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Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
HBAN · Banks - Regional
$16.15
▼ -0.47 (-2.8%)
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Mr. Market is currently offering Huntington Bancshares Incorporated at $16.15.
The business passes 4 of 6 of Graham's defensive criteria — adequate but not exceptional.
Overall Grade
C
Defensive
C
Enterprising
Profitability A
Net Income Margin 27.2%
Fin. Health F
Years to Pay Off Debt 8.3 yrs
Valuation D
Margin of Safety 11.6%
Price-to-Book 1.51x
Cash Flow A
Free Cash Flow $2.2B
CapEx % of Net Income 12.1%
Owner Earnings $3.2B
4/6
Graham Score
Enterprising
Defensive — Graham's strict criteria (P/B, P/E, dividends, stability)  ·  Enterprising — Profitability & cash flow focused, accepts higher valuations for quality
Metric Explanations
What each dimension measures and where the thresholds come from.
Net Income Margin
Bottom-line profit as a percentage of revenue. The ≥20% target reflects Buffett's preference for highly profitable businesses. Financial engineering (buybacks, tax optimisation) can inflate this temporarily — look for consistency across multiple years rather than a single strong result.
Years to Pay Off Debt
Total Debt ÷ Net Income. Lower = stronger balance sheet. Important caveat: utilities, telecoms, REITs, and infrastructure companies carry large structural debt by design — their bond-like cash flows service it comfortably at ratios that would alarm Graham. Compare within sector.
Margin of Safety
How far below the Graham Number the stock trades. Graham required a 33% discount as a buffer against analytical error. However, the Graham Number itself assumes 1960s-era P/E and P/B norms — for modern asset-light businesses it often understates true intrinsic value, making 0% MoS appear misleadingly bad.
Price-to-Book
Market price vs book value per share. Rarely below 1.5x for quality businesses today. Intangible assets (brand, software, patents) don't appear on the balance sheet under accounting rules, making P/B artificially high for asset-light companies. Negative P/B indicates book equity has been reduced by buybacks — common in highly profitable capital-return businesses.
Free Cash Flow
Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures. Buffett's most important metric — cash a business actually generates for its owners after maintaining and growing its asset base. Consistently positive FCF is one of the strongest indicators of a durable, well-run business regardless of accounting profits.
CapEx % of Net Income
Capital expenditure as a share of net income. Low CapEx signals a capital-light business that doesn't need heavy reinvestment to sustain earnings — Buffett's ideal. High CapEx is structurally necessary in manufacturing, airlines, telecoms, and semiconductors. For these industries, a high reading reflects the business model, not poor management.
Owner Earnings
Net Income + Depreciation & Amortisation − Capital Expenditures. Buffett's preferred measure of a company's true annual earning power — what could theoretically be distributed to owners without impairing the business. More reliable than reported EPS because it accounts for the capital cost of maintaining the business.
Market Cap $32.7B
Enterprise Value $40.4B
P/E (TTM) 12.42
Dividend Yield 3.73%
Exchange NASDAQ
Gross Profit N/A
Operating Margin N/A
Net Margin 27.2%
Sector Financial Services
Industry Banks - Regional
Employees 24641
Country United States
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Full Graham Analysis

Mr. Market is currently offering Huntington Bancshares Incorporated at $16.15.

The business passes 4 of 6 of Graham's defensive criteria — adequate but not exceptional.

At $16.15, the stock trades below its Graham Number of $18.26 — suggesting a margin of safety exists.

The margin of safety of 11.6% offers some protection but falls short of Graham's preferred 33% buffer.

Conclusion: This stock is better suited for Graham's Enterprising investor — one willing to devote time and skill to security selection.

