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

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

Zions Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, May 24th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 16th. This is a boost from Zions Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View Zions Bancorp's Dividend History.

Zions Bancorp declared that its board has initiated a share 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 repurchase up to 5.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ:ZION) released its earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The bank reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.27. The bank earned $680 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $666.12 million. Zions Bancorp had a net margin of 24.49% and a return on equity of 10.41%. During the same quarter 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Zions Bancorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $43.00 to $67.00. On average, they anticipate Zions Bancorp's stock price to reach $58.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.9% 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 the month of 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 days-to-cover ratio is currently 13.6 days. Currently, 13.6% of the company's shares are short sold. 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).

Media headlines about ZION stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Zions Bancorp earned a daily sentiment score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the bank an impact score of 45.15 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Zions Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.53%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.49%), Capital One National Association (0.07%), Trust Department MB Financial Bank N A (0.06%), Thompson Investment Management Inc. (0.05%) and Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.03%). 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Thompson Investment Management Inc., Capital One National Association, Radnor Capital Management LLC and KAMES CAPITAL plc. 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Harbour Capital Advisors LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Trust Department MB Financial Bank N A and Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund. 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 $52.39.

Zions Bancorp has a market capitalization of $10.20 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]