ZION
Zions Bancorporation, National Association
ZION's fundamentals are strong: its operating margin rose 8 points to 41% and revenue grew 13%. At 8.1x earnings, it's trading below its usual 9.8x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
ZION Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
ZION's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like ZION.
ZION PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 8.1x | $66.14 | +0.3% |
| Current | 8.1x | $65.95 | — |
| Forward | 9.7x | $65.95 | — |
| Fair | 9.8x | $79.72 | +21% |
| Expensive | 12x | $98.31 | +49% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
ZION's PE is in its cheap range at 8.1x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 9.7x, in its fair range.
ZION Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Deteriorating | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for ZION, with profitability improving.
ZION Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $6.81 | -16% |
| Q3 2026 | $8.15 | +46% |
| Q2 2026 | $7.85 | +44% |
| Q1 2026 | $6.43 | +26% |
| Q4 2025 | $6.00 | +21% |
| Q3 2025 | $5.58 | +27% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.47 | +32% |
| Q1 2025 | $5.12 | +29% |
| Q4 2024 | $4.95 | +14% |
ZION's earnings per share have climbed steadily: $8.15 over the past year, up 46% from the year before, and higher year over year for eight quarters in a row.
ZION Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $881M | +2.3% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.1B | +36% |
| Q1 2026 | $849M | +6.8% |
| Q4 2025 | $891M | +8.7% |
| Q3 2025 | $861M | +8.7% |
| Q2 2025 | $838M | +7.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $795M | +7.1% |
| Q4 2024 | $820M | +12% |
ZION's revenue has grown year over year for nine quarters in a row: $881M last quarter, up 2.3% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 38% | +5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 51% | +14 points |
| Q1 2026 | 35% | +4.6 points |
| Q4 2025 | 38% | +5.1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 33% | -1.9 points |
| Q2 2025 | 37% | +3.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 30% | +2.7 points |
| Q4 2024 | 33% | +12 points |
ZION's operating margin was 38% last quarter, up 5 points from the same quarter a year ago.
ZION Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $860M | +108% |
| Q2 2026 | $389M | +$482M |
| Q1 2026 | $398M | +162% |
| Q4 2025 | $480M | -1.8% |
| Q3 2025 | $413M | +326% |
| Q2 2025 | -$93M | -140% |
| Q1 2025 | $152M | -34% |
| Q4 2024 | $489M | +$763M |
ZION's free cash flow was $2.1B over the past year, up 121% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like ZION.
ZION Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.8% | -1.1M shares |
| 1 year | -1.4% | -2M shares |
| 3 years | -1.7% | -2.6M shares |
| 5 years | -9.6% | -15.4M shares |
| Available history | -22% | -41.4M shares |
ZION has 145M diluted shares, down 1.4% from a year ago, with $227M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $75M |
| Q2 2026 | $75M |
| Q1 2026 | $77M |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | $41M |
| Q4 2024 | $1M |
ZION spent $227M buying back its own shares over the past year, about five times what it spent the year before.
ZION Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.0x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 1.0x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 3.0x | Elevated |
| Q3 2025 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.2x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 3.6x | Elevated |
ZION's net debt is about a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from less than a year a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like ZION.
ZION Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 51.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 38.7 | Neutral |
ZION's weekly RSI is 52 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 39 (neutral).
ZION PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | ZION | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 8.1x | 13x | 38% below |
| PE % | 16 | 63 | 47 pts below |
ZION is trading at 8.1x earnings, a 38% discount to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
ZION Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $64.4 | 2.4% above |
| 20 week MA | $67.4 | 2.2% below |
| 50 week MA | $63.3 | 4.2% above |
| 100 week MA | $57.8 | 14% above |
| 200 week MA | $49.4 | 34% above |
ZION's trend is mixed: it's above four of its five weekly moving averages, and 34% above its 200-week average.
ZION Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $51.5 | $43.3 | -16% |
| 2021 | $43.3 | $62.4 | +44% |
| 2022 | $62.4 | $48.5 | -22% |
| 2023 | $48.5 | $43.9 | -9.5% |
| 2024 | $43.9 | $54.7 | +25% |
| 2025 | $54.7 | $59.5 | +8.8% |
| 2026 YTD | $59.5 | $66.0 | +11% |
ZION has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's up 11% so far in 2026.