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Huntington Bancshares Incorporated reports recurring developments as a regional bank holding company built around The Huntington National Bank and related affiliates. Company news covers consumer and commercial banking, payments, wealth management, risk management products, quarterly earnings communications, and cash dividends on common and preferred stock.
Updates also include commercial banking expansion in U.S. markets, consumer banking partnerships, and activity from Capstone Partners, Huntington's middle-market investment banking subsidiary. Capstone-related news commonly addresses M&A advisory, debt and equity placement, restructuring, special situations, valuation and fairness opinions, and sector reports on middle-market transaction activity.
Capstone Partners (HBAN) released its Annual Industrials M&A Report on May 6, 2026, covering public valuations, M&A activity, and a 2026 outlook across nine industrial sectors.
Key data: 2025 U.S. GDP ~+2.2%, CPI ~+2.7%, PCE ~+2.8%, three interest-rate cuts in late 2025, manufacturers' new orders +5.4% YOY, and industrial production +0.7% annual.
Capstone Partners released its Annual Consumer M&A Report on April 27, 2026, forecasting a gradual M&A recovery in 2026 after weak 2025 activity. Consumer deals fell 18.9% YOY in 2025 and median EV/EBITDA dropped to 9.2x, the lowest in 10 years. Large transactions (> $250M) rose to 30.6% of deals, and several discretionary sectors showed strong YOY growth, supporting expectations that larger-cap deals and renewed PE exits could kick-start a broader rebound in 2026.
Huntington Bancshares (Nasdaq: HBAN) declared quarterly cash dividends for common and multiple preferred series on April 23, 2026. The common dividend is $0.155 per share, unchanged, payable July 1, 2026 (record date June 17, 2026).
The Board also declared dividends for seven preferred series with payment dates in July and August 2026 and specified per‑share and depositary share amounts for each series.
Huntington Bancshares (Nasdaq: HBAN) reported 2026 Q1 net income of $523 million and EPS of $0.25. Adjusted EPS was $0.37. Average loans were $174.2 billion (up 19% QoQ) and average deposits rose 18% QoQ. Net interest income increased 19% QoQ. CET1 was 10.2%; allowance for credit losses was $3.4 billion. The company completed Veritex conversion, closed Cadence partnership, repurchased $150M in Q1 and the board approved a $3 billion repurchase authorization.
Huntington (NYSE:HBAN) is expanding its commercial banking operations into Austin and central Texas, adding middle‑market and corporate banking capabilities on April 21, 2026. The move follows Huntington's acquisitions of Houston-based Cadence Bank and Dallas-based Veritex Bank, making it the eighth largest bank by deposits in Texas and the first company listed on the new Nasdaq Texas financial exchange.
Huntington hired Claire Harrison as senior managing director to lead Austin commercial efforts; 10 Cadence branches in the region will convert to Huntington branches in mid-2026.
Huntington Bancshares (Nasdaq: HBAN) will release first quarter 2026 financial results before market open on Thursday, April 23, 2026. A news release and supporting financial data will be posted on the investor relations website at that time. The company will host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. ET and provide a live audio webcast and an archived replay on its investor relations site.
Capstone Partners released its 2025 Middle Market M&A Valuations Index on April 15, 2026, reporting mixed but resilient middle‑market activity. Q1 2025 volume rose 10.3% YoY and deal values rose 21.2% YoY, while average purchase multiples reached 9.8x EV/EBITDA in 2025.
The report notes a mid‑2025 shock that disrupted deal flow, a subsequent restoration of buyer confidence, falling leverage (net debt/EBITDA to 3.4x) and weaker interest coverage (2.9x), with many advisors expecting stable or modestly higher multiples entering 2026.
Huntington (NASDAQ:HBAN) was named the Official Consumer Bank of the University of Michigan on April 6, 2026, expanding campus services for more than 100,000 students, faculty and staff.
Key benefits include waived monthly maintenance fees for certain checking accounts, co-branded debit/MCard linkage, mortgage closing discounts, six new campus ATMs, $250,000 in scholarships and expanded financial‑education and career programs.
Huntington National Bank (NASDAQ: HBAN) selected the SEI Wealth Platform℠ (SWP) to unify wealth management systems and operations, moving Huntington Private Bank onto SWP to streamline technology, onboarding, and workflows. Huntington will use SEI Data Cloud, SEI Access™ and SEI LifeYield, and engage SEI Professional Services for integration.
SEI scale: as of Dec. 31, 2025 SEI reported approximately $8.1 trillion in wealth platform assets, including $1.9 trillion on SWP and $1.2 trillion custodied at SPTC.
Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) declared quarterly cash dividends on two series of preferred stock. The 5.70% Series I dividend is $356.25 per share (equivalent to $0.35625 per depositary share), payable June 1, 2026 to holders of record on May 15, 2026. The 5.50% Series L dividend is $343.75 per share (equivalent to $0.34375 per depositary share), payable May 20, 2026 to holders of record on April 30, 2026.