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Is Regions Financial Corp (RF) a good stock to buy now?

Regions Financial Corp (NYSE: RF) is -10.25% 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 $21.05 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.06%.

Currently trading at $21.11, the stock is 6.63% and 0.26% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 9.18 million and changing 0.29% at the moment leaves the stock -8.42% off its SMA200. RF registered 7.87% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -12.26%.

The stock witnessed a 7.65% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.22%, and is 3.18% up 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 2.55% over the week and 4.86% over the month.

Regions Financial Corp (RF) has around 19644 employees, a market worth around $19.11B and $9.35B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 10.20 and Fwd P/E is 8.57. Profit margin for the company is 20.27%. Distance from 52-week low is 19.13% and -24.50% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.72%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 5.80% this year.

Regions Financial Corp (RF) Top Institutional Holders

The shares outstanding are 905.47M, and float is at 902.16M with Short Float at 5.02%.

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 12.3181% 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).

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