Huntington Bancshares reported strong Q2 2026 driven by robust loan/deposit growth, expanding fee income, and successful Cadence conversion. Management revised NII guidance to the low end/below due to deposit cost pressure, but reaffirmed 2027 EPS target ($1.90-$1.93) and 18-19% ROTCE. The stock declined ~5% on the NII revision. Core franchise organic loan growth 1.2% (normalized) and deposit growth 1.8% sequentially; fee income grew 30% year-over-year.
Buzzberg readNII guidance at low end or belowHuntington Bancshares reported strong Q2 2026 driven by robust loan/deposit growth, expanding fee income, and successful Cadence conversion. Management revised NII guidance to the low end/below due to deposit cost pressure, but reaffirmed 2027 EPS target ($1.90-$1.93) and 18-19% ROTCE. The stock declined ~5% on the NII revision. Core franchise organic loan growth 1.2% (normalized) and deposit growth 1.8% sequentially; fee income grew 30% year-over-year.Read full analysisCollapse analysis
Huntington Bancshares reported strong Q2 2026 driven by robust loan/deposit growth, expanding fee income, and successful Cadence conversion. Management revised NII guidance to the low end/below due to deposit cost pressure, but reaffirmed 2027 EPS target ($1.90-$1.93) and 18-19% ROTCE. The stock declined ~5% on the NII revision. Core franchise organic loan growth 1.2% (normalized) and deposit growth 1.8% sequentially; fee income grew 30% year-over-year.
Cadence conversion completed 235 days after announcement; cost synergy target of $435M annualized by Q4 2026 on track.
NII guidance for 2026 now at low end or modestly below prior range due to deposit pricing pressure; NIM expected to trough in Q2 and expand into Q3/Q4.
2027 EPS target reaffirmed at $1.90-$1.93, supported by high-single-digit loan/deposit growth, double-digit fee growth, and $1.1-$1.2B in share buybacks.
NET_INTEREST_INCOME revenue$2.1B
reported
Revenue$4.167B
+11% QoQ
EPS$0.33
+32% QoQ
Gross margin64.91%
reported
What changed this quarter
01
Guidance
NII guidance at low end or below
Guidance tone
02
Demand
Loan growth expected each quarter
Management expressed confidence driven by strong organic growth, a successful systems conversion, and a clear path to 2027 targets; no notable shift in tone from prior calls.
03
Guidance
Fee income tracking to high end or above
Guidance tone
04
Risk
Credit charge-offs in lower half of range
NII guidance for 2026 now at low end or modestly below prior range due to deposit pricing pressure; NIM expected to trough in Q2 and expand into Q3/Q4.
AI, capex & demand read
AI
Platform & monetization
Brant Standridge noted the successful conversion included 'the deployment of AI-enabled tools to automate a number of the manual processes.'
Demand
Bookings & conversion
Loan growth expected each quarter. Management expressed confidence driven by strong organic growth, a successful systems conversion, and a clear path to 2027 targets; no notable shift in tone from prior calls.
Tone · confident
Management expressed confidence driven by strong organic growth, a successful systems conversion, and a clear path to 2027 targets; no notable shift in tone from prior calls.
Supply-chain alpha
A1
Huntington deliberately reduced auto lending volumes in Q1 and Q2 because spreads did not meet return thresholds, affecting organic loan growth by about $2 billion.
“We pulled down auto volumes in the first and second quarter because they didn't meet our return threshold.”
Commercial real estate balances declined faster than expected as the company deliberately reduced construction commitments to rebalance the portfolio toward 10-11% of total loans.
“We wanted to see some balancing of our commercial real estate between 10-11% of total and our construction commitments reduced a bit. That is happening faster than we expected.”