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. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 17th. View Huntington Bancshares' Dividend History.

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

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The bank reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.01. The bank had revenue of $1.15 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. Huntington Bancshares had a return on equity of 13.73% and a net margin of 29.13%. The company'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 earnings per share. 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 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.

18 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Huntington Bancshares' stock. Their predictions range from $15.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate Huntington Bancshares' share price to reach $17.0278 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.1% 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 headlines about HBAN stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Huntington Bancshares earned a news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the bank a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Huntington Bancshares saw a increase in short interest in 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 short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's stock are short sold. View Huntington Bancshares' Current Options Chain.

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Huntington Bancshares' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (7.70%), BlackRock Inc. (6.54%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.65%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.17%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.82%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.67%). 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 FMR LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Bank of Montreal Can, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Prudential Financial 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, Nancy E Maloney, Paul G Heller and Richard Remiker. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntington Bancshares.

HBAN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Conning Inc., Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Highbridge Capital Management LLC, EJF Capital LLC, Beach Investment Counsel Inc. PA, Victory Capital Management Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC and RWC Asset Management LLP. 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 $14.42.

Huntington Bancshares has a market capitalization of $15.47 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]