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Our current read (analysis of 2026-10-07): Designation Watch · Gem Score +23 (−100…+100 Quality+Value blend) · Quality 55 · Value 1 · Sentiment -15 (timing only, not weighted) · Composite fair value $32.24 vs $29.88 at analysis
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Regions Financial Corp.
RF NYSERegions Financial Corp. is a bank holding company that provides consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, and mortgage products and services. Through its main banking and advisory operations, the company serves individuals, small businesses, middle-market clients, and larger corporate customers with deposit accounts, lending solutions, treasury management, and fee-based financial services. Its business is organized around Corporate Bank, Consumer Bank, and Wealth Management, reflecting a broad mix of relationship banking and specialty finance activities. Regions Financial Corp. operates primarily across the South, Midwest, and Texas, using a network of branches, digital channels, and professional advisory teams to support everyday banking needs, business financing, and long-term financial planning. As a major regional financial institution, it plays an important role in connecting deposits, credit, payments, and wealth services across the communities and industries it serves.
Price Overview
Price History (1 Year)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
| Period | Revenue | Net Income | Net Margin | YoY/QoQ |
|---|
Key Metrics
EPS (Diluted): 2.30
Total Equity: $19.10B
Shares: 937,391,304
Total Debt: $4.88B
Cash: $10.91B
EBITDA: N/A
Total Debt: $4.88B
Cash: $10.91B
Revenue: $7.53B
Revenue: $7.53B
Revenue: $7.53B
Total Equity: $19.10B
Tax Rate: 21.4%
Equity: $19.10B
Total Debt: $4.88B
Cash: $10.91B
Current Liabilities: N/A
Long-Term Debt: $4.13B
Total Debt: $4.88B
Total Equity: $19.10B
Shares: 937,391,304
Shares: 937,391,304
CapEx: $0.00
Shares: 937,391,304
Stock Price: $29.88
Net Income: $2.16B
Industry Benchmarks
Income Statement (Annual)
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026 3:45am (36d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.4B | $7.2B | $7.6B | $7.1B | $7.5B |
| Cost of Revenue | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gross Profit | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating Expenses | $2.4B | $2.5B | $2.6B | $2.6B | $2.8B |
| Operating Income | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net Income | $2.5B | $2.2B | $2.1B | $1.9B | $2.2B |
| EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — |
| EPS | $2.51 | $2.29 | $2.11 | $1.94 | $2.31 |
| EPS (Diluted) | $2.49 | $2.28 | $2.11 | $1.93 | $2.30 |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026 3:31am (36d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $29.4B | $11.2B | $6.8B | $10.7B | $10.9B |
| Total Current Assets | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total Assets | $162.9B | $155.2B | $152.2B | $157.3B | $158.8B |
| Current Liabilities | — | — | — | — | — |
| Long-Term Debt | $2.4B | $2.3B | $2.3B | $6.0B | $4.1B |
| Total Liabilities | $144.6B | $139.3B | $134.7B | $139.4B | $139.7B |
| Total Equity | $18.3B | $16.0B | $17.5B | $17.9B | $19.1B |
| Retained Earnings | $5.6B | $7.0B | $8.2B | $9.1B | $10.2B |
Cash Flow (Annual)
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026 4:15am (36d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $3.0B | $3.1B | $2.3B | $1.6B | $2.2B |
| Capital Expenditure | — | — | — | — | — |
| Free Cash Flow | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acquisitions (net) | -$1.2B | $0 | $0 | — | — |
| Net Debt Issued / (Repaid) | -$1.1B | $0 | $0 | $3.6B | -$1.9B |
| Dividends Paid | -$608.0M | -$663.0M | -$787.0M | -$890.0M | -$912.0M |
| Stock Buybacks | -$467.0M | -$230.0M | -$252.0M | -$348.0M | -$1.1B |
| Net Change in Cash | $11.5B | -$18.2B | -$4.4B | $3.9B | $195.0M |
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026 3:45am (36d ago)| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | +11.3% | +5.7% | -6.5% | +6.3% |
| Gross Profit Growth | — | — | — | — |
