Regions Financial - RF Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Regions Financial in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" RF shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in RF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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16 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Regions Financial's stock. Their RF share price forecasts range from $21.00 to $30.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $24.58 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.2% from the stock's current price.
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Regions Financial's stock was trading at $21.56 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, RF shares have decreased by 15.1% and is now trading at $18.31.
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Regions Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 26,660,000 shares, an increase of 18.9% from the January 31st total of 22,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,050,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.8 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 21st 2023.
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Regions Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, April 21st at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Regions Financial Co. (NYSE:RF) posted its earnings results on Friday, January, 20th. The bank reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.02. The bank had revenue of $2 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.94 billion. Regions Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.14% and a net margin of 29.81%.
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Regions Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Tuesday, April 4th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 9th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT), First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF (FTXO), Invesco KBW Bank ETF (KBWB), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), iShares Focused Value Factor ETF (FOVL), Qraft AI-Enhanced Next Value ETF (NVQ), Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Value ETF (NUMV) and First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Dividend ETF (DDIV).

Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.47%. RF has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 35.24%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, RF will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.26% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Regions Financial issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, January, 20th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.74 billion-$7.88 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.76 billion.

191 employees have rated Regions Financial Chief Executive Officer John Turner on Glassdoor.com. John Turner has an approval rating of 83% among the company's employees.

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

Regions Financial's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Morgan Stanley (2.16%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.11%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.10%), LSV Asset Management (1.72%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.56%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.47%). Insiders that own company stock include Amala Duggirala, C Matthew Lusco, David J Turner Jr, David R Keenan, John B Owen, Jose S Suquet, Ronald G Smith, Scott M Peters and William D Ritter.
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Shares of RF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of RF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.31.

Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) has a market capitalization of $17.11 billion and generates $7.53 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $2.25 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.27 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 20,073 workers across the globe.

Regions Financial's mailing address is 1900 FIFTH AVENUE NORTH, BIRMINGHAM AL, 35203. The official website for the company is www.regions.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (800) 734-4667 or via fax at 334-832-8419.