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. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 14th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Wednesday, November 21st. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 13th. View Zions Bancorp's Dividend History.

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

Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ:ZION) released its earnings results on Monday, October, 22nd. The bank reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 return on equity of 11.84% and a net margin of 26.57%. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.72 earnings per share. 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.6% 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 stories about ZION stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Zions Bancorp earned a news impact score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the bank a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Zions Bancorp saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 19,744,287 shares, a decline of 10.1% from the December 14th total of 21,958,425 shares. Based on an average trading 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 Standard Chartered (SCBFF), SunTrust Banks (STI), DANSKE BK A/S/S (DNKEY), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), KeyCorp (KEY), 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), PacWest Bancorp (PACW) and CIT Group (CIT).

Zions Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.12%), 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%) and DNB Asset Management AS (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, Douglas Lane & Associates 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 $46.59.

Zions Bancorp has a market capitalization of $8.61 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]