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HBAN vs. EWBC, FITB, WTFC, CFG, FNB, KEY, PNC, RF, TFC, and MTB

Should you be buying Huntington Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntington Bancshares include East West Bancorp (EWBC), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), F.N.B. (FNB), KeyCorp (KEY), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Regions Financial (RF), Truist Financial (TFC), and M&T Bank (MTB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Huntington Bancshares vs. Its Competitors

Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) and East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Huntington Bancshares pays out 45.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. East West Bancorp pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. East West Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

Huntington Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than East West Bancorp. East West Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huntington Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Huntington Bancshares$11.96B2.18$1.94B$1.3513.24
East West Bancorp$4.53B3.34$1.17B$8.5612.82

In the previous week, Huntington Bancshares had 12 more articles in the media than East West Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Huntington Bancshares and 13 mentions for East West Bancorp. Huntington Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat East West Bancorp's score of 1.27 indicating that Huntington Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Huntington Bancshares
18 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
East West Bancorp
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Huntington Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $18.79, indicating a potential upside of 5.15%. East West Bancorp has a consensus price target of $116.64, indicating a potential upside of 6.33%. Given East West Bancorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than Huntington Bancshares.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Huntington Bancshares
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
East West Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

East West Bancorp has a net margin of 26.06% compared to Huntington Bancshares' net margin of 17.36%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.09% beat Huntington Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Huntington Bancshares17.36% 11.81% 1.06%
East West Bancorp 26.06%15.09%1.56%

Summary

East West Bancorp beats Huntington Bancshares on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HBAN vs. The Competition

MetricHuntington BancsharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$25.59B$2.61B$12.65B$10.33B
Dividend Yield3.53%3.61%5.42%4.62%
P/E Ratio12.6211.85244.0626.98
Price / Sales2.182.8331.3789.35
Price / Cash9.8310.8722.2360.63
Price / Book1.461.262.356.37
Net Income$1.94B$174.52M$1.01B$271.46M
7 Day Performance0.73%0.82%0.42%2.35%
1 Month Performance7.13%5.35%3.91%7.78%
1 Year Performance22.73%11.42%542.56%32.27%

Huntington Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9117 of 5 stars
$17.87
+1.9%
$18.79
+5.1%
+20.4%$26.07B$11.96B13.2419,932Positive News
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.7382 of 5 stars
$109.61
+1.9%
$116.08
+5.9%
+32.3%$15.11B$4.53B12.803,100
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.4963 of 5 stars
$45.49
-0.3%
$47.80
+5.1%
+8.0%$30.11B$13.28B14.1318,616Dividend Increase
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.8071 of 5 stars
$138.73
-0.6%
$147.31
+6.2%
+24.0%$9.29B$3.97B13.125,903Positive News
Short Interest ↑
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.1469 of 5 stars
$51.75
+0.1%
$51.53
-0.4%
+28.8%$22.32B$12.36B15.7317,287Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FNB
F.N.B.
4.5837 of 5 stars
$16.49
+0.0%
$18.64
+13.1%
+14.3%$5.92B$2.57B12.884,280
KEY
KeyCorp
4.6501 of 5 stars
$19.17
+1.2%
$19.39
+1.2%
+12.9%$21.01B$9.24B-273.7916,753Positive News
High Trading Volume
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.8367 of 5 stars
$203.71
-0.3%
$214.17
+5.1%
+12.2%$80.22B$34.44B13.9355,184Positive News
RF
Regions Financial
4.8205 of 5 stars
$27.05
+0.1%
$27.33
+1.1%
+19.4%$24.13B$9.37B12.5819,644Positive News
TFC
Truist Financial
4.547 of 5 stars
$46.00
-1.1%
$48.47
+5.4%
+8.2%$59.31B$24.25B12.5338,335
MTB
M&T Bank
4.6862 of 5 stars
$199.25
-0.2%
$213.63
+7.2%
+14.1%$31.14B$13.45B12.9022,354

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This page (NASDAQ:HBAN) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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