Analysts Issue Forecasts for RF Q1 Earnings

Regions Financial Co. (NYSE:RF) – Investment analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Regions Financial in a research note issued to investors on Monday, January 20th. DA Davidson analyst P. Winter expects that the bank will post earnings of $0.52 per share for the quarter. 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 $2.07 per share.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on RF. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upgraded Regions Financial from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $27.00 to $28.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Barclays lifted their target price on Regions Financial from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of Regions Financial from $29.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. StockNews.com raised shares of Regions Financial from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Regions Financial from $26.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Regions Financial has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $27.67.

Regions Financial Price Performance

NYSE RF opened at $24.24 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.03 billion, a PE ratio of 13.69, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a current ratio of 0.84 and a quick ratio of 0.83. Regions Financial has a 12 month low of $17.42 and a 12 month high of $27.96. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $25.07 and its 200 day simple moving average is $23.44.

Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 17th. The bank reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.01. Regions Financial had a return on equity of 12.60% and a net margin of 18.78%. The company had revenue of $1.82 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1,857,300 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.39 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up .2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Quarry LP boosted its position in Regions Financial by 29.5% during the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 1,729 shares of the bank’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 394 shares during the period. Ballentine Partners LLC grew its position in Regions Financial by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 17,458 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $411,000 after purchasing an additional 420 shares in the last quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC increased its stake in Regions Financial by 1.8% in the 3rd quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 24,928 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $581,000 after buying an additional 429 shares during the period. CWM LLC increased its stake in Regions Financial by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 42,346 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $988,000 after buying an additional 480 shares during the period. Finally, Resonant Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in Regions Financial by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. Resonant Capital Advisors LLC now owns 21,845 shares of the bank’s stock worth $515,000 after buying an additional 506 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.