Analysts Offer Predictions for Huntington Bancshares Incorporated’s FY2026 Earnings (NASDAQ:HBAN)

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush issued their FY2026 EPS estimates for shares of Huntington Bancshares in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, September 24th. Wedbush analyst D. Chiaverini forecasts that the bank will earn $1.50 per share for the year. The consensus estimate for Huntington Bancshares’ current full-year earnings is $1.19 per share.

Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) last announced its earnings results on Friday, July 19th. The bank reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.02. Huntington Bancshares had a return on equity of 11.34% and a net margin of 14.77%. The firm had revenue of $2.97 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.81 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.35 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently weighed in on HBAN. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their price objective on shares of Huntington Bancshares from $15.00 to $14.50 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 9th. Bank of America boosted their target price on Huntington Bancshares from $15.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on Huntington Bancshares from $17.00 to $16.50 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, June 27th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on shares of Huntington Bancshares from $16.00 to $17.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 22nd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on shares of Huntington Bancshares from $16.00 to $15.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 3rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $15.59.

Huntington Bancshares Stock Performance

Shares of HBAN stock opened at $14.51 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $14.39 and its 200-day moving average price is $13.75. The stock has a market cap of $21.07 billion, a PE ratio of 13.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.07 and a beta of 1.05. Huntington Bancshares has a 12 month low of $9.25 and a 12 month high of $15.24.

Huntington Bancshares Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 17th will be given a dividend of $0.155 per share. This represents a $0.62 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 17th. Huntington Bancshares’s payout ratio is currently 55.86%.

Insider Transactions at Huntington Bancshares

In other Huntington Bancshares news, CFO Zachary Jacob Wasserman sold 33,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.13, for a total transaction of $499,290.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 265,809 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,021,690.17. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. In other news, CFO Zachary Jacob Wasserman sold 33,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.13, for a total value of $499,290.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 265,809 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,021,690.17. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Kendall A. Kowalski sold 5,747 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.98, for a total value of $86,090.06. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 65,899 shares in the company, valued at $987,167.02. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 116,622 shares of company stock worth $1,762,904 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.89% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Huntington Bancshares

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in HBAN. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund bought a new stake in shares of Huntington Bancshares during the second quarter worth $3,295,000. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Huntington Bancshares in the 2nd quarter valued at $81,000. American Trust bought a new position in shares of Huntington Bancshares in the 2nd quarter worth $159,000. Heritage Wealth Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Huntington Bancshares in the 2nd quarter worth $744,000. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Huntington Bancshares during the 2nd quarter worth $1,665,000. 80.72% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Huntington Bancshares Company Profile

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated operates as the bank holding company for The Huntington National Bank that provides commercial, consumer, and mortgage banking services in the United States. The company offers financial products and services to consumer and business customers, including deposits, lending, payments, mortgage banking, dealer financing, investment management, trust, brokerage, insurance, and other financial products and services.