The Hold recommendation, which was recently up graded from a Sell to Hold, for Huntington Bancshares Inc is the outcome of an analytical process that is proprietary which yielded conclusions that were above average in 4 areas: a ranking in its sector group that is in the top half, ranking in the company's industry group that is in the top third, a quantitative risk/reward calculation that is better than average and an analytical score that is above average; and produced below average results in 2 areas: an economic sector rated below average in attractiveness, and an industry group ranked below average in attractiveness.

Huntington Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:HBAN) is one of 308 companies within the Regional Banks GICS industry group, which is in turn part of the 990 company GICS Finance sector. The market value of HBAN is $17.1 billion which falls in the top decile in its industry group. The current Portfolio Grader ranking for HBAN puts it 162 among the 308 companies in this industry group, giving it a lower than average position; in the third quartile of the sector with a ranking of 669 among the 990 companies in the sector, and number 3,239 in the nearly 5,000 company Portfolio Grader universe.