| Operating Income Growth | — | — | — | — |
| Net Income Growth | -10.9% | -7.6% | -8.7% | +13.9% |
| EBITDA Growth | — | — | — | — |
Dividend History (Last 20)
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026 3:31am (36d ago)| Date | Dividend | Declaration | Record | Payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | $0.27 | — | — | — |
| 2026-03-02 | $0.27 | — | — | — |
| 2025-12-01 | $0.27 | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-02 | $0.27 | — | — | — |
| 2025-06-02 | $0.25 | — | — | — |
| 2025-03-03 | $0.25 | — | — | — |
| 2024-12-02 | $0.25 | — | — | — |
| 2024-09-03 | $0.25 | — | — | — |
| 2024-06-03 | $0.24 | — | — | — |
| 2024-02-29 | $0.24 | — | — | — |
| 2023-12-07 | $0.24 | — | — | — |
| 2023-08-31 | $0.24 | — | — | — |
| 2023-06-01 | $0.20 | — | — | — |
| 2023-03-09 | $0.20 | — | — | — |
| 2022-12-07 | $0.20 | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-01 | $0.20 | — | — | — |
| 2022-06-02 | $0.17 | — | — | — |
| 2022-03-10 | $0.17 | — | — | — |
| 2021-12-02 | $0.17 | — | — | — |
| 2021-09-02 | $0.17 | — | — | — |
Deep Analysis
Risk : Reward — upside vs downside from this company's own quarters
Computed 2026-09-02 02:12| Case | Growth | Margin | Fair value | vs price ($29.88) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bull — recovery | +5% | 34.1% | $28.06 | -6% |
| Base — stabilizes | +4% | 29.7% | $23.41 | -22% |
| Bear — keeps slipping | +2% | 25.2% | $19.20 | -36% |
Narrative Economics
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Growth Outlook
Analyzed 2026-09-01 04:35The question every valuation on this page silently assumes: is this company likely to grow? Judged forward — the business, its category, the world — against what's already printed.
Claude Reading
Looking at the raw numbers first: quarterly NI has actually been strong and accelerating — $490M (Q3'24) → $534M → $490M → $563M → $569M → $534M → $559M → $570M (Q2'26). That's a clean ~16% YoY earnings growth trajectory in the most recent quarters, not the "flat and deteriorating" story the market-forces model implies. Annual NI went $1.89B → $2.16B (2024→2025), +14%. Revenue $7.08B → $7.53B, +6.4%. At 12.99× TTM P/E, 1.47× P/B, 11.3% ROE, and a 3.55% yield with a 42% payout, this is a well-run regional bank compounding book value in the low double digits with room for buybacks. That's not a value trap profile; that's a boring winner.
The prior models are internally inconsistent and I largely dissent from the bearish tilt. Market Forces calls it a "deteriorating franchise" with "hidden CRE risk" and "deposit flight" — none of which shows up in the actual numbers ($10.9B cash vs $4.88B debt, equity growing, NI accelerating). Thesis Evaluation scores -14 with "NIM compression" as the top bear at 68 weight, yet the actual print shows NIM expansion driving the earnings beat sequence. The revenue_cagr of -0.3% is a 5-year artifact distorted by the 2021 PPP-era peak ($6.44B rev but $2.52B NI on reserve releases); the relevant trend is the +6.3% recent YoY. The Synthesis fair value of $31.17 vs $29.88 (+4.3%) is directionally right but understates the earnings momentum. Narrative Economics correctly identifies this as anchored/minimal-story — which is exactly when fundamentals-based re-rating works.
The honest contrarian case: regional banks are cyclical, and RF's 2025 earnings strength partly reflects a favorable rate curve that could reverse if the Fed cuts aggressively into 2026. CRE exposure at Southeast regionals is a real tail risk, though RF's Sunbelt geography (Florida, Texas, Georgia) is structurally better than Midwest/coastal-office-heavy peers like KEY or CFG. ROA at 1.36% is decent but not elite (JPM ~1.3%, but with vastly more fee diversification); ROE at 11.3% is mid-pack. The insider "activity" is just routine July equity grants — zero signal, and no open-market buys is a mild negative on a bank trading near book. A skeptic would also note that "revenue" for banks is a fuzzy concept and the reported $7.53B mixes NII and fees; if NII compresses 5% in 2026 on rate cuts, EPS growth stalls and the 13× multiple has no cushion.
