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$26.36 +0.16 (+0.62%)
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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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regions Financial has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 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 4.0%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 49.7% 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. Regions Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 24 more articles in the media than Regions Financial. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 12 mentions for Regions Financial. Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 1.08 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fifth Third Bancorp
15 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Regions Financial
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Fifth Third Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $49.47, suggesting a potential upside of 11.40%. Regions Financial has a consensus target price of $27.89, suggesting a potential upside of 5.81%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Regions Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

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$13.28B2.21$2.31B$3.2213.79
Regions Financial$7.29B3.23$1.89B$2.1512.26

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%

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Regions Financial on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RF vs. The Competition

MetricRegions FinancialBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$23.52B$1.93B$12.65B$21.78B
Dividend Yield4.05%2.64%5.49%3.55%
P/E Ratio12.2611.7240.3729.82
Price / Sales3.232.6629.9766.04
Price / Cash10.8512.7019.7418.31
Price / Book1.481.222.284.65
Net Income$1.89B$156.23M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.50%-0.20%0.25%1.20%
1 Month Performance-2.40%-1.61%0.74%3.32%
1 Year Performance15.42%16.64%540.88%13.11%

Regions Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RF
Regions Financial
4.9224 of 5 stars
$26.36
+0.6%
$27.89
+5.8%
+15.4%$23.52B$7.29B12.2619,644Positive News
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.8965 of 5 stars
$45.40
-0.1%
$48.87
+7.6%
+5.5%$30.05B$13.28B14.1018,616Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9842 of 5 stars
$17.35
-0.4%
$19.05
+9.8%
+17.7%$25.31B$11.96B12.8519,932Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.8893 of 5 stars
$132.56
-1.1%
$148.64
+12.1%
+22.3%$8.87B$3.97B12.545,903
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.5467 of 5 stars
$53.63
+0.5%
$53.75
+0.2%
+30.8%$23.13B$12.36B16.3017,287Analyst Forecast
FNB
F.N.B.
4.7491 of 5 stars
$16.06
-1.1%
$18.64
+16.1%
+17.4%$5.77B$2.57B12.544,280
KEY
KeyCorp
4.798 of 5 stars
$18.87
-0.1%
$19.81
+5.0%
+11.0%$20.69B$9.24B-269.5016,753Analyst Forecast
MTB
M&T Bank
4.7514 of 5 stars
$198.35
-0.9%
$214.53
+8.2%
+8.9%$31.00B$13.45B12.8522,354
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9058 of 5 stars
$201.79
-0.8%
$216.28
+7.2%
+8.9%$79.47B$34.44B13.8055,184Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.9914 of 5 stars
$49.21
-1.6%
$58.61
+19.1%
+11.0%$6.83B$3.43B9.444,775
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9921 of 5 stars
$59.50
-0.6%
$68.47
+15.1%
+30.5%$9.89B$4.18B12.074,407

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This page (NYSE:RF) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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