Huntington Bancshares Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Apr 30, 2012
Huntington Bancshares Inc. (HBAN, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2012-03-31.

Huntington Banc has a market cap of $5.79 billion; its shares were traded at around $6.69 with a P/E ratio of 10.6 and P/S ratio of 2. The dividend yield of Huntington Banc stocks is 2.4%.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Consumer checking account households grew at a 14.2% annualized rate during the quarter and were up 11.7% compared to a year ago. The percent of consumer checking account households with four or more products or services was 1.6 percentage points higher, up to 75.1% from 73.5% last quarter. The percent of commercial relationships with four or more products or services at the end of the quarter was 32.7%, up from 31.4% in the prior quarter. These growth and cross-sell rates are why service charges on deposit accounts increased 11% from a year ago and limited the decline in electronic banking income to $10 million over a similar timeframe. We have already made up 20% of the electronic banking revenue lost due to the Durbin Amendment of the Dodd-Frank Act. These financial results point to the competitive advantage we are building through our Fair Play consumer strategy that is built on simply doing the right thing for our customers.

Our emphasis on cross-sell, coupled with customers increasingly being attracted by the benefits offered through our Fair Play banking philosophy with programs such as 24-Hour Grace® on overdrafts and Asterisk-Free Checking, are having a positive effect. The percent of consumer households with over four products at the end of the 2012 first quarter was 75.1%, up from 73.5% at the end of last year. For the first three-month period of 2012, consumer checking account households grew at a 14.2% annualized rate, up from 9.1% in the 2011 first quarter. Total consumer checking account household revenue in the 2012 first quarter was $236.5 million, up $5.9 million, or 3%, from the 2011 fourth quarter. This was primarily driven by growth in households and noninterest income. Total consumer checking account household revenue was down $12.1 million, or 5%, from the year-ago quarter due to the Durbin amendment.

By focusing on targeted relationships we are able to achieve higher product service distribution among our commercial relationships. Our expanded product offerings allow us to focus not only on the credit driven relationship, but leverage these relationships to generate a deeper share of wallet. The percent of commercial relationships utilizing over four products at the end of the 2012 first quarter was 32.7%, up from 31.4% from the prior year. For the first three-month period of 2012, commercial relationships grew at a 13.3% annualized rate. Total commercial relationship revenue in the 2012 first quarter was $169.7 million, down $5.7 million, or 3%, from the 2011 fourth quarter, and up $12.0 million, or 8%, higher than the year-ago quarter. This was primarily driven by capital markets activities.

These derivative financial instruments were entered into for the purpose of managing the interest rate risk of assets and liabilities. Consequently, net amounts receivable or payable on contracts hedging either interest earning assets or interest bearing liabilities were accrued as an adjustment to either interest income or interest expense. The net amounts resulted in an increase to net interest income of $24.7 million and $33.9 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2012, and 2011, respectively.

Standby letters-of-credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. These guarantees are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements, including commercial paper, bond financing, and similar transactions. Most of these arrangements mature within two years. The carrying amount of deferred revenue associated with these guarantees was $1.5 million, $1.6 million, and $1.7 million at March 31, 2012, December 31, 2011, and March 31, 2011, respectively.

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