NASDAQ:ZION - Zions Bancorp Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Zions Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 16th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Thursday, August 23rd. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.23%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 15th. This is an increase from Zions Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. View Zions Bancorp's Dividend History.

Zions Bancorp declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $465,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 5.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ:ZION) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 23rd. The bank reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.92 by $0.03. The bank earned $686 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $687.26 million. Zions Bancorp had a return on equity of 10.86% and a net margin of 25.03%. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.73 earnings per share. View Zions Bancorp's Earnings History.

Zions Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October, 22nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Zions Bancorp.

19 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Zions Bancorp's shares. Their predictions range from $43.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect Zions Bancorp's stock price to reach $58.8421 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Zions Bancorp.

19 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, 11 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Zions Bancorp.

Zions Bancorp saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 24,994,561 shares, a drop of 6.1% from the July 13th total of 26,624,590 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,045,092 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.2 days. Currently, 12.8% of the shares of the company 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), BOK Financial (BOKF), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), Webster Financial (WBS) and CIT Group (CIT).

Media headlines about ZION stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Zions Bancorp earned a daily sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the bank an impact score of 46.37 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Zions Bancorp.

Zions Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.70%), American Century Companies Inc. (2.49%), Millennium Management LLC (2.21%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.41%), TCW Group Inc. (1.37%) and LSV Asset Management (1.26%). 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, 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 EJF Capital LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Cortland Advisers LLC, Millennium Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Voya Investment Management LLC, Broadview Advisors LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . 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, Joseph L Reilly, Keith D Maio, Leeanne B Linderman, 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 Nomura Holdings Inc., LSV Asset Management, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Boston Advisors LLC, Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC and Jupiter Asset Management Ltd.. 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 $53.73.

Zions Bancorp has a market capitalization of $10.32 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]