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Regions Financial (RF) Competitors

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$26.73 -0.03 (-0.12%)
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RF vs. FITB, HBAN, WTFC, CFG, FNB, KEY, MTB, PNC, SNV, and WBS

Should you be buying Regions Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regions Financial include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), F.N.B. (FNB), KeyCorp (KEY), M&T Bank (MTB), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Regions Financial vs. Its Competitors

Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Regions Financial has a net margin of 21.81% compared to Fifth Third Bancorp's net margin of 17.97%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.31% beat Regions Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Regions Financial21.81% 13.08% 1.39%
Fifth Third Bancorp 17.97%13.31%1.15%

79.4% of Regions Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Regions Financial has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Regions Financial pays out 46.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Regions Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Regions Financial. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 26 mentions for Regions Financial. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Regions Financial's score of 1.41 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Regions Financial
23 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp
24 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Regions Financial presently has a consensus target price of $27.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.27%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $47.80, suggesting a potential upside of 7.60%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Regions Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Regions Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Regions Financial. Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Regions Financial$9.37B2.54$1.89B$2.1512.43
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.22$2.31B$3.2213.80

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Regions Financial on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RF vs. The Competition

MetricRegions FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$23.83B$2.02B$12.55B$21.13B
Dividend Yield3.74%2.62%5.47%3.55%
P/E Ratio12.4211.9019.3528.93
Price / Sales2.542.7927.0553.30
Price / Cash11.0012.9519.1818.23
Price / Book1.501.242.284.69
Net Income$1.89B$156.23M$1.01B$995.89M
7 Day Performance4.00%3.35%1.63%2.12%
1 Month Performance1.20%2.38%1.44%1.92%
1 Year Performance17.17%17.14%541.67%10.40%

Regions Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RF
Regions Financial
4.9232 of 5 stars
$26.73
-0.1%
$27.33
+2.3%
+17.3%$23.83B$9.37B12.4219,644Positive News
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.3963 of 5 stars
$42.77
+0.7%
$47.80
+11.8%
+6.3%$28.31B$13.28B13.2818,616News Coverage
Positive News
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.8984 of 5 stars
$16.68
+0.7%
$18.68
+12.0%
+18.7%$24.33B$11.96B12.3619,932Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.9292 of 5 stars
$128.62
+1.2%
$145.77
+13.3%
+24.5%$8.61B$3.97B12.175,903Positive News
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.6755 of 5 stars
$48.57
+0.6%
$51.53
+6.1%
+18.3%$20.95B$12.36B14.7617,287News Coverage
Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.8389 of 5 stars
$15.83
+0.7%
$18.64
+17.8%
+11.8%$5.68B$2.57B12.364,280News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
KEY
KeyCorp
4.7952 of 5 stars
$18.17
+0.7%
$19.39
+6.7%
+11.3%$19.93B$9.24B-259.6316,753Positive News
MTB
M&T Bank
4.6326 of 5 stars
$190.60
+0.3%
$212.88
+11.7%
+18.3%$29.78B$13.45B12.3422,354Positive News
Dividend Increase
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.8969 of 5 stars
$192.06
+0.4%
$214.17
+11.5%
+13.2%$75.64B$34.44B13.1455,184Positive News
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.9857 of 5 stars
$49.68
+0.4%
$59.94
+20.7%
+10.0%$6.90B$3.43B9.544,775Positive News
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9586 of 5 stars
$58.24
+1.3%
$66.77
+14.6%
+29.6%$9.68B$4.18B11.814,407News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:RF) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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