Huntington Bancshares Incorporated

DB:HU3 Stock Report

Market Cap: €22.7b

Huntington Bancshares Valuation

Is HU3 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HU3 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HU3 (€15.19) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€26.37)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HU3 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HU3?

Key metric: As HU3 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HU3. This is calculated by dividing HU3's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HU3's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio15.6x
EarningsUS$1.52b
Market CapUS$23.71b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HU3's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HU3 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.4x
CBK Commerzbank
8.5x8.9%€18.1b
RF Regions Financial
13.2x12.0%US$21.6b
002142 Bank of Ningbo
5.9x9.1%CN¥155.2b
600919 Bank of Jiangsu
5.8x11.4%CN¥171.8b
HU3 Huntington Bancshares
15.6x11.1%€23.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HU3 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.6x) compared to the peer average (8.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HU3's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Banks Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HU3 15.6xIndustry Avg. 7.6xNo. of Companies46PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HU3 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.6x) compared to the European Banks industry average (7.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HU3's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HU3 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio15.6x
Fair PE Ratio12.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HU3 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HU3 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€15.19
€17.77
+17.0%
11.5%€21.08€13.90n/a19
Dec ’25€16.93
€16.72
-1.2%
11.9%€20.82€13.72n/a19
Nov ’25€14.29
€15.59
+9.1%
7.1%€17.57€13.87n/a18
Oct ’25€13.10
€14.74
+12.5%
7.7%€16.57€12.54n/a18
Sep ’25€13.27
€15.02
+13.2%
7.9%€16.88€12.32n/a19
Aug ’25€13.75
€15.10
+9.9%
7.6%€17.08€12.47n/a19
Jul ’25€12.18
€14.09
+15.7%
8.2%€15.83€10.71n/a19
Jun ’25€12.53
€14.46
+15.4%
6.4%€16.57€12.89n/a19
May ’25€12.58
€14.46
+14.9%
4.9%€15.89€13.09n/a19
Apr ’25€12.71
€13.79
+8.5%
6.2%€15.83€12.10n/a19
Mar ’25€11.88
€13.46
+13.3%
5.8%€14.75€11.99n/a19
Feb ’25€11.72
€13.20
+12.6%
5.7%€14.76€11.99n/a19
Jan ’25€11.53
€11.57
+0.3%
10.6%€13.55€9.04n/a18
Dec ’24€10.40
€10.89
+4.8%
7.0%€11.94€9.19€16.9318
Nov ’24€9.07
€11.31
+24.7%
9.1%€14.17€9.45€14.2919
Oct ’24€9.62
€12.08
+25.6%
8.8%€14.19€10.40€13.1020
Sep ’24€10.19
€11.99
+17.6%
8.0%€13.89€10.18€13.2719
Aug ’24€11.10
€11.69
+5.3%
8.3%€13.57€9.95€13.7519
Jul ’24€9.88
€11.41
+15.5%
11.1%€13.75€9.16€12.1819
Jun ’24€9.61
€11.82
+23.0%
10.4%€13.93€10.21€12.5319
May ’24€10.08
€11.86
+17.6%
11.0%€14.56€10.01€12.5819
Apr ’24€10.20
€13.88
+36.0%
14.2%€16.59€10.14€12.7119
Mar ’24€14.40
€15.12
+5.0%
9.5%€16.98€12.74€11.8819
Feb ’24€13.90
€14.60
+5.0%
9.6%€16.56€12.42€11.7219
Jan ’24€13.20
€15.27
+15.7%
8.7%€17.89€13.19€11.5319
Dec ’23€14.80
€15.31
+3.4%
7.7%€17.10€13.30€10.4018

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 08:08
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is covered by 52 analysts. 17 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullArgus Research Company
David GeorgeBaird
Jason GoldbergBarclays