NYSE:RF

Regions Financial Stock Forecast, Price & News

$17.74

-0.05 (-0.28 %)

(As of 01/22/2021 05:21 PM ET)

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Today's Range

$17.61

Now: $17.74▼

$18.22

50-Day Range

$15.15

MA: $16.50▼

$18.65

52-Week Range

$6.94

Now: $17.74▼

$18.71

Volume7.70 million shs

Average Volume8.69 million shs

Market Capitalization$17.04 billion

P/E Ratio22.46

Dividend Yield3.49%

Beta1.58

Regions Financial Corporation, a financial holding company, provides banking and bank-related services to individual and corporate customers. It operates through three segments: Corporate Bank, Consumer Bank, and Wealth Management. The Corporate Bank segment offers commercial banking services, such as commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, and investor real estate lending; equipment lease financing; deposit products; and securities underwriting and placement, loan syndication and placement, foreign exchange, derivatives, merger and acquisition, and other advisory services. It serves corporate, middle market, and commercial real estate developers and investors. The Consumer Bank segment provides consumer banking products and services related to residential first mortgages, home equity lines and loans, branch small business and indirect loans, consumer credit cards, and other consumer loans, as well as deposits. The Wealth Management segment offers credit related products, and retirement and savings solutions; and trust and investment management, asset management, and estate planning services to individuals, businesses, governmental institutions, and non-profit entities. The company also provides investment and insurance products; low income housing tax credit corporate fund syndication services; and other specialty financing services. As of March 18, 2020, it operated 1,400 banking offices and 2,000 automated teller machines across the South, Midwest and Texas. Regions Financial Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

MarketRank^™

Overall MarketRank^™

2.29 out of 5 stars

Finance Sector

87th out of 1,934 stocks

National Commercial Banks Industry

18th out of 164 stocks

2.3 Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Regions Financial has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.58, and is based on 13 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $15.43, Regions Financial has a forecasted downside of 12.8% from its current price of $17.69.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Regions Financial has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

2.5 Community Rank

Outperform Votes
Regions Financial has received 869 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)
Underperform Votes
Regions Financial has received 879 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)
Community Sentiment
Regions Financial has received 50.29% “underperform” votes from our community.

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Regions Financial and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe RF will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe RF will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.

2.5 Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
Regions Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 3.42%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.
Dividend Growth
Regions Financial has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of Regions Financial is 40.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
Dividend Sustainability
Based on earnings estimates, Regions Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.49% next year. This indicates that Regions Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

1.7 Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Regions Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $419,040.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 0.47% of the stock of Regions Financial is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
71.67% of the stock of Regions Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

2.5 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Regions Financial are expected to grow by 89.16% in the coming year, from $0.83 to $1.57 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Regions Financial is 22.39, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.65.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Regions Financial is 22.39, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 21.89.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
Regions Financial has a PEG Ratio of 1.53. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Regions Financial has a P/B Ratio of 1.14. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange NYSE

Industry National commercial banks

Sub-IndustryRegional Banks

SectorFinance

Current SymbolNYSE:RF

Previous Symbol

CUSIP7591EP10

CIK1281761

Webwww.regions.com

Phone800-734-4667

Employees19,564

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.30

Current Ratio0.85

Quick Ratio0.84

Price-To-Earnings

Trailing P/E Ratio22.46

Forward P/E Ratio21.37

P/E Growth1.53

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales$6.76 billion

Price / Sales2.52

Cash Flow$2.08 per share

Price / Cash Flow8.51

Book Value$15.53 per share

Price / Book1.14

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.55

Net Income$1.58 billion

Net Margins13.17%

Return on Equity5.61%

Return on Assets0.65%

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares960,444,000

Market Cap$17.04 billion

Next Earnings Date1/22/2021 (Confirmed)

OptionableOptionable

$17.74

-0.05 (-0.28 %)

(As of 01/22/2021 05:21 PM ET)

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Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) Frequently Asked Questions

How has Regions Financial's stock been impacted by COVID-19?

Regions Financial's stock was trading at $10.69 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, RF shares have increased by 65.9% and is now trading at $17.74.
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Is Regions Financial a buy right now?

