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. 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 2.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 13th. View Zions Bancorp's Dividend History.

Zions Bancorp announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $465,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase 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 quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 22nd. The bank reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 quarter in the previous year, the business earned $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 twelve-month target prices for Zions Bancorp's stock. 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 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.

Media coverage about ZION stock has trended somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Zions Bancorp earned a daily sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the bank a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Zions Bancorp saw a decline in short interest during the month of 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 daily trading volume, of 3,003,366 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.6 days. Currently, 10.4% of the company's 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 many different 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%), 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 bought 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]