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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 16th. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. View Regions Financial's Dividend History.

Regions Financial announced that its board has authorized a share 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 shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Regions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January, 17th. The bank reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.01. The bank earned $1.48 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.48 billion. Regions Financial had a net margin of 23.42% and a return on equity of 10.77%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Regions Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect Regions Financial's stock price to reach $17.53 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.8% 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 this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. 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 volume of 8,480,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 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), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), TCF Financial (TCF), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and BOK Financial (BOKF).

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), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) and Micron Technology (MU).

Regions Financial's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Hexavest Inc. (0.24%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.19%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.15%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.04%). 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., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP. 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 bought 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, Sciencast Management LP, G&S Capital LLC, D. Scott Neal Inc. and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. 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 $16.26.

Regions Financial has a market capitalization of $15.68 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.