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

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

Regions Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be given a dividend of $0.155 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $0.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.99%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View Regions Financial's Dividend History.

Regions Financial announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, June 27th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $1,370,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Regions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF) posted its earnings results on Friday, January, 17th. The bank reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.01. The bank earned $1.48 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.48 billion. Regions Financial had a return on equity of 10.77% and a net margin of 23.42%. Regions Financial's revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.37 EPS. View Regions Financial's Earnings History.

Regions Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Regions Financial.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Regions Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate Regions Financial's share price to reach $17.53 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Regions Financial.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Regions Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Regions Financial.

Media headlines about RF stock have trended negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Regions Financial earned a coverage optimism score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the bank a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Regions Financial.

Regions Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,930,000 shares, an increase of 7.2% from the December 15th total of 13,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,480,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Regions Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Regions Financial include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), East West Bancorp (EWBC), TCF Financial (TCF) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Regions Financial investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Ford Motor (F), AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Citigroup (C), KeyCorp (KEY), Verizon Communications (VZ), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Huntington Bancshares (HBAN).

Regions Financial's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.25%), Hexavest Inc. (0.24%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.24%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.19%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.17%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.15%). Company insiders that own Regions Financial stock include Barbara Godin, C Keith Herron, C Matthew Lusco, David J Turner Jr, David R Keenan, Grayson Hall, Hardie B Kimbrough Jr, John B Owen, 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Dupont Capital Management Corp, Retirement Systems of Alabama, California Public Employees Retirement System, CWM LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH. Company insiders that have sold Regions Financial company stock in the last year include C Keith Herron, C Matthew Lusco, David R Keenan, Hardie B Kimbrough Jr, John B Owen and Scott M Peters. View Insider Buying and Selling for Regions Financial.

RF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Strs Ohio, Sciencast Management LP, G&S Capital LLC and Convergence Investment Partners 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of RF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.53.

Regions Financial has a market capitalization of $14.98 billion and generates $6.76 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $1.58 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.55 on an earnings per share basis. Regions Financial employs 19,969 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Regions Financial.

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.