About Huntington Bancshares Incorporated

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated operates as the bank holding company for The Huntington National Bank that provides commercial, consumer, and mortgage banking services. It offers financial products and services to consumer and business customers, including deposits, lending, payments, mortgage banking, dealer financing, investment management, trust, brokerage, insurance, and other financial products and services. The company also provides 24-Hour Grace, Asterisk-Free Checking, Money Scout, $50 Safety Zone, Standby Cash, Early Pay, Instant Access, Savings Goal Getter, And Huntington Heads Up; digitally powered consumer and business financial solutions to consumer finance, regional banking, branch banking, and wealth management customers; direct and indirect consumer loans; dealer finance loans and deposits; and private banking, wealth management and legacy planning through investment and portfolio management, fiduciary administration and trust, institutional custody, and full-service retail brokerage investment services. In addition, it offers equipment financing, asset-based lending, distribution finance, structured lending, municipal financing solutions, and Huntington ChoicePay. Additionally, the company provides lending, liquidity, treasury management and other payment services, and capital markets; government and non-profits, healthcare, technology and telecommunications, franchises, financial sponsors, fund finance, Native American financial, and global services; and corporate risk management, institutional sales and trading, debt and equity issuance, and additional advisory services. The company offers its products through a network of channels, including branches and ATMs, online and mobile banking, and through customer call centers to customers in middle market banking, corporate, specialty, and government banking, asset finance, commercial real estate banking, and capital markets. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

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Income Highlights
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Gross Profit % N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Operating Margin % N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Net Income % 27.2% 26.3% 26.5% 30.9% N/A
Diluted EPS 1.39 1.22 1.24 1.45 N/A
Balance Sheet Highlights
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Total Assets $225.1B $204.2B $189.4B $182.9B N/A
Total Debt $18.5B $16.4B $12.4B $11.5B N/A
Working Capital N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Years to Pay Debt 8.35 8.47 6.35 5.12 N/A
Cash Flow Highlights
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Free Cash Flow $2.2B $1.7B $2.5B $3.8B N/A
Owner Earnings $3.2B $2.7B $2.9B $2.9B N/A
CapEx % of Net Income 12.1% 7.4% 7.2% 9.6% N/A
These metrics estimate what Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is worth based on its fundamentals — independent of what the market currently prices it at. Graham's Fair Value and NCAV are conservative floors rooted in 1930s–60s principles. EPV assumes zero growth. None are price targets — they are reference points for judging whether the current price offers a margin of safety.
Graham's Fair Value
$18.26
Margin of Safety
11.6%
Market Cap ÷ Company Value
1.70

