Regions Financial Co. to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $0.52 Per Share, Wedbush Forecasts (NYSE:RF)

Regions Financial Co. (NYSE:RF) – Equities researchers at Wedbush raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Regions Financial in a research note issued on Wednesday, March 27th. Wedbush analyst D. Chiaverini now forecasts that the bank will post earnings of $0.52 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.51. The consensus estimate for Regions Financial’s current full-year earnings is $1.98 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Regions Financial’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.55 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.58 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.59 EPS.

Regions Financial (NYSE:RF) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 19th. The bank reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.48 by ($0.09). Regions Financial had a net margin of 22.66% and a return on equity of 14.50%. The firm had revenue of $1.81 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.80 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.67 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of Regions Financial from $15.00 to $21.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, December 15th. Barclays reissued an “underweight” rating and issued a $22.00 price target (up previously from $20.00) on shares of Regions Financial in a report on Tuesday, January 2nd. Evercore ISI restated an “inline” rating and set a $21.00 target price (up from $16.50) on shares of Regions Financial in a research report on Wednesday, January 3rd. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Regions Financial from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $15.00 to $22.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 9th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Regions Financial from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $20.23.

Regions Financial Trading Up 3.9 %

Shares of NYSE:RF opened at $20.69 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 0.82. The company has a market cap of $19.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 1.19. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $18.88 and its 200-day moving average is $17.71. Regions Financial has a 52-week low of $13.72 and a 52-week high of $21.02.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Regions Financial

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Nomura Holdings Inc. purchased a new position in Regions Financial in the 4th quarter worth $1,289,000. Quadrature Capital Ltd lifted its position in shares of Regions Financial by 8.2% in the 4th quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd now owns 15,806 shares of the bank’s stock worth $306,000 after purchasing an additional 1,196 shares during the period. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its position in Regions Financial by 8.6% during the 4th quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 17,642 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $346,000 after acquiring an additional 1,401 shares in the last quarter. Spartan Planning & Wealth Management purchased a new position in shares of Regions Financial in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $47,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Regions Financial by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 117,704,755 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $2,281,118,000 after purchasing an additional 3,119,237 shares in the last quarter. 79.39% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Regions Financial Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 1st will be issued a dividend of $0.24 per share. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 29th. Regions Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 45.93%.

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.