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 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.76%. 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 share repurchase program on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $308,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 2.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The bank reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) 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 analysts' expectations 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 quarter in the previous year, the business posted $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 (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 analysts 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' stock price to reach $16.9167 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.8% 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 11 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Huntington Bancshares.

News headlines about HBAN stock have trended neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Huntington Bancshares earned a media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the bank a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Huntington Bancshares saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 25,131,470 shares, an increase of 2.1% from the November 15th total of 25,676,986 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 10,499,713 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 2.4% 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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.05%), Vanguard Group Inc (11.05%), FMR LLC (7.70%), BlackRock Inc. (6.54%), Capital International Investors (4.13%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.65%). 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 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, Kathleen H Ransier, 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., Capital World Investors, Capital Research Global Investors, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Deutsche Bank AG, Highbridge Capital Management LLC and EJF Capital 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 $11.76.

Huntington Bancshares has a market capitalization of $12.63 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]