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, October 18th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Wednesday, January 2nd. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.79%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 17th. View Huntington Bancshares' Dividend History.

Huntington Bancshares announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $308,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 2.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

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

Huntington Bancshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Huntington Bancshares.

Huntington Bancshares issued an update on its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.533-4.555 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.54 billion.

18 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Huntington Bancshares' shares. Their predictions range from $15.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect Huntington Bancshares' stock price to reach $17.0278 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Huntington Bancshares.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntington Bancshares in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 8 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, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Huntington Bancshares earned a news sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the bank a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Huntington Bancshares saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 24,977,237 shares, an increase of 13.5% from the September 28th total of 22,014,052 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 13,910,723 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 2.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Huntington Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

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Huntington Bancshares' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (7.70%), BlackRock Inc. (6.54%), Capital International Investors (4.13%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.65%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (1.29%) and TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC (1.24%). 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, 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 Capital International Investors, FMR LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Bank of Montreal Can, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. and Alliancebernstein L.P.. 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, Nancy E Maloney, Paul G Heller and Richard Remiker. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntington Bancshares.

HBAN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Conning Inc., Capital World Investors, Capital Research Global Investors, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Deutsche Bank AG, Highbridge Capital Management LLC, EJF Capital LLC and Jefferies Group LLC. 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 $14.79.

Huntington Bancshares has a market capitalization of $15.70 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]