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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Fifth Third Bancorp beats Regions Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:RF) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff