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 declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 8th. Shareholders 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 yield of 3.54%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 7th. View Regions Financial's Dividend History.

Regions Financial declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,470,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 8.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Regions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF) issued its earnings results on Friday, January, 18th. The bank reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' 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 return on equity of 10.84% and a net margin of 27.23%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.36 EPS. View Regions Financial's Earnings History.

Regions Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Regions Financial.

Regions Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 18th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

15 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Regions Financial's stock. Their predictions range from $11.00 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate Regions Financial's share price to reach $17.3758 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.0% 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, 6 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Regions Financial.

News headlines about RF stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Regions Financial earned a media sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the bank a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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Regions Financial's stock is owned by a variety 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, FMR LLC, Boston Partners, BlackRock Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Hsbc Holdings PLC and First Trust Advisors LP. 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, 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 Norges Bank, 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 and APG Asset Management N.V.. 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 $15.80.

Regions Financial has a market capitalization of $16.08 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.

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.