Huntington Bancshares Inc (HBAN): Today's Featured Banking Winner
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) pushed the Banking industry higher today making it today's featured banking winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.1%. By the end of trading, Huntington rose $0.13 (1.5%) to $8.59 on average volume. Throughout the day, 14,355,219 shares of Huntington exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 9,873,000 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $8.42-$8.62 after having opened the day at $8.49 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $8.46. Other companies within the Banking industry that increased today were:
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), up 8.0%,
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), up 6.0%,
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), up 5.9% and
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), up 5.9%.
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated operates as the holding company for The Huntington National Bank that provides commercial, small business, and consumer banking services. Huntington has a market cap of $7.2 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 33.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate Huntington a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Huntington
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its expanding profit margins, solid stock price performance, notable return on equity and attractive valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Huntington Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 12.0%,
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), down 9.5%,
Village Bank and Trust Financial Corporatio
(
), down 9.3% and
River Valley Bancorp
(
RIVR
), down 9.0% , were all laggards within the banking industry with
(
) being today's banking industry laggard.
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) while those bearish on the banking industry could consider
ProShares Short KBW Regional Bankng
(
).
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