Net verdict: I dissent from the bearish Market Forces read and partially dissent from the "fair value" synthesis — RF looks modestly undervalued, not fairly valued. On $2.16B TTM NI growing ~10-12%, a 13× multiple is cheap for a Sunbelt-exposed bank with 11%+ ROE and a covered 3.55% yield. Peer regionals (TFC, FITB, HBAN) trade 11-13× on similar or worse growth; RF deserves the higher end. Fair value $33-35 (15-16× forward EPS of ~$2.25), roughly 10-17% upside plus the yield. The asymmetry is favorable: downside is capped by book value ($20+/share tangible) and the dividend, upside comes from either multiple re-rating on rate stability or continued EPS growth. Not a table-pounder — it's a bank, cyclicality is real, and a hard recession takes it to $24 — but at $29.88 you're paid to wait. Starter position warranted, add on any dip to $27.
GPT Reading
At $29.88, Regions is not obviously cheap, but it is cheaper than the operating trend suggests. The key fact in the data is that earnings have quietly re-accelerated after the 2024 softness. Quarterly net income moved from $490M in 3Q24 and $534M in 4Q24 to $490M in 1Q25, then $563M, $569M, $534M, $559M, and $570M through 2Q26. That is not a bank falling into a margin cliff; it is a bank earning at roughly a $2.2B-$2.3B annualized run rate. On that basis, the current market cap of $25.46B implies about 11.1x-11.6x earnings power, a bit below the stated 12.99x annual P/E because trailing numbers still carry weaker quarters. Revenue is also better than the “stagnant regional bank” label implies: 2025 revenue was $7.53B, up 6.4% from $7.08B in 2024 and slightly above 2023’s $7.57B is within reach if current trends hold. This is a mature bank, yes, but not a deteriorating one.
The balance sheet and capital picture also argue against a hard bear case. Regions ended 2025 with $10.91B of cash against $4.88B of debt and $19.10B of equity, with debt/equity only 0.26 on the provided metrics. For a bank, I care less about industrial-style net debt and more about whether capital generation supports dividends and absorptive capacity; here, $2.18B of operating cash flow, a 42.3% payout ratio, and a 3.55% dividend yield suggest the current shareholder return is well covered by earnings. Return on equity of 11.3% is not elite, but it is solid enough to justify trading above book, and the market is valuing the franchise at 1.47x book. That multiple is not demanding if Regions can sustainably earn 11%-12% on equity; in fact, that spread roughly makes sense. What stands out to me is that the market seems to be valuing Regions as if earnings are capped, while the actual quarterly sequence says earnings have already stabilized and improved.
Where I differ from some of the more cautious framing is on the implied mismatch between valuation and fundamentals. The bearish narrative leans heavily on NIM compression, deposit pressure, and latent CRE issues, but the reported numbers are not showing that thesis biting hard yet. Net income rose from $1.89B in 2024 to $2.16B in 2025, and the most recent two quarters are both above $559M. If there were a serious franchise deterioration, I would expect either a much weaker earnings trajectory or a cheaper valuation—closer to book, not 1.47x. Instead, Regions sits in a middle ground: profitable, decently capitalized, earning a respectable ROE, and yielding 3.5%. That usually deserves something around 11x-12x normalized earnings and around 1.3x-1.5x book, which gets you to a fair value band of roughly $30-$34. I lean to the upper half because current earnings momentum is better than the “ex-growth” label.
The strongest case against my read is straightforward: over a five-year view, this is not a compounding machine. Revenue is only up from $6.44B in 2021 to $7.53B in 2025, while net income is actually down from $2.52B in 2021 and $2.25B in 2022 to $2.16B in 2025. ROE at 11.3% is adequate, not premium, and a 1.47x book multiple for a no-moat regional bank can become too high very quickly if credit costs normalize upward. The recent earnings improvement could also be a late-cycle illusion if reserve builds or CRE marks are still ahead. I take that seriously, and it is why I do not see deep undervaluation here. But those are arguments against multiple expansion, not necessarily for downside from $29.88. At under 13x trailing earnings with a mid-3% yield and improving quarterly profits, the stock does not look priced for perfection.
