Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates for Regions Financial (RF)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) in the last few weeks:

• 7/24/2025 – Regions Financial had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $27.00 to $30.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 7/21/2025 – Regions Financial had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $24.00 to $27.00. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/21/2025 – Regions Financial had its price target raised by analysts at Stephens from $24.00 to $29.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/21/2025 – Regions Financial had its price target raised by analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods from $29.00 to $30.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 7/21/2025 – Regions Financial had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $27.00 to $29.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 7/21/2025 – Regions Financial had its price target raised by analysts at DA Davidson from $25.00 to $29.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 7/5/2025 – Regions Financial was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 7/3/2025 – Regions Financial had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $22.00 to $27.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 7/2/2025 – Regions Financial had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $26.00 to $27.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 6/27/2025 – Regions Financial was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating.
• 6/15/2025 – Regions Financial was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 6/7/2025 – Regions Financial was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating.
• 6/3/2025 – Regions Financial had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Stephens. They now have a $24.00 price target on the stock.

Regions Financial Price Performance

NYSE RF opened at $25.69 on Thursday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $23.40 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $22.57. Regions Financial Corporation has a 52 week low of $17.74 and a 52 week high of $27.96. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. The company has a market cap of $23.09 billion, a PE ratio of 11.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 0.98.

Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July 18th. The bank reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.04. Regions Financial had a net margin of 21.81% and a return on equity of 13.08%. The company had revenue of $1.91 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.86 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.52 earnings per share. Regions Financial’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts predict that Regions Financial Corporation will post 2.26 earnings per share for the current year.

Regions Financial Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 2nd will be issued a dividend of $0.265 per share. This represents a $1.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.13%. This is a boost from Regions Financial’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 2nd. Regions Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 46.51%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Regions Financial

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC grew its holdings in shares of Regions Financial by 149.2% during the 4th quarter. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC now owns 22,419 shares of the bank’s stock worth $527,000 after acquiring an additional 13,423 shares during the period. Allstate Corp bought a new stake in shares of Regions Financial during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $641,000. Schroder Investment Management Group boosted its position in shares of Regions Financial by 21.1% during the fourth quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,128,242 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $26,694,000 after purchasing an additional 196,328 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its holdings in Regions Financial by 18.0% in the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 829,399 shares of the bank’s stock worth $19,507,000 after purchasing an additional 126,772 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Regions Financial by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 23,028,497 shares of the bank’s stock worth $540,284,000 after acquiring an additional 403,283 shares in the last quarter. 79.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.