Is Huntington Bancshares getting out of hand?

This thesis is geared towards all Huntington Bancshares partners and investors who considers an exit from the corporation. I will inspect the possibilities of making Huntington Bancshares into a steady grower in February inspite the current mess. The company Piotroski F Score is 5 - Healthy. Given the investment horizon of 30 days, Huntington Bancshares is expected to under-perform the market. In addition to that, the company is 1.26 times more volatile than its market benchmark. It trades about -0.06 of its total potential returns per unit of risk. The market is currently generating roughly 0.01 per unit of volatility. What is Huntington Bancshares Target Price Odds to finish over Current Price? Proceeding from normal probability distribution, the odds of Huntington Bancshares to move above current price in 30 days from now is about 32.65%. The Huntington Bancshares Incorporated probability density function shows the probability of Huntington Bancshares Stock to fall within a particular range of prices over 30 days . Given the investment horizon of 30 days, Huntington Bancshares Incorporated has beta of -0.1013 . This indicates as returns on benchmark increase, returns on holding Huntington Bancshares are expected to decrease at a much smaller rate. During bear market, however, Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is likely to outperform the market. Additionally, the company has a negative alpha implying that the risk taken by holding this equity is not justified. Huntington Bancshares is significantly underperforming S&P 500.
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HUNTINGTON BCSHS currently holds roughly 1.6B in cash with 1.99B of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 1.51. This firm dividends can provide a clue to current valuation of the stock. Huntington Bancshares one year expected dividend income is about $0.2 per share. Earning per share calculations of the entity is based on official Zacks consensus of 9 analysts regarding the stock future annual earnings. Given the historical accuracy of 91.94%, the future earnings per share of the company is estimated to be 0.8667 with lowest and highest values of 0.85 and 0.89 respectively. Please note that this consensus of annual earnings estimates for Huntington Bancshares is an estimate of EPS before non-recurring items and including employee stock options expenses.
Investing in Huntington Bancshares, just like investing in any other equity instrument, is characterized by a strong risk-return correlation. High risks mean high returns and low risk means lower expected returns. Risk management is the act of identifying and assessing the potential risk and developing strategies to minimize these risks and earn maximum possible profits while holding Huntington Bancshares along with other instruments in the same portfolio. Using conventional technical analysis and fundamental analysis to select individual securities into a portfolio complements risk management and adds value to overall investors' investing strategies.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Huntington Bancshares' price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Please note, it is not enough to conduct a financial or market analysis of a single entity such as Huntington Bancshares. Your research has to be compared to or analyzed against Huntington Bancshares' peers to derive any actionable benefits. When done correctly, Huntington Bancshares' competitive analysis will give you plenty of quantitative and qualitative data to validate your investment decisions or develop an entirely new strategy toward taking a position in Huntington Bancshares.

How important is Huntington Bancshares's Liquidity

Huntington Bancshares financial leverage refers to using borrowed capital as a funding source to finance Huntington Bancshares Incorporated ongoing operations. It is usually used to expand the firm's asset base and generate returns on borrowed capital. Huntington Bancshares financial leverage is typically calculated by taking the company's all interest-bearing debt and dividing it by total capital. So the higher the debt-to-capital ratio (i.e., financial leverage), the riskier the company. Financial leverage can amplify the potential profits to Huntington Bancshares' owners, but it also increases the potential losses and risk of financial distress, including bankruptcy, if the firm cannot cover its debt costs. The degree of Huntington Bancshares' financial leverage can be measured in several ways, including by ratios such as the debt-to-equity ratio (total debt / total equity), equity multiplier (total assets / total equity), or the debt ratio (total debt / total assets). Please check the breakdown between Huntington Bancshares's total debt and its cash.

Huntington Bancshares Gross Profit

Huntington Bancshares Gross Profit growth is one of the most critical measures in evaluating the company. The Gross Profit growth rate is calculated simply by comparing Huntington Bancshares previous period's values with its current period's values. Each time period you're measuring should be of equal lengths the increase or decrease, in a company's Gross Profit between two periods. Here we show Huntington Bancshares Gross Profit growth over the last 10 years. Please check Huntington Bancshares' gross profit and other fundamental indicators for more details.

Huntington Bancshares Correlation with Peers

Investors in Huntington can reduce exposure to individual asset risk by holding a diversified portfolio of assets in addition to a long position in Huntington Bancshares Incorporated. Diversification will allow for the same portfolio return with reduced risk. The correlation table of Huntington Bancshares and its peers is a two-dimensional matrix that shows the correlation coefficient between pairs of securities Huntington is related in some way. The cells in the table are color-coded to highlight significantly positive and negative relationships. Each cell shows the correlation between one pair of equities and can be used to run pair trading strategies or create efficient portfolios with your current brokerage. Please check volatility of Huntington for more details

Breaking down Huntington Bancshares Indicators

Huntington Bancshares price decrease over the last few months may raise some interest from investors. The Stock closed today at a share price of 13.45 on 14830300 in trading volume. The company directors and management were not very successful in positioning the corporation components to exploit market volatility in December. However, diversifying your holdings with Huntington Bancshares or similar stocks can still protect your portfolio during high-volatility market scenarios. The stock standard deviation of daily returns for 30 days (very short) investing horizon is currently 2.4565. The current volatility is consistent with the ongoing market swings in December 2018 as well as with Huntington Bancshares Incorporated unsystematic, company specific events. Huntington Bancshares is trading at 13.52 which is 0.01% increase. Day Low was 13.45. Huntington Bancshares Calculated Tax Rate is increasing over the last 5 years. The existing value of Huntington Bancshares Calculated Tax Rate is 6.65. Huntington Bancshares Consolidated Income is increasing over the last 5 years. Additionally, Huntington Bancshares Debt to Equity Ratio is decreasing over the last 5 years.
 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 (projected)
Huntington Bancshares Share Based Compensation 43,666,000  51,415,000  65,608,000  59,047,200  51,887,579 
Huntington Bancshares Net Cash Flow from Operations 888,786,000  1,033,362,000  1,215,302,000  1,093,771,800  1,990,000,000 
In closing, we believe that at this point Huntington Bancshares is fairly valued with close to average probability of distress within the next 2 years. Our final buy/sell recommendation on the corporation is Cautious Hold.

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