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$15.87 -0.17 (-1.06%)
Closing price 08/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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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

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

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
East West Bancorp$4.53B2.96$1.17B$8.5611.38
Huntington Bancshares$11.96B1.94$1.94B$1.3511.76

East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. East West Bancorp pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntington Bancshares pays out 45.9% 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.

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
East West Bancorp26.06% 15.09% 1.56%
Huntington Bancshares 17.36%11.81%1.06%

East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

East West Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $114.15, indicating a potential upside of 17.19%. Huntington Bancshares has a consensus price target of $18.68, indicating a potential upside of 17.73%. Given Huntington Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Huntington Bancshares is more favorable than East West Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
East West Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62
Huntington Bancshares
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

In the previous week, Huntington Bancshares had 4 more articles in the media than East West Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Huntington Bancshares and 11 mentions for East West Bancorp. Huntington Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat East West Bancorp's score of 1.33 indicating that Huntington Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
East West Bancorp
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Huntington Bancshares
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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

Summary

East West Bancorp and Huntington Bancshares tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HBAN vs. The Competition

MetricHuntington BancsharesBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$23.40B$2.43B$12.17B$9.57B
Dividend Yield3.87%3.79%5.64%4.18%
P/E Ratio11.7610.3919.8625.14
Price / Sales1.942.2326.0697.17
Price / Cash8.9910.2021.4958.58
Price / Book1.221.112.115.59
Net Income$1.94B$174.52M$1.00B$265.48M
7 Day Performance-1.06%0.18%1.01%1.22%
1 Month Performance-9.21%-6.04%-0.11%0.39%
1 Year Performance17.64%7.98%543.15%23.47%

Huntington Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.983 of 5 stars
$15.87
-1.1%
$18.68
+17.7%
+19.8%$23.40B$11.96B11.7619,932Positive News
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.478 of 5 stars
$103.87
+0.3%
$114.15
+9.9%
+25.8%$14.32B$2.69B12.133,100Positive News
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.91 of 5 stars
$42.53
-0.7%
$47.80
+12.4%
+5.5%$28.39B$13.28B13.2118,616Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.8643 of 5 stars
$132.00
-0.1%
$145.77
+10.4%
+27.0%$8.83B$3.97B12.495,903Positive News
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.8872 of 5 stars
$49.35
-0.3%
$51.05
+3.5%
+21.5%$21.57B$7.85B15.0017,287Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.7149 of 5 stars
$15.70
+0.4%
$18.64
+18.7%
+9.1%$5.65B$1.63B12.274,280Positive News
High Trading Volume
KEY
KeyCorp
4.8628 of 5 stars
$18.42
-0.8%
$19.39
+5.3%
+22.6%$20.19B$9.24B-263.1416,753High Trading Volume
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.983 of 5 stars
$194.00
-1.0%
$212.76
+9.7%
+12.2%$76.74B$22.10B13.2755,184Positive News
Analyst Revision
RF
Regions Financial
4.9594 of 5 stars
$26.30
-0.5%
$27.33
+3.9%
+20.2%$23.64B$9.37B12.2319,644Positive News
High Trading Volume
TFC
Truist Financial
4.8813 of 5 stars
$45.06
-1.3%
$48.65
+8.0%
+4.2%$59.01B$24.25B12.2838,335
MTB
M&T Bank
4.9624 of 5 stars
$194.05
+0.1%
$212.88
+9.7%
+14.9%$31.15B$9.40B12.5722,354Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:HBAN) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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