Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBANP) Short Interest Up 475.8% in October

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBANP) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 90,400 shares, a growth of 475.8% from the October 15th total of 15,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 37,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days.

Huntington Bancshares Stock Down 0.9 %

NASDAQ:HBANP traded down $0.17 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $19.26. The stock had a trading volume of 39,637 shares, compared to its average volume of 36,976. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $20.05 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $18.73. Huntington Bancshares has a 1-year low of $17.05 and a 1-year high of $20.74.

Huntington Bancshares Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.2813 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $1.13 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.84%.

About Huntington Bancshares

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated operates as the bank holding company for The Huntington National Bank that provides commercial, consumer, and mortgage banking services in the United States. The company 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.