Regions Financial Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:RF)

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

Regions Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 24th. Investors of record on Friday, September 6th will be given a dividend of $0.155 per share on Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $0.62 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 5th. This is a boost from Regions Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. View Regions Financial's Dividend History.

Regions Financial declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program 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 buy up to 9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Regions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF) issued its earnings results on Friday, July, 19th. The bank reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.39. The bank earned $1.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.49 billion. Regions Financial had a return on equity of 10.86% and a net margin of 26.43%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.32 EPS. 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.

16 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Regions Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect Regions Financial's stock price to reach $17.3407 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.7% 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, 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Regions Financial.

News headlines about RF stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Regions Financial earned a daily sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines 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 term. View News Stories for Regions Financial.

Regions Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,223,000 shares, an increase of 9.1% from the July 31st total of 13,041,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,780,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.2 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 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 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of RF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.96.

Regions Financial has a market capitalization of $15.92 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.