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$25.19 +0.30 (+1.19%)
Closing price 08/4/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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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

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and profitability.

Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regions Financial pays out 49.3% 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. Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Regions Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less 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.

In the previous week, Regions Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Regions Financial and 14 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Regions Financial's score of 1.54 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fifth Third Bancorp
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Regions Financial
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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

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
Fifth Third Bancorp17.97% 13.31% 1.15%
Regions Financial 21.81%13.08%1.39%

Fifth Third Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $47.80, suggesting a potential upside of 15.38%. Regions Financial has a consensus target price of $27.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.53%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Regions Financial.

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

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
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.08$2.31B$3.2212.87
Regions Financial$7.29B3.10$1.89B$2.1511.71

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Regions Financial on 13 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$22.37B$1.87B$11.97B$20.47B
Dividend Yield3.95%2.71%5.67%3.70%
P/E Ratio11.7111.6319.9129.36
Price / Sales3.102.4125.9478.20
Price / Cash10.2311.9718.0017.52
Price / Book1.411.172.224.62
Net Income$1.89B$154.64M$999.86M$993.83M
7 Day Performance-3.88%-2.20%-0.97%-1.79%
1 Month Performance2.05%-2.34%-0.48%-1.30%
1 Year Performance23.40%18.54%542.87%15.88%

Regions Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RF
Regions Financial
4.8352 of 5 stars
$25.19
+1.2%
$27.33
+8.5%
+20.6%$22.37B$7.29B11.7119,644Positive News
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.92 of 5 stars
$42.53
-0.7%
$47.80
+12.4%
+4.8%$28.39B$13.28B13.2118,616Positive News
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9823 of 5 stars
$16.64
-1.2%
$18.68
+12.3%
+18.3%$24.31B$11.96B12.3319,932Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.8971 of 5 stars
$132.00
-0.1%
$145.77
+10.4%
+24.1%$8.83B$3.97B12.495,903Positive News
Short Interest ↑
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.65 of 5 stars
$49.35
-0.3%
$51.05
+3.5%
+21.4%$21.57B$7.85B15.0017,287Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.3558 of 5 stars
$15.70
+0.4%
$18.64
+18.7%
+6.0%$5.65B$1.63B12.274,280Positive News
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
KEY
KeyCorp
4.6872 of 5 stars
$18.42
-0.8%
$19.39
+5.3%
+23.4%$20.19B$9.24B-263.1416,753High Trading Volume
MTB
M&T Bank
4.9667 of 5 stars
$194.05
+0.1%
$212.88
+9.7%
+16.0%$31.15B$9.40B12.5722,354Positive News
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9837 of 5 stars
$194.00
-1.0%
$212.76
+9.7%
+11.3%$76.74B$22.10B13.2755,184Positive News
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.9978 of 5 stars
$48.88
-1.5%
$60.33
+23.4%
+11.8%$6.79B$3.43B9.384,775High Trading Volume
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9644 of 5 stars
$59.57
-0.7%
$66.77
+12.1%
+28.3%$10.02B$4.18B12.084,407Dividend Announcement

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This page (NYSE:RF) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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