NASDAQ:ZION - Zions Bancorp Stock Price, Price Target & More

Zions Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ZION."

Zions Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 17th will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, May 24th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 16th. This is a positive change from Zions Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View Zions Bancorp's Dividend History.

Zions Bancorp declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $465,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ:ZION) issued its earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The bank reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.27. The bank had revenue of $680 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $666.12 million. Zions Bancorp had a net margin of 24.49% and a return on equity of 10.41%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.61 earnings per share. View Zions Bancorp's Earnings History.

Zions Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Zions Bancorp.

20 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Zions Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $43.00 to $67.00. On average, they anticipate Zions Bancorp's share price to reach $58.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Zions Bancorp.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Zions Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings, 12 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Zions Bancorp saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 26,434,396 shares, an increase of 1.7% from the June 15th total of 26,904,797 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,948,664 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 13.6 days. Approximately 13.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Zions Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Zions Bancorp include BB&T (BBT), SunTrust Banks (STI), Standard Chartered (SCBFF), DANSKE Bk A/S/S (DNKEY), BANCO DO BRASIL/S (BDORY), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Comerica (CMA), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), CIT Group (CIT), Synovus Financial (SNV), BOK Financial (BOKF) and PacWest Bancorp (PACW).

Press coverage about ZION stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Zions Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the bank an impact score of 45.13 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Zions Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.53%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.49%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.31%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.22%), Capital One National Association (0.07%) and Trust Department MB Financial Bank N A (0.06%). Company insiders that own Zions Bancorp stock include Alexander Hume, Bruce K Alexander, David E Blackford, Dianne R James, Edward Schreiber, James R Abbott, Joseph L Reilly, Keith D Maio, Leeanne B Linderman, Mark Richard Young, Michael Morris, Roger B Porter, Scott J Mclean, Shelley Thomas Williams, Steven Dan Stephens and Thomas E Laursen. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Zions Bancorp.

ZION stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cambiar Investors LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. Ltd., Hartford Investment Management Co., Bank of Montreal Can, Thompson Investment Management Inc., Sippican Capital Advisors and Capital One National Association. Company insiders that have sold Zions Bancorp company stock in the last year include Alexander Hume, Bruce K Alexander, David E Blackford, Dianne R James, Edward Schreiber, Joseph L Reilly, Keith D Maio, Michael Morris, Scott J Mclean, Steven Dan Stephens and Thomas E Laursen. View Insider Buying and Selling for Zions Bancorp.

ZION stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Advisors LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Fox Run Management L.L.C., Harbour Capital Advisors LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd and Trust Department MB Financial Bank N A. View Insider Buying and Selling for Zions Bancorp.

Shares of ZION 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 ZION stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.91.

Zions Bancorp has a market capitalization of $10.45 billion and generates $2.74 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $592 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.86 on an earnings per share basis. Zions Bancorp employs 10,083 workers across the globe.

Zions Bancorp's mailing address is ONE SOUTH MAIN STREET 15TH FLOOR, SALT LAKE CITY UT, 84133. The bank can be reached via phone at 801-844-7637 or via email at [email protected]