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 Friday, February 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 7th. View Regions Financial's Dividend History.

Regions Financial declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $1,470,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 8.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Regions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January, 18th. The bank reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.01. The bank earned $1.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.49 billion. Regions Financial had a net margin of 27.23% and a return on equity of 10.84%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.36 earnings per share. View Regions Financial's Earnings History.

Regions Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Regions Financial.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Regions Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect Regions Financial's stock price to reach $17.41 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Regions Financial.

13 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, 5 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Regions Financial.

News stories about RF stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Regions Financial earned a media sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the bank a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Regions Financial's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.18%), LSV Asset Management (2.75%), Boston Partners (2.62%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.45%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.41%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.23%). Company insiders that own Regions Financial stock include Barbara Godin, 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 Millennium Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Boston Partners, BlackRock Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Hsbc Holdings PLC, First Trust Advisors LP and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd. 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 Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Nordea Investment Management AB, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Basswood Capital Management L.L.C., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, KBC Group NV, APG Asset Management N.V. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 $16.36.

Regions Financial has a market capitalization of $16.91 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 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.