Huntington Bancshares, Inc (NASDAQ: HBAN)’s stock price has plunge by -0.57relation to previous closing price of 15.72. Nevertheless, the company has seen a 1.30% surge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-05-20 that Huntington Bancshares’ preferred stocks HBANM and HBANP are overvalued, offering unattractive yields relative to their credit quality and sector peers. Despite stable financials and solid dividend coverage, HBAN’s preferreds have tightened credit spreads excessively compared to the company’s senior debt. Current yields on HBAN’s preferreds are about 6.4%, but fair value would require yields closer to 7.2%, implying significant downside to current prices.
Is It Worth Investing in Huntington Bancshares, Inc (NASDAQ: HBAN) Right Now?
Huntington Bancshares, Inc (NASDAQ: HBAN) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 12.05x compared to its average ratio. HBAN has 36-month beta value of 0.95. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 12 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for HBAN is 1.44B, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.44% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of HBAN on June 02, 2025 was 23.18M shares.
HBAN’s Market Performance
The stock of Huntington Bancshares, Inc (HBAN) has seen a 1.30% increase in the past week, with a 7.57% rise in the past month, and a -5.10% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.83%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.82% for HBAN. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.33% for HBAN stock, with a simple moving average of 0.06% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of HBAN
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for HBAN stocks, with Jefferies repeating the rating for HBAN by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for HBAN in the upcoming period, according to Jefferies is $20 based on the research report published on May 21, 2025 of the current year 2025.
TD Cowen, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see HBAN reach a price target of $20. The rating they have provided for HBAN stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on May 15th, 2025.
Deutsche Bank gave a rating of “Buy” to HBAN, setting the target price at $17.50 in the report published on April 24th of the current year.
HBAN Trading at 6.23% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought HBAN to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -15.26% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.82%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.83%, as shares surge +6.91% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +4.41% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, HBAN rose by +1.30%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +16.82% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $15.58. In addition, Huntington Bancshares, Inc saw -3.93% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at HBAN starting from Wasserman Zachary Jacob, who sale 59,060 shares at the price of $14.36 back on Apr 30 ’25. After this action, Wasserman Zachary Jacob now owns 277,348 shares of Huntington Bancshares, Inc, valued at $848,282 using the latest closing price.
Houston Helga, the Senior Exec. V. P. of Huntington Bancshares, Inc, sale 42,345 shares at $14.72 during a trade that took place back on May 01 ’25, which means that Houston Helga is holding 592,119 shares at $623,402 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for HBAN
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.18 for the present operating margin
- 1.16 for the gross margin
The net margin for Huntington Bancshares, Inc stands at 0.27. The total capital return value is set at 0.03. Equity return is now at value 10.30, with 1.02 for asset returns.
Based on Huntington Bancshares, Inc (HBAN), the company’s capital structure generated 0.48 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.1. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.92. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.3.
When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.39. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.06for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.04. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.12.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Huntington Bancshares, Inc (HBAN) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
