Regions Financial (RF) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, RF or PNC?

Regions Financial has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RF or PNC a better dividend stock?

Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Regions Financial pays out 48.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 45.2% 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 The PNC Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend RF or PNC?

Regions Financial currently has a consensus target price of $25.80, indicating a potential upside of 15.78%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus target price of $202.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.01%. Given Regions Financial's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regions Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52
The PNC Financial Services Group	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, RF or PNC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Regions Financial	$7.12B	2.81	$1.89B	$2.08	10.71
The PNC Financial Services Group	$21.11B	3.33	$5.89B	$14.16	12.55

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RF or PNC?

Regions Financial received 99 more outperform votes than The PNC Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.59% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regions Financial	Outperform Votes 942 62.59%	Underperform Votes 563 37.41%
The PNC Financial Services Group	Outperform Votes 843 57.94%	Underperform Votes 612 42.06%

Is RF or PNC more profitable?

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
Regions Financial	20.20%	12.83%	1.32%
The PNC Financial Services Group	17.10%	11.12%	1.06%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in RF or PNC?

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

Does the media favor RF or PNC?

In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 6 more articles in the media than Regions Financial. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 11 mentions for Regions Financial. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Regions Financial's score of 1.21 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regions Financial	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The PNC Financial Services Group	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 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.