stephen Thompson
President and Chief Executive Officer of PrimeLending
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
William Furr
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Corey Prestidge
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Jeremy Ford
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
M. Bradley Winges
President and Chief Executive Officer of Hilltop Securities
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Stephen Thompson
President and Chief Executive Officer of PrimeLending
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
William Furr
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Corey Prestidge
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
M. Bradley Winges
President and Chief Executive Officer of Hilltop Securities
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeremy Ford
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hilltop and Chief Executive Officer of PlainsCapital Bank
◇—◇———◇◇
Stephen Thompson
President and Chief Executive Officer of PrimeLending
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
William Furr
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Corey Prestidge
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Corey G. PrestidgePSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Corey G. PrestidgeRSU◇——◇——◇
Jeremy B. FordRSU◇——◇——◇
Jeremy B. FordPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Stephen ThompsonPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Stephen ThompsonRSU◇——◇——◇
William B. FurrRSU◇——◇——◇
William B. FurrPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Fiscal 2022, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Jeremy FordPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
William FurrRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
M. WingesRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Corey PrestidgePSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Stephen ThompsonRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Gerald J. Ford
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Thomas C. Nichols
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Tracy A. Bolt
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J. Taylor Crandall
Lead independent director
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Rhodes R. Bobbitt
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W. Robert Nichols, III
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Robert C. Taylor, Jr
◇◇———◇◇
A. Haag Sherman
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Kenneth D. Russell
◇◇————◇
Lee Lewis
◇◇————◇
Jonathan S. Sobel
◇◇———◇◇
Carl B. Webb
◇◇————◇
J. Markham Green
◇◇————◇
Charlotte Jones
◇◇———◇◇
Jeremy B. Ford, Dana Bober, Stephen Haworth and Hill A. Feinberg served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance member◇
Equity is delivered as Stock.
Stock ownership guideline: 5x annual retainer

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Ameris Bancorp ABCB
  • BancFirst Corporation BANF
  • Banner Corporation BANR
  • Commerce Bancshares, Inc. CBSH
  • Community Financial System, Inc. CBU
  • Eastern Bankshares, Inc. EBC
  • Enterprise Financial Services Corp. EFSC
  • FB Financial Corporation FBK
  • First Busey Corporation BUSE
  • First Financial Bancorp. FFBC
  • First Financial Bankshares, Inc. FFIN
  • First Merchants Corporation FRME
  • Hancock Whitney Corporation HWC
  • Home Bancshares, Inc. HOMB
  • Independent Bank Group, Inc. IBTX
  • International Bancshares Corporation IBOC
  • Merchants Bancorp MBIN
  • NBT Bancorp Inc. NBTB
  • Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. OPY
  • Piper Sandler Companies PIPR
  • Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. PB
  • Renasant Corporation RNST
  • Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida SBCF
  • Simmons First National Corporation SFNC
  • Stellar Bancorp, Inc. STEL
  • Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. TCBI
  • Trustmark Corporation TRMK
  • United Bankshares, Inc. UBSI
  • Walker & Dunlop, Inc. WD
  • WesBanco, Inc. WSBC
  • WSFS Financial Corporation WSFS

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025July 23, 2026=◇◇◇
2024July 24, 2025=◇◇◇
2023July 25, 2024=◇◇◇
2022July 20, 2023=◇◇◇
2021July 21, 2022=◇◇◇
2020July 22, 2021=◇◇◇
2019July 23, 2020=◇◇◇
2018July 25, 2019=◇◇◇
2017July 25, 2018=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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Citations

Every figure on this page is cited to the document that reported it. Select any figure to see its citation.
276 figures on this page: 267 cited to the filing that reported them, 9 calculated from figures it prints.
267 cited to the filing
9 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001104659-26-086684
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001104659-26-053118
    CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Director Compensation Table for 2025 · Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table and Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001104659-25-071798
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001558370-25-006011
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001104659-24-083591
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001558370-24-006134
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001104659-23-083484
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001104659-22-082046
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  9. 0001104659-21-095905
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0001104659-20-086881
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0001410578-19-000560
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0001104659-18-048116
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Banking rankings

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Peers Hilltop Holdings discloses

The companies named in HTH's own disclosed peer group.

Ameris BancorpBancFirst CorporationBanner CorporationCommerce Bancshares, Inc.Community Financial System, Inc.Eastern Bankshares, Inc.Enterprise Financial Services Corp.FB Financial CorporationFirst Busey CorporationFirst Financial Bancorp.First Financial Bankshares, Inc.First Merchants CorporationHancock Whitney CorporationHome Bancshares, Inc.International Bancshares CorporationMerchants BancorpNBT Bancorp Inc.Piper Sandler CompaniesProsperity Bancshares, Inc.Renasant CorporationSeacoast Banking Corporation of FloridaSimmons First National CorporationStellar Bancorp, Inc.Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.

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Say-on-Pay VoteCEO Pay RatioMedian Employee CompensationAll companies
Cite this data
APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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