Regions Financial (RF) 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 companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RF or FITB?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, RF or FITB?

Regions Financial has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate RF or FITB?

Regions Financial presently has a consensus price target of $27.47, suggesting a potential upside of 2.17%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $48.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.55%. 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)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Fifth Third Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Is RF or FITB a better dividend stock?

Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Regions Financial pays out 49.3% 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 increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer RF or FITB?

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 13 more articles in the media than Regions Financial. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 32 mentions for Regions Financial. Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.47 indicating that Regions Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regions Financial	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, RF or FITB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Regions Financial	$9.37B	2.56	$1.89B	$2.15	12.51
Fifth Third Bancorp	$13.28B	2.26	$2.31B	$3.22	14.09

Is RF or FITB more profitable?

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 Financial	21.81%	13.08%	1.39%
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.97%	13.31%	1.15%

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Regions Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.