P/B Ratio
1.51
Warren's Owner Earnings
$3.2B
Latest fiscal year
Graham's 7 Criteria
Defensive Investor Checklist
4/6 — Enterprising Investor
Adequate Size
$8.1B
vs > $1.5B revenue
Earnings Stability
No loss years (4 yrs data)
vs No negative EPS years
Dividend Record
3.73%
vs Uninterrupted dividends
Earnings Growth
-4.1% EPS growth
vs > 33% EPS growth
Moderate P/E Ratio
12.4x
vs P/E ≤ 15.0x
Moderate Price-to-Book
1.51x P/B (P/E×P/B: 18.8)
vs P/B ≤ 1.5x | P/E × P/B ≤ 22.5
Graham's 7 Criteria — Explained
What each criterion measures and why it may or may not apply to modern businesses.
✅ Adequate Size — $8.1B vs > $1.5B revenue
Graham required companies large enough to withstand economic downturns. This threshold ($1.5B) is inflation-adjusted from Graham's original $100M — virtually all S&P 500 companies pass this today.
"The minimum size of an enterprise should be not less than $100 million of annual sales."
✅ Earnings Stability — No loss years (4 yrs data) vs No negative EPS years
Graham required uninterrupted positive earnings. Any loss year is a red flag for defensive investors. Growth companies and cyclicals may show occasional losses during investment cycles or downturns without being fundamentally unsound.
"The company should have shown no deficit in the past ten years."
✅ Dividend Record — 3.73% vs Uninterrupted dividends
Graham valued dividends as evidence of financial discipline and shareholder alignment. Many excellent modern businesses (Alphabet, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway) pay no dividend, preferring to reinvest cash at high rates of return. Failing this criterion does not indicate a poor business — it may indicate a high-growth one.
"Some current dividend payments — for at least the past 20 years."
❌ Earnings Growth — -4.1% EPS growth vs > 33% EPS growth
EPS grew from $1.45 to $1.39 over 3 years. Graham's 33% threshold was set over a 10-year period. Measured over fewer years (as here), the bar is proportionally lower. Share buybacks can also inflate EPS growth without reflecting underlying business improvement.
"A minimum increase of at least one-third in per-share earnings over ten years."
✅ Moderate P/E Ratio — 12.4x vs P/E ≤ 15.0x
Graham's 15x P/E threshold was calibrated to 1960s market averages when interest rates were higher. Today's lower rate environment structurally supports higher multiples — the S&P 500 long-run average P/E is now closer to 20–25x. A stock trading at 20x is not automatically speculative in the modern context.
"The price-earnings ratio should be no more than 15 times average earnings."
❌ Moderate Price-to-Book — 1.51x P/B (P/E×P/B: 18.8) vs P/B ≤ 1.5x | P/E × P/B ≤ 22.5
Graham's 1.5x P/B threshold made sense when most company value was tangible. Today, intangible assets — brand, software, patents, network effects — rarely appear on the balance sheet. A high P/B in tech, pharma, or consumer brands often reflects intangible value, not overvaluation. P/FCF or EV/EBITDA are more reliable for asset-light businesses.
"The price should not be more than 1½ times book value. P/E × P/B ≤ 22.5."
Net Current Asset Value
N/A
"Buy at two-thirds of net current assets." — Graham
Earnings Power Value
N/A
Per share, no-growth floor. Compare to current price.
Cash Flow Analysis
Metric 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Capital Expenditure % of Net Income 12.1% 7.4% 7.2% 9.6% N/A
Repurchase of Capital Stock $0M -$410M -$82M $0M N/A
Free Cash Flow $2.2B $1.7B $2.5B $3.8B N/A
Warren's Owner Earnings $3.2B $2.7B $2.9B $2.9B N/A
Peers & Industry
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"The management of a business is its most important single factor — more important than market position, patents, or financial structure."
— Benjamin Graham
Capital Allocation & Alignment
Insider Ownership
0.80%
Low — management has little skin in the game
Return on Equity (ROE)
10.2%
Adequate — returns are moderate
Return on Assets (ROA)
1.0%
Poor — assets are not generating adequate returns
Debt Trend YoY
+12.3% YoY
Debt is growing — management is leveraging up
Leadership Team
Stephen Steinour
Chairman, President & CEO
Age 66
Pay: $5,224,375
0.236% of net income
Zachary Wasserman
CFO & Senior EVP
Age 50
Pay: $2,701,494
0.122% of net income
Helga Houston
Senior Executive Vice President
Age 64
Pay: $1,883,772
0.085% of net income
Scott Kleinman
Senior Executive VP & President of Commercial Banking
Age 55
Pay: $2,239,972
0.101% of net income
Brantley Standridge
Senior EVP and President of Consumer & Regional Banking
Age 49
Pay: $2,830,309
0.128% of net income
Top Institutional Holders
Institution % Owned Shares
Vanguard Group Inc 9.39% 191,319,041
Blackrock Inc. 7.09% 144,388,216
State Street Corporation 3.79% 77,228,656
Wellington Management Group, LLP 3.44% 70,083,841
Invesco Ltd. 3.09% 62,971,849
Boston Partners 2.89% 58,871,408
Dz Bank Ag Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt Am Main 2.29% 46,716,462
Geode Capital Management, LLC 2.12% 43,171,993
Risk Analysis
Beta (Market Risk)
0.98
Low volatility — more stable than the market
Short Interest
3.5% of float
Low short interest — market is not heavily bearish
52-Week Price Range
Low: $14.79 Current: $16.15 High: $19.46
Currently at 29% of 52-week range

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (HBAN) fundamental analysis — Overall grade C based on profitability, financial health, valuation and cash flow. Graham's Fair Value: $18.26. Margin of safety: 11.6%. Gross profit margin: N/A. Operating margin: N/A. Net margin: 27.2%. Market cap: $32.7B. Sector: Financial Services. Industry: Banks - Regional. Analysis powered by 360investing — free fundamental stock analysis based on Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett principles.

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