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

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

Zions Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 26th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.62%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 13th. View Zions Bancorp's Dividend History.

Zions Bancorp declared that its board has approved a share repurchase plan 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 plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ:ZION) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 22nd. The bank reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.08. The bank earned $701 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $699.87 million. Zions Bancorp had a return on equity of 11.84% and a net margin of 26.57%. During the same period last year, the company earned $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 1 year price targets for Zions Bancorp's stock. Their predictions range from $49.00 to $67.00. On average, they anticipate Zions Bancorp's share price to reach $58.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.9% 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.

News coverage about ZION stock has trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Zions Bancorp earned a news sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the bank a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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 short-interest ratio is currently 6.6 days. Currently, 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 Standard Chartered (SCBFF), SunTrust Banks (STI), 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), First Horizon National (FHN), CIT Group (CIT) and PacWest Bancorp (PACW).

Zions Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Advisors LLC (0.09%), Trust Department MB Financial Bank N A (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and Virtu Financial LLC (0.01%). 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 Trust Department MB Financial Bank N A, Boston Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS, Banced Corp and G&S Capital LLC. 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 purchased 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 $45.75.

Zions Bancorp has a market capitalization of $8.52 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]