Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for Regions Financial Co.’s FY2026 Earnings (NYSE:RF)

Regions Financial Co. (NYSE:RF) – Analysts at Wedbush issued their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Regions Financial in a research note issued on Tuesday, September 24th. Wedbush analyst D. Chiaverini expects that the bank will post earnings per share of $2.50 for the year. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $28.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Regions Financial’s current full-year earnings is $2.01 per share.

RF has been the subject of a number of other reports. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price target on Regions Financial from $21.00 to $23.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 22nd. Bank of America lifted their target price on Regions Financial from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, July 22nd. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of Regions Financial from $25.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 30th. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Regions Financial from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, September 20th. Finally, Citigroup upped their target price on shares of Regions Financial from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $22.06.

Regions Financial Stock Performance

Regions Financial stock opened at $22.90 on Wednesday. Regions Financial has a 1-year low of $13.72 and a 1-year high of $23.47. The company’s 50-day moving average is $22.15 and its 200 day moving average is $20.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 1.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 0.83 and a quick ratio of 0.83.

Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July 19th. The bank reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $1.73 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.76 billion. Regions Financial had a net margin of 18.91% and a return on equity of 12.64%. The business’s revenue was down 11.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.59 earnings per share.

Regions Financial Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.37%. This is an increase from Regions Financial’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 3rd. Regions Financial’s payout ratio is 54.35%.

Institutional Trading of Regions Financial

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. EntryPoint Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Regions Financial during the 1st quarter valued at about $26,000. Quarry LP boosted its position in Regions Financial by 157.2% in the second quarter. Quarry LP now owns 1,335 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 816 shares during the last quarter. ICA Group Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Regions Financial during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. MV Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in Regions Financial by 75.6% during the 1st quarter. MV Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,435 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 618 shares during the period. Finally, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Regions Financial by 530.0% in the 2nd quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 1,493 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 1,256 shares during the last quarter. 79.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Regions Financial Company Profile

Regions Financial Corporation, a financial holding company, provides banking and bank-related services to individual and corporate customers. It operates through three segments: Corporate Bank, Consumer Bank, and Wealth Management. The Corporate Bank segment offers commercial banking services, such as commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, and investor real estate lending; equipment lease financing; deposit products; and securities underwriting and placement, loan syndication and placement, foreign exchange, derivatives, merger and acquisition, and other advisory services.