What would change my mind is evidence that the recent earnings run rate is not durable. If quarterly net income falls back below $500M for a couple of quarters, or if full-year revenue slips back toward the 2024 level near $7.1B, then the stock should trade closer to 1.2x book and the high-$20s would no longer look supportive. Likewise, any concrete sign that capital returns are getting constrained—through a materially higher payout ratio without earnings support, or a visible balance-sheet weakening—would make the current valuation too rich. On the other hand, if Regions can print another two quarters in the $560M-$600M range and hold ROE around 11%-12%, I would be comfortable underwriting value into the low-to-mid $30s.
Grok Reading
Regions Financial at $29.88 is a textbook mature regional bank whose numbers tell a recovery-within-stagnation story rather than a growth story. Annual revenue bounced from $7.08B in 2024 to $7.53B in 2025 (+6.3%), and net income climbed from $1.89B to $2.16B (+14%), yet the five-year arc is flat-to-down: revenue CAGR of −0.3% and earnings that still sit below the $2.52B peak of 2021. Quarterly net income has stabilized in a tight $534–570M band over the last five reported periods, which is cleaner than the 2024 soft patch and supports a run-rate near $2.2B. At 13.0× trailing earnings, 1.47× book, and 3.72× sales, with ROE of 11.3% and a 3.55% dividend covered by a 42% payout, the market is paying a full-but-not-expensive multiple for mid-teens single-digit earnings power and a fortress-looking balance sheet—$10.91B cash against $4.88B debt and a 0.26 debt-to-equity ratio. Operating cash flow of $2.18B essentially matches reported NI, so the earnings quality is not fictional. The story the data tell is a well-capitalized Southeast franchise grinding out low-double-digit ROE with a usable yield, not a franchise compounding capital at an accelerating rate.
What the quantitative models underweight is the recent inflection: earnings CAGR of only 2% over five years masks a 13.9% year-over-year rebound and sequential NI that has held above $550M for three of the last four quarters. That is not the profile of a bank already in free-fall NIM compression. The valuation synthesis fair value of $31.17–$33.44 (4–12% above the current print) is directionally consistent with a modest discount, and the 3.55% yield plus sub-1.5× book provides a tangible floor that pure DCF skepticism tends to ignore. Insider activity is pure award noise—no selling—so management is not telegraphing distress. I read the stock as modestly cheap to fair value on current run-rate earnings, with the Southeast deposit base and low leverage as the real anchors.
The strongest case against this read is straightforward and data-backed. Revenue has gone nowhere for half a decade; the 2025 recovery simply clawed back the 2024 dip and still leaves the franchise below 2023’s $7.57B. ROA of 1.36% is mediocre for a bank, and the thesis engine’s −14 score correctly flags NIM compression from rate normalization and commercial real estate exposure as the dominant bears—weights of 68 and 62 respectively. Market Forces labels it a value trap absent an acquisition premium, and that framing is coherent: if the Fed cutting cycle compresses net interest margin faster than deposit costs fall, the 11.3% ROE slides toward high single digits and a 13× multiple becomes expensive rather than cheap. The narrative layer is minimal and anchored, meaning there is no story premium to cushion a credit or margin miss; the stock will re-rate purely on the numbers. I weigh this differently because the 2025 NI recovery, cash-heavy balance sheet, and already-modest multiple already embed a fair amount of that pessimism—the market is not pricing a premium ROE or multiple expansion—so the downside from further NIM pressure is real but partially discounted, while the upside from stable credit and a soft landing is underappreciated at $29.88.
What would flip the verdict is two consecutive quarters of NI below $480M (signaling genuine margin or credit deterioration), a sustained drop in ROE under 9%, or tangible book erosion from CRE charge-offs that pushes the stock above 1.6× then-depressed book. Conversely, a clean print of quarterly NI above $600M with stable net interest margin and any capital-return increase would push me from modest undervaluation to a higher-conviction long.
