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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.155 per share on Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $0.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.40%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 5th. This is an increase from Regions Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. View Regions Financial's Dividend History.

Regions Financial declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, June 27th 2019, which permits the company to buyback $1,370,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Regions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July, 19th. The bank reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.39. The bank earned $1.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.49 billion. Regions Financial had a return on equity of 10.86% and a net margin of 26.43%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.32 earnings per share. View Regions Financial's Earnings History.

Regions Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Regions Financial.

15 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Regions Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate Regions Financial's stock price to reach $17.3293 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.0% 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 been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Regions Financial earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely 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 drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,041,300 shares, a drop of 8.0% from the June 30th total of 14,167,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 11,490,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Regions Financial's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Regions Financial investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Ford Motor (F), General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Citigroup (C), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), KeyCorp (KEY), Micron Technology (MU) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Regions Financial's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.52%), BlackRock Inc. (8.10%), LSV Asset Management (2.60%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.27%), Northern Trust Corp (1.27%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.05%). 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, 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Brown Advisory Inc., BlackRock Inc., LSV Asset Management, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, APG Asset Management N.V., Capital Fund Management S.A. and Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI. Company insiders that have sold Regions Financial company stock in the last year include 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE, Point72 Asset Management L.P., CWM LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC and Acadian Asset Management 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 $14.09.

Regions Financial has a market capitalization of $14.06 billion and generates $6.41 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $1.76 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.36 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.