Zions Bancorp Gets a Buy Rating from Jefferies


In a report issued on July 9, Ken Usdin from Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating on Zions Bancorp (NASDAQ: ZION), with a price target of $60. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $51.76.

According to TipRanks.com, Usdin is a top 25 analyst with an average return of 25.4% and a 84.8% success rate. Usdin covers the Financial sector, focusing on stocks such as Bank Of Hawaii Corp, State Street Corp, and Bank of America.

Zions Bancorp has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $58.89, a 13.8% upside from current levels. In a report issued on July 10, Raymond James also upgraded the stock to Buy.

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Based on Zions Bancorp’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $727 million and net profit of $238 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $690 million and had a net profit of $166 million.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 162 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. Most recently, in April 2018, David Heaney, a Director at ZION bought 7,800 shares for a total of $367,380.

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Zions Bancorporation engages in the provision of banking and related services and offers commercial, retail banking and mortgage lending products & services. Its products involves personal banking services to individuals, including home mortgages, bankcard, other installment loans, home equity lines of credit, checking accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit of various types and maturities, trust services, safe deposit facilities, direct deposit, and Internet & mobile banking. The company was founded in April 1955 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

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