The growth track for Huntington Bancshares, Inc (HBAN) has changed recently

With 26.34 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 23.67 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $13.49 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $13.1. The 52-week range on HBAN shows that it touched its highest point at $18.44 and its lowest point at $11.91 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $17.97. With its current market cap of 19.38 billion, HBAN has annualized dividend of $0.62 while the current yield stands at 4.67%. HBAN paid its most recent dividend on 1742256000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1742256000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.94.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of HBAN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.21%, but this was down by -10.09% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -22.12% while six-month performance fell -14.50%. The stock gained 0.08% in the past year, while it has lost -18.44% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HBAN yields 1.22 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.57. For the next quarter, that number is 0.31. This implies an EPS growth rate of 13.74% for this year and 12.89% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 13.12% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -0.74%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 1.45 billion HBAN shares are outstanding with a float of 1.44 billion shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-31, short shares totaled 50.42 million, which was 345.0 higher than short shares on 1740700800. In addition to Mr. Stephen D. Steinour as the firm’s Chairman, President & CEO, Mr. Zachary J. Wasserman serves as its CFO & Senior EVP.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.8718 of HBAN’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for HBAN since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With HBAN analysts setting a high price target of 21.0 and a low target of 14.9, the average target price over the next 12 months is 17.70526. Based on these targets, HBAN could surge 58.25% to reach the target high and rise by 12.28% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 33.42% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.22363 being high and $1.19402 being low. For HBAN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.20389. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.35 and the low estimate is $0.33. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.34.