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$20.52 +0.11 (+0.53%)
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RF vs. PNC, TFC, MTB, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and SSB

Should you be buying Regions Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regions Financial include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and SouthState (SSB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Regions Financial vs.

The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Regions Financial received 97 more outperform votes than The PNC Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.64% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 57.91% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The PNC Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
842
57.91%
Underperform Votes
612
42.09%
Regions FinancialOutperform Votes
939
62.64%
Underperform Votes
560
37.36%

Regions Financial has a net margin of 20.20% compared to The PNC Financial Services Group's net margin of 17.10%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 12.83% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The PNC Financial Services Group17.10% 11.12% 1.06%
Regions Financial 20.20%12.83%1.32%

The PNC Financial Services Group currently has a consensus target price of $200.88, suggesting a potential upside of 24.81%. Regions Financial has a consensus target price of $25.53, suggesting a potential upside of 24.40%. Given The PNC Financial Services Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe The PNC Financial Services Group is more favorable than Regions Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The PNC Financial Services Group
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Regions Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 45.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regions Financial pays out 48.1% 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. The PNC Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Regions Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The PNC Financial Services Group$21.11B3.02$5.89B$14.1611.37
Regions Financial$7.12B2.61$1.89B$2.089.86

In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 12 more articles in the media than Regions Financial. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 18 mentions for Regions Financial. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Regions Financial's score of 1.06 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The PNC Financial Services Group
22 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Regions Financial
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

The PNC Financial Services Group beats Regions Financial on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RF vs. The Competition

MetricRegions FinancialNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.58B$21.90B$11.11B$18.96B
Dividend Yield4.89%3.64%5.77%4.01%
P/E Ratio10.5812.4022.1032.87
Price / Sales2.612.8026.3128.03
Price / Cash9.2011.1617.6017.52
Price / Book1.151.162.674.47
Net Income$1.89B$2.17B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.18%1.55%0.72%0.59%
1 Month Performance-6.86%0.24%-0.57%-3.54%
1 Year Performance4.48%18.02%537.59%3.80%

Regions Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RF
Regions Financial
4.9163 of 5 stars
$20.52
+0.5%
$25.53
+24.4%
+4.9%$18.58B$7.12B10.5820,100Positive News
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9738 of 5 stars
$159.45
+0.6%
$200.88
+26.0%
+4.6%$63.08B$21.11B11.5961,500Insider Trade
Positive News
TFC
Truist Financial
4.8638 of 5 stars
$38.40
+1.9%
$47.83
+24.6%
+1.5%$50.12B$13.36B11.5352,600Dividend Announcement
MTB
M&T Bank
4.9149 of 5 stars
$168.72
+0.8%
$208.24
+23.4%
+17.1%$27.71B$9.30B11.5322,800Short Interest ↓
Positive News
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9745 of 5 stars
$1,775.83
-0.2%
$2,330.82
+31.3%
+6.3%$24.11B$9.65B9.3710,700Positive News
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9986 of 5 stars
$35.72
+1.2%
$46.24
+29.4%
-2.7%$23.87B$8.33B11.3819,300Positive News
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9305 of 5 stars
$14.57
+1.2%
$17.45
+19.7%
+7.1%$21.28B$7.55B11.8420,000Positive News
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9972 of 5 stars
$14.90
+1.2%
$19.15
+28.5%
+2.0%$16.32B$4.64B-49.6517,500
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.6998 of 5 stars
$86.15
+1.0%
$105.46
+22.4%
+15.0%$11.93B$2.62B10.343,160Positive News
FHN
First Horizon
4.8235 of 5 stars
$17.97
+0.9%
$22.03
+22.6%
+21.5%$9.23B$3.11B13.207,540Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
SSB
SouthState
4.5419 of 5 stars
$86.87
-0.6%
$117.10
+34.8%
+13.8%$8.82B$1.67B12.505,030Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:RF) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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