Huntington Bancshares Incorpora HBAN

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Bank Specialized
Overall moat score
60/100
Moderate

About Huntington Bancshares Incorpora

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, … Full HBAN analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Diversified Revenue Streams Revenue diversification is evident (growth stability 0.97).

Key risks

  • Capital Adequacy Concerns Capital adequacy is concerning (score 0.24).
  • Credit Quality Concerns Credit quality is concerning (asset quality score 0.32).

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Deposit Franchise

Moderate
74

Where HBAN ranks in Banks - Regional

Huntington Bancshares Incorpora ranks #131 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score — the top 33%. The widest moat in the group is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near HBAN in Banks - Regional
# Company Moat score Rating
127 WaFd, Inc. - Depositary Shares WAFDP 61/100 Moderate
128 KB Financial Group Inc KB 61/100 Moderate
129 Zions Bancorporation N.A. - Dep ZIONP 61/100 Moderate
130 Zions Bancorporation N.A. ZION 60/100 Moderate
131 Huntington Bancshares Incorpora HBAN 60/100 Moderate
132 Virginia National Bankshares Co VABK 60/100 Moderate
133 First Financial Bancorp. FFBC 60/100 Moderate
134 Citizens Financial Services, In CZFS 60/100 Moderate
135 BayCom Corp BCML 59/100 Moderate

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How HBAN scores on the Bank Specialized defenses

Deposit Franchise

Score 74 · 22% of the moat score

A deposit franchise is the cheapest and most valuable thing a bank can own.

Lending Advantage

Not measurable · 18% of the moat score

Lending advantage is the ability to originate loans at attractive spreads without buying that volume with looser credit standards.

Capital Strength

Score 37 · 20% of the moat score

Capital is the buffer between loan losses and insolvency, and it is what regulators judge a bank on first.

Cost Discipline

Not measurable · 16% of the moat score

Banking carries high fixed costs in branches, compliance and technology, so what it costs to run the bank relative to what the bank earns is a genuine competitive variable.

Revenue Diversification

Score 82 · 14% of the moat score

A bank earning everything from net interest income is a leveraged bet on the rate cycle.

Risk Management

Score 32 · 10% of the moat score

Risk management is the defense that only reveals itself late.

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Understanding HBAN's moat

What is Huntington Bancshares Incorpora's moat score?

Huntington Bancshares Incorpora (HBAN) scores 60 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #131 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional, the top 33%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 399 companies in Banks - Regional. Its strongest defense is Revenue Diversification (82/100) and its weakest is Risk Management (32/100).

How does Huntington Bancshares Incorpora compare with other Banks - Regional companies?

Huntington Bancshares Incorpora ranks #131 of 393 scored companies in Banks - Regional by moat score. The widest moat in Banks - Regional is 1st Source Corporation (SRCE) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Zions Bancorporation N.A. (ZION) at 60 just above it and Virginia National Bankshares Co (VABK) at 60 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Bank Specialized in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 399 companies in Banks - Regional. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Huntington Bancshares Incorpora scored with the Bank Specialized template?

A bank does not sell a product at a margin. It funds itself, lends at a spread, and books profits that remain an estimate until the loans are actually repaid. That makes the usual margin-and-return questions misleading, so the Bank template scores what really determines a bank's durability: where its funding comes from, what it lends against, how much capital stands behind it, and whether it has been pricing risk honestly.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Huntington Bancshares Incorpora?

The Bank Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and HBAN scores: Deposit Franchise (74), Lending Advantage (not measurable), Capital Strength (37), Cost Discipline (not measurable), Revenue Diversification (82), Risk Management (32). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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