Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (HBAN) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for December 14, 2012

By NASDAQ.com News December 12, 2012, 09:00:04 AM EDT

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated ( HBAN ) has announced an ex-dividend date of December 14, 2012 and a cash dividend payment of $0.04 per share scheduled for January 02, 2013. Shareholders who purchased HBAN stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 6th quarter that HBAN has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $6.26, the dividend yield is 2.56%.

The previous trading day's last sale of HBAN was $6.26, representing a -13.66% decrease from the 52 week high of $7.25 and a 25.96% increase over the 52 week low of $4.97.

HBAN is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as Wells Fargo & Company ( WFC ) and J P Morgan Chase & Co ( JPM ). HBAN's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.67. Zacks Investment Research reports HBAN's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as 16.1%, compared to an industry average of 15.2%.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the HBAN Dividend History page.

Interested in gaining exposure to HBAN through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have HBAN as a top-10 holding:

  • PowerShares Dynamic Banking ( PJB )
  • iShares Dow Jones U.S. Regional Banks Index Fund ( IAT ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is PJB with an increase of 0.53% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of HBAN at 4.74%.




The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.


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Referenced Stocks: HBAN, IAT, JPM, PJB, WFC



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