Regions Financial Corp (NYSE: RF) is -22.02% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $17.72 and a high of $27.96 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The RF stock was last observed hovering at around $18.68 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.34%.
Currently trading at $18.34, the stock is -13.16% and -18.98% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 13.29 million and changing -1.82% at the moment leaves the stock -20.47% off its SMA200. RF registered -8.98% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -19.70%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $22.6366 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $23.0615.
The stock witnessed a -14.82% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -22.88%, and is -14.97% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 7.10% over the week and 3.60% over the month.
Regions Financial Corp (RF) has around 19644 employees, a market worth around $16.61B and $9.36B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 9.49 and Fwd P/E is 7.47. Profit margin for the company is 18.96%. Distance from 52-week low is 3.50% and -34.41% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.29%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 5.87% this year.
Regions Financial Corp (RF) Top Institutional Holders
1253.0 institutions hold shares in Regions Financial Corp (RF), with institutional investors hold 83.03% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 908.48M, and float is at 902.18M with Short Float at 4.89%. Institutions hold 82.80% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 112.96 million shares valued at $2.26 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.2646% of the RF Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 86.69 million shares valued at $1.74 billion to account for 9.4535 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP which holds 49.12 million shares representing 5.3565% and valued at over $984.35 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 5.2012 of the shares totaling 47.69 million with a market value of $967.31 million.
Regions Financial Corp (RF) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by JOHNSON JOIA M, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that JOHNSON JOIA M bought 2,300 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 11 ’25 at a price of $21.18 per share for a total of $48702.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 17486.0 shares.
Regions Financial Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 28 ’25 that SUQUET JOSE S (Director) bought a total of 549 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 28 ’25 and was made at $24.70 per share for $13561.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 33791.0 shares of the RF stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 20 ’24, SUQUET JOSE S (Director) acquired 530 shares at an average price of $23.75 for $12588.0. The insider now directly holds 32,156 shares of Regions Financial Corp (RF).
