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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 16th. Investors of record on Friday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.155 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $0.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. View Regions Financial's Dividend History.

Regions Financial declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, June 27th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,370,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Regions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF) issued its quarterly earnings data 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 return on equity of 10.88% and a net margin of 23.78%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. 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.

15 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Regions Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate Regions Financial's stock price to reach $17.24 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.2% 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, 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Regions Financial.

Media stories about RF stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Regions Financial earned a news sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact 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 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 presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.6% of the company's stock are short sold. 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), Micron Technology (MU) and Chesapeake Energy (CHK).

Regions Financial's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Hexavest Inc. (0.24%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.19%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.04%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.03%). 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, Allred Capital Management LLC and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., AE Wealth Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Sciencast Management LP, D. Scott Neal Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, OLD National Bancorp IN and Calamos Advisors 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 $16.39.

Regions Financial has a market capitalization of $15.81 billion and generates $6.41 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $1.76 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.