The Dallas-based bank said it had earnings of $1.21 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.09 per share. The insurance holding compnay posted revenue of $474.7 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $447.8 million, missing Street forecasts. Hilltop Holdings shares have risen 18% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $32.33, a climb of 77% in the last 12 months. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on HTH at https://www.zacks.com/ap/HTH