24 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Regions Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings, 13 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Regions Financial stock.
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What is Larry J. Merlo's approval rating as Regions Financial's CEO?

6,978 employees have rated Regions Financial CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among Regions Financial's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

When is Regions Financial's next earnings date?

Regions Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 22nd 2021.
View our earnings forecast for Regions Financial.

How were Regions Financial's earnings last quarter?

Regions Financial Co. (NYSE:RF) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 20th. The bank reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.16. The bank earned $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.50 billion. Regions Financial had a return on equity of 5.61% and a net margin of 13.17%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.39 EPS.
View Regions Financial's earnings history.

How often does Regions Financial pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Regions Financial?

Regions Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.155 per share on Monday, January 4th. This represents a $0.62 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 3rd.
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Is Regions Financial a good dividend stock?

Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.49%. Regions Financial does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Regions Financial is 40.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Regions Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.49% next year. This indicates that Regions Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
View Regions Financial's dividend history.

How will Regions Financial's stock buyback program work?

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

What price target have analysts set for RF?

24 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Regions Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $9.00 to $22.00. On average, they expect Regions Financial's stock price to reach $15.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.0%.
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Who are some of Regions Financial's key competitors?

Some companies that are related to Regions Financial include Truist Financial (TFC), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), First Republic Bank (FRC), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), KeyCorp (KEY), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), First Horizon (FHN), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) and Prosperity Bancshares (PB).
View all of RF's competitors.

What other stocks do shareholders of Regions Financial own?

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), KeyCorp (KEY), Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Who are Regions Financial's key executives?

Regions Financial's management team includes the following people:

Mr. John M. Turner Jr., Pres, CEO & Director (Age 58, Pay $3.46M)
Mr. David Jackson Turner Jr., Sr. EVP & CFO (Age 56, Pay $2.1M)
Mr. John B. Owen, COO & Sr. EVP (Age 59, Pay $2.21M)
Mr. C. Matthew Lusco CPA, Sr. EVP & Chief Risk Officer (Age 62, Pay $1.9M)
Ms. Amala Duggirala, Sr. EVP and Chief Operations & Technology Officer
Mr. Hardie B. Kimbrough Jr., Exec. VP, Controller & Principal Accounting Officer (Age 56)
Mr. Tobin N. Vinson, Associate Director of Investor Relations
Ms. Dana Nolan, EVP & Head of Investor Relations
Ms. Tara Ann Plimpton, Sr. Exec. VP, Chief Legal Officer & Corp. Sec. (Age 51)
Mr. David R. Keenan, Sr. EVP & Chief HR Officer (Age 52)

What is Regions Financial's stock symbol?

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

Who are Regions Financial's major shareholders?

Regions Financial's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.16%), First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. (0.04%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%), Highland Capital Management LLC (0.04%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.04%) and Signature Wealth Management Group (0.02%). Company insiders that own Regions Financial stock include C Keith Herron, C Matthew Lusco, David R Keenan, Hardie B Kimbrough Jr, John B Owen, Jose S Suquet and Scott M Peters.
View institutional ownership trends for Regions Financial.

Which institutional investors are selling Regions Financial stock?

RF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, OLD National Bancorp IN, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Sowell Financial Services LLC, Highland Capital Management LLC, Wambolt & Associates LLC, Diversified Trust Co, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue.
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Which institutional investors are buying Regions Financial stock?

RF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Tuttle Tactical Management, Westbourne Investment Advisors Inc., Crescent Capital Consulting LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Clarius Group LLC, and JustInvest LLC.
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How do I buy shares of 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

What is Regions Financial's stock price today?

One share of RF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.74.

How big of a company is Regions Financial?

Regions Financial has a market capitalization of $17.04 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 19,564 workers across the globe.

What is Regions Financial's official website?

The official website for Regions Financial is www.regions.com.

How can I contact Regions Financial?

Regions Financial's mailing address is 1900 FIFTH AVENUE NORTH, BIRMINGHAM AL, 35203. The bank can be reached via phone at 800-734-4667.

This page was last updated on 1/22/2021 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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