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Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) Competitors

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$17.72 -0.15 (-0.84%)
Closing price 09/19/2025 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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

In the previous week, Huntington Bancshares had 10 more articles in the media than East West Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Huntington Bancshares and 11 mentions for East West Bancorp. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Huntington Bancshares' score of 1.38 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

East West Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $116.64, indicating a potential upside of 7.06%. Huntington Bancshares has a consensus target price of $18.79, indicating a potential upside of 6.04%. Given East West Bancorp's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than Huntington Bancshares.

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

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$4.53B3.32$1.17B$8.5612.73
Huntington Bancshares$11.96B2.16$1.94B$1.3513.13

East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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 increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.

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

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%

Summary

East West Bancorp beats Huntington Bancshares on 11 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$26.07B$2.61B$12.70B$10.40B
Dividend Yield3.47%3.52%5.40%4.60%
P/E Ratio13.1311.72243.7826.78
Price / Sales2.162.2630.87123.54
Price / Cash10.0211.2022.4261.55
Price / Book1.451.242.336.40
Net Income$1.94B$174.52M$1.01B$271.80M
7 Day Performance-0.28%0.51%0.36%3.48%
1 Month Performance5.48%3.80%3.79%9.90%
1 Year Performance19.25%10.15%537.70%28.44%

Huntington Bancshares Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.8784 of 5 stars
$17.72
-0.8%
$18.79
+6.0%
+18.4%$26.07B$11.96B13.1319,932Positive News
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.7321 of 5 stars
$107.92
-1.3%
$116.64
+8.1%
+30.9%$14.87B$2.69B12.613,100Positive News
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.5899 of 5 stars
$45.36
-0.4%
$48.33
+6.6%
+5.6%$30.02B$13.28B14.0918,616Positive News
Dividend Increase
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.8373 of 5 stars
$133.66
-1.4%
$147.31
+10.2%
+22.6%$8.95B$3.97B12.655,903Positive News
Short Interest ↑
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.1327 of 5 stars
$51.35
-0.9%
$52.00
+1.3%
+26.9%$22.15B$12.36B15.6117,287Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FNB
F.N.B.
4.6961 of 5 stars
$16.25
-1.0%
$18.64
+14.8%
+11.8%$5.83B$2.57B12.694,280High Trading Volume
KEY
KeyCorp
4.6708 of 5 stars
$18.84
-1.2%
$19.39
+3.0%
+9.9%$20.65B$9.24B-269.0716,753Positive News
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.8109 of 5 stars
$202.70
+0.4%
$213.67
+5.4%
+9.8%$79.82B$34.44B13.8655,184Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RF
Regions Financial
4.8037 of 5 stars
$26.89
-1.0%
$27.47
+2.2%
+16.1%$23.99B$9.37B12.5119,644Positive News
TFC
Truist Financial
4.3594 of 5 stars
$44.82
-0.9%
$48.47
+8.2%
+7.0%$57.79B$24.25B12.2138,335
MTB
M&T Bank
4.6447 of 5 stars
$196.57
-1.1%
$214.31
+9.0%
+12.3%$30.72B$13.45B12.7322,354Trending News

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