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$23.77 +0.60 (+2.59%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

RF vs. PNC, TFC, MTB, FITB, FCNCA, HBAN, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and WBS

Should you be buying Regions Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Regions Financial include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Regions Financial vs.

Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Regions Financial has a net margin of 18.78% compared to The PNC Financial Services Group's net margin of 14.97%. Regions Financial's return on equity of 12.60% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Regions Financial18.78% 12.60% 1.30%
The PNC Financial Services Group 14.97%10.88%1.02%

Regions Financial has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

79.4% of Regions Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Regions Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned 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.

Regions Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Regions Financial pays out 56.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 54.1% 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 The PNC Financial Services Group has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Regions Financial and Regions Financial both had 10 articles in the media. Regions Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat The PNC Financial Services Group's score of 0.41 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
The PNC Financial Services Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Regions Financial presently has a consensus target price of $27.61, suggesting a potential upside of 16.16%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus target price of $200.81, suggesting a potential upside of 4.18%. Given Regions Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Regions Financial is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Regions Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
The PNC Financial Services Group
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Regions Financial. Regions Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The PNC Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Regions Financial$7.08B3.05$2.07B$1.7713.43
The PNC Financial Services Group$20.62B3.71$5.58B$11.8316.29

Regions Financial received 100 more outperform votes than The PNC Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.90% of users gave Regions Financial an outperform vote while only 58.12% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Regions FinancialOutperform Votes
934
62.90%
Underperform Votes
551
37.10%
The PNC Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
834
58.12%
Underperform Votes
601
41.88%

Summary

Regions Financial beats The PNC Financial Services Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RF vs. The Competition

MetricRegions FinancialNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$21.60B$21.60B$10.99B$19.18B
Dividend Yield3.97%3.19%9.85%3.59%
P/E Ratio13.4326.4928.5441.28
Price / Sales3.052.9548.6117.59
Price / Cash9.7111.0130.3421.28
Price / Book1.401.262.735.32
Net Income$2.07B$2.24B$1.03B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-5.34%-4.24%-2.89%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-11.11%-3.70%-2.86%-3.68%
1 Year Performance24.19%15.55%11.28%12.14%

Regions Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RF
Regions Financial
4.9432 of 5 stars
$23.77
+2.6%
$27.61
+16.2%
+25.3%$21.60B$7.08B13.4320,101Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.656 of 5 stars
$200.64
-0.4%
$200.81
+0.1%
+28.8%$79.61B$31.88B17.0356,411Insider Trade
TFC
Truist Financial
4.538 of 5 stars
$45.41
-0.8%
$48.53
+6.9%
+21.0%$60.28B$33.25B-31.7350,832Analyst Revision
MTB
M&T Bank
4.6442 of 5 stars
$199.64
+0.2%
$211.58
+6.0%
+41.4%$33.12B$12.75B14.7522,223Analyst Revision
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.8995 of 5 stars
$45.74
+0.4%
$44.81
-2.0%
+26.2%$30.67B$8.17B15.1318,724Analyst Revision
Positive News
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
3.8699 of 5 stars
$2,123.14
+1.7%
$2,157.64
+1.6%
+51.2%$29.70B$12.09B11.9616,021Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9062 of 5 stars
$17.28
+0.6%
$17.41
+0.8%
+30.9%$25.10B$7.21B16.5119,955Analyst Revision
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9749 of 5 stars
$18.29
+0.9%
$19.16
+4.7%
+21.5%$18.13B$10.40B1,823.0017,333Analyst Revision
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.2012 of 5 stars
$101.56
0.0%
$109.17
+7.5%
+35.6%$14.08B$2.55B12.753,206Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FHN
First Horizon
4.3666 of 5 stars
$20.30
+0.5%
$19.69
-3.0%
+45.9%$10.76B$3.17B14.637,378Analyst Forecast
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9188 of 5 stars
$58.98
+0.0%
$59.00
+0.0%
+9.3%$10.11B$3.94B13.514,261Analyst Forecast
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:RF) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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