NYSE:RF - Regions Financial Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Regions Financial trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RF."

Regions Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 7th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Wednesday, January 2nd. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.64%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 6th. View Regions Financial's Dividend History.

Regions Financial announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $1,470,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 8.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Regions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The bank reported $0.32 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.36 by $0.04. The bank had revenue of $1.46 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.47 billion. Regions Financial had a net margin of 26.39% and a return on equity of 10.15%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.25 EPS. View Regions Financial's Earnings History.

Regions Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Regions Financial.

Regions Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, January 18th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

15 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Regions Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect Regions Financial's share price to reach $18.2818 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Regions Financial.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Regions Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Regions Financial.

News articles about RF stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Regions Financial earned a news impact score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the bank a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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Regions Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.25%), Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.09%), Highland Capital Management LLC (0.04%), Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%). Company insiders that own Regions Financial stock include Barbara Godin, Brett D Couch, C Keith Herron, C Matthew Lusco, David J Turner Jr, David R Keenan, Fournier J Gale III, Grayson Hall, Hardie B Kimbrough Jr, John B Owen, John E D D S Maupin Jr, Ronald G Smith, Scott M Peters, Susan W Matlock, William D Ritter and William E Horton. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Regions Financial.

RF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, CENTRAL TRUST Co, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Virtu Financial LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Arlington Partners LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Highland Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Regions Financial company stock in the last year include Barbara Godin, C Keith Herron, C Matthew Lusco, David J Turner Jr, David R Keenan, Grayson Hall, Ronald G Smith, Scott M Peters, Susan W Matlock, William D Ritter and William E Horton. View Insider Buying and Selling for Regions Financial.

RF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Meeder Asset Management Inc., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., DNB Asset Management AS, QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd, Legacy Financial Advisors Inc. and BKD Wealth Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Regions Financial.

Shares of RF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of RF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.40.

Regions Financial has a market capitalization of $15.62 billion and generates $6.09 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $1.26 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.00 on an earnings per share basis. Regions Financial employs 21,714 workers across the globe.

The official website for Regions Financial is http://www.regions.com.

Regions Financial's mailing address is 1900 FIFTH AVENUE NORTH, BIRMINGHAM AL, 35203. The bank can be reached via phone at 800-734-4667.