Hilltop Holdings and its operating subsidiaries are regularly ranked against their peers by news and industry-specific publications and websites. The rankings reflect Hilltop’s commitment to build a premier, Texas-based financial services franchise through its family of companies.

Hilltop Holdings Inc. is Ranked No. 5 on Forbes’ list of Top 100 Banks

Hilltop Holdings Inc. ranked No. 5 on Forbes’ list of the Top 100 largest publicly traded banks and thrifts based on performance over the previous 12 months, ending with the September 30, 2015, regulatory filing period. Rankings were determined from data supplied by SNL Financial regarding the asset quality, capital adequacy and profitability of the biggest banks by assets. While the data was obtained by SNL, the rankings were determined exclusively by Forbes.

PlainsCapital Bank is the 6th Largest Texas-based Bank by Deposits

PlainsCapital Bank ranks 6th among the largest banks headquartered in Texas by deposits.

PrimeLending Ranked No. 6 Lender in Purchase Units by Marketrac

Dallas-based residential mortgage originator PrimeLending was ranked the No. 6 lender nationwide for 2015 based on the number of purchase units. The ranking was compiled by Marketrac using January 2015 through December 2015 data. PrimeLending also ranked No. 2 in purchase units in Texas; and No. 1 in purchase units both in Dallas.*

*Per Marketrac® for purchase units Jan. – Dec. 2015

HilltopSecurities Ranked No. 2 Municipal Advisory and No. 3 Largest Clearing Firm in the U.S.

Ipreo MuniAnalytics ranked HilltopSecurities as the No. 2 municipal advisory firm nationwide for 2016 based on number of transactions, with 1,036 issues, and No. 2 based on total par amount at $40.3 billion for calendar year 2016. HilltopSecurities also ranked as the No. 1 firm in Texas based on both par volume and number of transactions, with 580 issues totaling $24.12 billion par volume. HilltopSecurities has served as financial advisor on more bond and note transactions in the past 10 years than any other firm, ranking No. 1 nationally from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2016 according to Ipreo MuniAnalytics.

Additionally, Investment News ranked HilltopSecurities as the 3^rd largest clearing firm in the nation based on number of broker-dealer clients. At the time of the ranking HilltopSecurities served approximately 200 correspondent firms.