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. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 18th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.22%. View Huntington Bancshares' Dividend History.

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

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The bank reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.32 by $0.01. The bank had revenue of $1.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.15 billion. Huntington Bancshares had a net margin of 29.13% and a return on equity of 13.73%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business 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.

Huntington Bancshares issued an update on its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) 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.

16 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Huntington Bancshares' shares. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect Huntington Bancshares' share price to reach $16.9688 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.9% 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 trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Huntington Bancshares earned a media sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Huntington Bancshares saw a decrease in short interest in 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 shares of the stock are short sold. View Huntington Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Huntington Bancshares include UBS Group (UBS), National Australia Bank (NABZY), DBS GRP HOLDING/S (DBSDY), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Capital One Financial (COF), BANCO DO BRASIL/S (BDORY), Intesa Sanpaolo (ISNPY), BB&T (BBT), Standard Chartered (SCBFF), SunTrust Banks (STI), DANSKE BK A/S/S (DNKEY), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF) and Comerica (CMA).

Huntington Bancshares' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Endurance Wealth Management Inc. (0.08%), Park National Corp OH (0.03%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.01%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%). 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, Park National Corp OH, Legacy Financial Advisors Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS, RB Capital Management LLC, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. and Fruth Investment Management. 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 KAMES CAPITAL plc, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Fulton Bank N.A., First Hawaiian Bank, First United Bank Trust, Hotaling Investment Management LLC, QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd and Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services 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 $13.27.

Huntington Bancshares has a market capitalization of $13.67 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]