NASDAQ:ZION - Zions Bancorp Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Zions Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Wednesday, November 21st. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 13th. View Zions Bancorp's Dividend History.

Zions Bancorp announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $465,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ:ZION) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 22nd. The bank reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.08. The bank earned $701 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $699.87 million. Zions Bancorp had a net margin of 26.57% and a return on equity of 11.84%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.72 EPS. View Zions Bancorp's Earnings History.

Zions Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Zions Bancorp.

Zions Bancorp will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 22nd at 5:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

20 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Zions Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $67.00. On average, they anticipate Zions Bancorp's stock price to reach $58.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Zions Bancorp.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Zions Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Zions Bancorp.

Press coverage about ZION stock has been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Zions Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the bank a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Zions Bancorp saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 19,744,287 shares, a decrease of 10.1% from the December 14th total of 21,958,425 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,003,366 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.6 days. Approximately 10.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Zions Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Zions Bancorp include SunTrust Banks (STI), Standard Chartered (SCBFF), DANSKE BK A/S/S (DNKEY), KeyCorp (KEY), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Comerica (CMA), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Akbank T.A.S. (AKBTY), BOK Financial (BOKF), Webster Financial (WBS), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), CIT Group (CIT) and First Horizon National (FHN).

Zions Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.12%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.09%), Trust Department MB Financial Bank N A (0.06%), Paragon Capital Management LLC (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and OLD Second National Bank of Aurora (0.02%). Company insiders that own Zions Bancorp stock include A Scott Anderson, Alexander Hume, Bruce K Alexander, David E Blackford, Dianne R James, Edward F Murphy, Edward Schreiber, James R Abbott, Joseph L Reilly, Keith D Maio, Leeanne B Linderman, Mark Richard Young, Michael Morris, Rebecca K Robinson, 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 Paragon Capital Management LLC, Trust Department MB Financial Bank N A, Boston Advisors LLC, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, OLD Second National Bank of Aurora, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS and Banced Corp. Company insiders that have sold Zions Bancorp company stock in the last year include A Scott Anderson, Alexander Hume, Bruce K Alexander, David E Blackford, Dianne R James, Keith D Maio, Leeanne B Linderman, Mark Richard Young, Michael Morris, Rebecca K Robinson, Scott J Mclean, Steven Dan Stephens and Thomas E Laursen. View Insider Buying and Selling for Zions Bancorp.

ZION stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Hawaiian Bank, Virtu Financial LLC, Sippican Capital Advisors, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Radnor Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Zions Bancorp stock in the last two years include Edward F Murphy and Roger B Porter. 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 $47.05.

Zions Bancorp has a market capitalization of $9.04 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.

The official website for Zions Bancorp is http://www.zionsbancorporation.com.

Zions Bancorp's mailing address is ONE SOUTH MAIN STREET 11TH FLOOR, SALT LAKE CITY UT, 84133. The bank can be reached via phone at 801-844-7637 or via email at [email protected]