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. Investors 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 4.50%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 5th. This is a positive change from Regions Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. View Regions Financial's Dividend History.

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

Regions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF) issued 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 the consensus estimate of $1.49 billion. Regions Financial had a return on equity of 10.86% and a net margin of 26.43%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $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 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Regions Financial's shares. 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.7% 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 coverage about RF stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative 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 positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Regions Financial earned a news sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the bank a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Regions Financial.

Regions Financial saw a decrease in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,041,300 shares, a decrease of 8.0% from the June 30th total of 14,167,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,490,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the company 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.52%), BlackRock Inc. (8.10%), BlackRock Inc. (8.10%), LSV Asset Management (2.60%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.27%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.27%). 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., BlackRock Inc., LSV Asset Management, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, APG Asset Management N.V. and Capital Fund Management S.A.. 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 acquired 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 $13.79.

Regions Financial has a market capitalization of $13.76 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.