Wedbush Weighs in on Regions Financial Co.'s FY2026 Earnings (NYSE:RF)

Regions Financial Co. (NYSE:RF - Free Report) - Analysts at Wedbush issued their FY2026 earnings estimates for Regions Financial in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, September 24th. Wedbush analyst D. Chiaverini forecasts that the bank will post earnings of $2.50 per share 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.

Regions Financial (NYSE:RF - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 19th. The bank reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.03. Regions Financial had a net margin of 18.91% and a return on equity of 12.64%. The business had revenue of $1.73 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.76 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.59 earnings per share. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 11.5% on a year-over-year basis.

RF has been the topic of several other reports. Evercore ISI cut their price target on Regions Financial from $22.00 to $21.00 and set an "in-line" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, June 25th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on Regions Financial from $21.00 to $23.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, July 22nd. StockNews.com upgraded Regions Financial from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, September 12th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their target price on Regions Financial from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, July 9th. Finally, Bank of America raised their target price on Regions Financial from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, July 22nd. One 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's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $22.06.

Regions Financial Stock Down 1.5 %

NYSE RF traded down $0.34 on Wednesday, hitting $22.58. The stock had a trading volume of 1,960,917 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,960,357. The stock has a market cap of $20.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.46, 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. The business's fifty day moving average price is $22.14 and its 200 day moving average price is $20.47. Regions Financial has a 52-week low of $13.72 and a 52-week high of $23.47.

Regions Financial Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.43%. This is a positive change from Regions Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. Regions Financial's dividend payout ratio is currently 54.35%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Regions Financial

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Regions Financial by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 117,704,755 shares of the bank's stock valued at $2,281,118,000 after buying an additional 3,119,237 shares during the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. boosted its stake in Regions Financial by 281.7% in the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 79,593 shares of the bank's stock valued at $1,675,000 after acquiring an additional 58,739 shares in the last quarter. Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado boosted its stake in Regions Financial by 1,676.8% in the fourth quarter. Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado now owns 93,711 shares of the bank's stock valued at $1,816,000 after acquiring an additional 88,437 shares in the last quarter. UniSuper Management Pty Ltd boosted its stake in Regions Financial by 1,075.7% in the first quarter. UniSuper Management Pty Ltd now owns 44,781 shares of the bank's stock valued at $942,000 after acquiring an additional 40,972 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. boosted its stake in Regions Financial by 30.9% in the first quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 415,105 shares of the bank's stock valued at $8,734,000 after acquiring an additional 98,003 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.39% of the company's stock.

About Regions Financial

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.