Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) CEO Stephen D. Steinour acquired 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 28th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $9.44 per share, for a total transaction of $94,400.00. Following the acquisition, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,172,722 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,510,496. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC. Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) stock opened at $9.50 in last session, and closed at $9.52, while the day range of HBAN stock is $9.44-$9.57.The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 2.70%.
Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) was downgraded by research analysts at Thomson Reuters/Verus from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report released on Monday, Analyst Ratings News reports. Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) stock opened at $21.53, in last session and closed at $21.52, by loosed -0.81%.The 52 week range was $15.57-$21.96.Company’s market capitalization is $18.41 billion.
The analysts wrote, “U.S. Bancorp (USB) has been reiterated by The Street Ratings as a buy with a ratings score of A-. The company’s strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, expanding profit margins, increase in stock price during the past year and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) stock loosed -1.19% and finished the last session at $40.65.The EPS of the stock remained 3.00. Company’s market capitalization is $74.09 billion.
Associated Banc Corp (NASDAQ:ASBC) stock opened the session at $16.56, and closed the session at $16.61. The 52 week range of the ASBC stock remained $13.57-$17.89 and the day range was $16.41-$16.70.