DA Davidson Expects Increased Earnings for Regions Financial

Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) – Equities research analysts at DA Davidson boosted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Regions Financial in a report issued on Monday, October 20th. DA Davidson analyst P. Winter now expects that the bank will post earnings of $2.38 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $2.36. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $29.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Regions Financial’s current full-year earnings is $2.26 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Regions Financial’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.61 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.61 EPS.

Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The bank reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $1.81 billion during the quarter. Regions Financial had a return on equity of 13.05% and a net margin of 22.49%.

A number of other research firms have also recently issued reports on RF. Barclays restated an “underweight” rating and set a $27.00 price objective (up previously from $24.00) on shares of Regions Financial in a report on Monday, July 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald assumed coverage on Regions Financial in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $30.00 price objective for the company. Stephens restated an “equal weight” rating and set a $27.00 price objective (down previously from $30.00) on shares of Regions Financial in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Morgan Stanley set a $32.00 price objective on Regions Financial in a report on Monday, September 29th. Finally, Evercore ISI boosted their price objective on Regions Financial from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Regions Financial has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $27.94.

Regions Financial Price Performance

RF opened at $24.35 on Tuesday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $26.20 and a 200 day moving average of $23.75. Regions Financial has a 52-week low of $17.74 and a 52-week high of $27.96. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. The stock has a market cap of $21.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.73, a PEG ratio of 1.14 and a beta of 1.02.

Regions Financial Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 1st will be given a dividend of $0.265 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 1st. This represents a $1.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.4%. Regions Financial’s payout ratio is 46.70%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Roger W. Jenkins purchased 4,000 shares of Regions Financial stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 13th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $25.48 per share, with a total value of $101,920.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 6,383 shares in the company, valued at approximately $162,638.84. The trade was a 167.86% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP David R. Keenan sold 30,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.01, for a total value of $750,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 90,915 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,273,784.15. The trade was a 24.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.29% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Centaurus Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of Regions Financial by 3.9% in the 2nd quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc. now owns 10,230 shares of the bank’s stock worth $241,000 after acquiring an additional 382 shares in the last quarter. Hardy Reed LLC raised its position in shares of Regions Financial by 1.6% in the 2nd quarter. Hardy Reed LLC now owns 25,747 shares of the bank’s stock worth $606,000 after acquiring an additional 404 shares in the last quarter. Greenwood Capital Associates LLC raised its position in shares of Regions Financial by 0.6% in the 2nd quarter. Greenwood Capital Associates LLC now owns 72,400 shares of the bank’s stock worth $1,703,000 after acquiring an additional 427 shares in the last quarter. Fairvoy Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Regions Financial by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Fairvoy Private Wealth LLC now owns 23,670 shares of the bank’s stock worth $624,000 after acquiring an additional 449 shares in the last quarter. Finally, IFG Advisory LLC raised its position in shares of Regions Financial by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. IFG Advisory LLC now owns 52,531 shares of the bank’s stock worth $1,142,000 after acquiring an additional 470 shares in the last quarter. 79.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.