Stock price when the opinion was issued
A great sector to be in. Financial services are going to be benefiting from a rising rate environment. The banks particularly may be really capped by how much the market pushes up rates. This is poking its head right above the $13.60 area. If it gets above that on a daily basis, it probably means this is going to go much higher. He has a target of $17 that should be reached in the next year.
Are merging with Veritex of Texas in all-stock deal, not large, but helps HBAN expand in Texas where it has been expanding aggressively. Also HBAN pre-announced its Q2 earnings--the numbers look good, beating net-interest income.