NASDAQ:HBAN - Huntington Bancshares Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Huntington Bancshares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HBAN."

Huntington Bancshares announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 17th. Investors of record on Monday, March 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 15th. View Huntington Bancshares' Dividend History.

Huntington Bancshares declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $308,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 2.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The bank reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.01. The bank earned $1.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. Huntington Bancshares had a net margin of 29.13% and a return on equity of 13.73%. The firm's revenue was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.25 earnings per share. View Huntington Bancshares' Earnings History.

Huntington Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Huntington Bancshares.

Huntington Bancshares will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 24th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8774078029.

16 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Huntington Bancshares' stock. Their predictions range from $15.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect Huntington Bancshares' share price to reach $16.9688 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Huntington Bancshares.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntington Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Huntington Bancshares.

Media stories about HBAN stock have been trending very positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Huntington Bancshares earned a daily sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the bank a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Huntington Bancshares saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 14th, there was short interest totalling 21,178,375 shares, a decrease of 15.7% from the November 30th total of 25,131,470 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 15,625,811 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Huntington Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

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Huntington Bancshares' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Endurance Wealth Management Inc. (0.08%), Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.04%), Park National Corp OH (0.03%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own Huntington Bancshares stock include Andrew J Harmening, Daniel J Neumeyer, David L Porteous, Helga Houston, Howell D Mccullough III, John C Inglis, Kathleen H Ransier, Nancy E Maloney, Nicholas G Stanutz, Paul G Heller, Richard Remiker, Richard W Neu and Stephen D Steinour. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Huntington Bancshares.

HBAN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, First American Bank, Capital Investment Advisors LLC, Park National Corp OH, Legacy Financial Advisors Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS and Macnealy Hoover Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Huntington Bancshares company stock in the last year include Daniel J Neumeyer, David L Porteous, Helga Houston, Howell D Mccullough III, Kathleen H Ransier, Nancy E Maloney, Paul G Heller and Richard Remiker. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntington Bancshares.

HBAN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Meeder Asset Management Inc., Oakbrook Investments LLC, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Fulton Bank N.A., First Hawaiian Bank and First United Bank Trust. Company insiders that have bought Huntington Bancshares stock in the last two years include Andrew J Harmening, John C Inglis, Richard W Neu and Stephen D Steinour. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntington Bancshares.

Shares of HBAN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HBAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.59.

Huntington Bancshares has a market capitalization of $14.43 billion and generates $4.74 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $1.19 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.98 on an earnings per share basis. Huntington Bancshares employs 15,770 workers across the globe.

The official website for Huntington Bancshares is http://www.huntington.com.

Huntington Bancshares' mailing address is 41 South High Street, COLUMBUS OH, 43287. The bank can be reached via phone at 614-480-2265 or via email at [email protected]