Huntington Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:HBAN)

I'll collect HBAN's decent dividend while I wait for the broader financial sector to recover. HBAN is in better shape than the way too big to fail banks. It should benefit from the generally improving US economy and specifically from auto loans that accompany increasing auto sales.

optimal chart pattern... breakout within a rising channel, on long term weekly charts.
not only has price broken out WITHIN the rising channel, but it's also closed a weekly candle with a higher high.

Would look to start entering on all oversold selloff reversals, intraday, particularly when seen above these levels.

Great management in place - strong dividend groth from its good 3% while you wait and watch the stock price rises - leader in the market despite being a $55B regional bank that its peers follow - I'll be holding this one and regularly writing covered calls after it gets out of its too low price to take advantage of price swings

Good financials. Success story.

A business with solid and improving fundamentals, loan default rates falling and profit estimates increasing. Solid banking company that should improve going forward.

12/17

slowly bringing itself back from the brink....been a tough few years.

Getting their act together...

Repaid TARP and increased dividend.

I love that management is buying shares in the open market.

fundamentals are fine.

bank stocks are oversold.

this deserves it less than others.

Here's the buy rec:
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/08/10/rising-star-buy-6-banks-on-serious-sale.aspx

value

Insider buying, however, its just a watch for now.

second quarter 2011 earnings of 16 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. Results also compare favorably with 14 cents earned in the prior quarter and 3 cents in the year-ago quarter.

Closed and reopened to more accurately reflect my starting price.

They had a good Q2, with improvements in all areas, and have raised their quarterly dividend to $.04 per common share.

That's better than a 2.6% annual yield at my current price.

Still think this is a great longer term investment, and will continue to look for opportunities to add.

JMO and worth exactly what I am charging for it

Recovering.

Q

Regional Banks, Regional Banks... oh how i love me some Regional Banks. HBAN is the bank of choice for many car dealers, and many large privately held Michigan companies. All of which have been pounded these last few years. it's no wonder HBAN was, too. But guess what, that's in the past and the future is looking up for auto's. And those large privately held companies that use HBAN, well they are just fine and their deep pockets are even deeper.