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, October 16th. Shareholders 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 3.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View Regions Financial's Dividend History.

Regions Financial declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, June 27th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $1,370,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Regions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The bank reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.04. The bank earned $1.46 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.47 billion. Regions Financial had a return on equity of 10.86% and a net margin of 26.43%. The firm's revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.25 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.

Regions Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 22nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

16 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Regions Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $19.00. On average, they expect Regions Financial's share price to reach $16.74 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.2% 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 3 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Regions Financial.

News articles about RF stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Regions Financial earned a coverage optimism score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Regions Financial.

Regions Financial saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 16,540,000 shares, a drop of 7.1% from the August 30th total of 17,810,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,170,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares 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), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), KeyCorp (KEY), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Micron Technology (MU).

Regions Financial's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.25%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.20%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.15%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.08%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%). 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 Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, KG&L Capital Management LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Oakbrook Investments LLC, First Midwest Bank Trust Division and Valeo Financial Advisors LLC. 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Wambolt & Associates LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Stephens Inc. AR and Fox Run Management L.L.C.. 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 $15.77.

Regions Financial has a market capitalization of $15.73 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.