Big-3 Panel — where each AI stands
Advanced Analysis Forensic deep-dive · separate lenses
Regions delivers the profile of a well-run mature regional bank: revenue grew from $6.44B (2021) to $7.53B (2025), net income has held in a $1.89B-$2.52B band, and FCF ran $2.18B in 2025. Earnings quality checks out with OCF/NI at 1.11x and accruals at -0.2% of assets, meaning reported profits are backed by cash. Diluted shares fell from 1.01B to 937.4M (a 1.9% CAGR shrink), so per-share economics are being actively defended. The Altman Z of 0.25 flagged as 'distress' is a model artifact - Z-scores are not meaningful for banks because their balance sheets are structurally leveraged with deposits; I disregard it. The real questions on a bank are credit quality, deposit mix/beta, securities book marks (AOCI), and CRE exposure, none of which are visible in this pack. Net income drifted down 2021-2024 before rebounding in 2025, which fits the industry pattern of NIM pressure and higher provisions rather than a company-specific deterioration. Management behavior is consistent with a mature earner: buying back stock, paying out, and not diluting. Insider tape shows only routine director equity awards - no open-market buys or sells to read into. Overall this looks like a solid, unremarkable-in-a-good-way regional bank.
Verify before trusting this (6)
- AOCI and unrealized losses on the AFS/HTM securities book
- Commercial real estate exposure, particularly office, and NPL/charge-off trends
- CET1 ratio and regulatory capital cushion
- Deposit mix - noninterest-bearing share and uninsured deposit concentration
- Net interest margin trajectory and deposit beta assumptions
- Allowance for credit losses coverage vs. nonperforming loans
The e2e composite fair value of $33.44 and signal-adjusted $31.17 bracket a deserved price around $31-33 against a $29.88 tape, implying ~4-12% upside - inside the noise band for a regional bank whose earnings power swings with rate policy and credit costs. The anchored-PE method is the only cited driver, so this is essentially a normalized-earnings multiple call, not a triangulated bargain. Earnings quality is clean and the business is Solid (55), which supports the deserved value but does not create a discount.
Verify before trusting this (4)
- Forward NIM guidance and deposit beta commentary on next call
- CRE (office, multifamily) NPL and reserve build trajectory
- AOCI drag and securities book duration/marks
- Buyback pace vs dividend coverage at lower forward EPS
The macro backdrop is mildly risk-on (VIX 14.9, S&P just off highs), which is a modest positive for a beta-1.01 regional bank, but the 10y at 4.73% and a flattish curve (0.39) keep a low ceiling on regional-bank sentiment - the group trades on rate-path expectations and this name has no idiosyncratic story to break it out of the pack. With intensity 'minimal' and cult 'low', there is essentially no narrative premium or discount being applied; the tape is treating RF as a commodity carry vehicle. Recent 6-month price action (+6.3% vs -0.3% long-term) shows a mild positive drift, consistent with the risk-on regime lifting cyclicals modestly rather than any RF-specific catalyst. Analyst tone and news flow are quiet - no upgrade cycle, no downgrade wave, no CRE blow-up headlines hitting this name specifically. The bear points (NIM compression on cuts, CRE stress, deposit flight) are latent risks the tape is not actively pricing today. Net: this is a name the market is neither chasing nor dumping - pressure is close to neutral with a very slight positive drift from the risk-on tape, offset by a rates backdrop that caps enthusiasm for the whole regional-bank cohort.
Verify before trusting this (4)
- Any Fed rhetoric shift on the cut path - dovish tilt would compress NIM narrative further and pressure the group
- CRE loss headlines at peer regionals that could re-ignite contagion sentiment onto RF
- Deposit-beta commentary at the next earnings print vs peers
- Whether the risk-on tape holds; a VIX spike above 20 hits beta-1 cyclicals harder than the market
The world is handing regional banks a rate-shaped cycle, not a secular one. A 4.73% 10y with a modestly positive curve is close to the ideal configuration for a spread lender: earning-asset yields reprice up while deposit betas decay. Regions is capturing that, and its Southeast footprint gives it real demographic tailwind that the average regional bank lacks. But the deeper structure is unchanged — banking volumes in a mature market grow with nominal GDP, deposits are contestable by money funds in a way they weren't pre-2022, and scale rivals compound a technology advantage. Macro is flagged as headwind-leaning, which means credit (especially CRE) is the tail risk that converts a good revenue year into a bad earnings year. Net: believe the near-term upswing, discount its permanence.
When we made this prediction on Sep 1, 2026, RF was $29.28. We expect it to be $31.80 by Mar 2027, and we consider it great value under $26.50. This is an early model (v0.6.0) — the direction is more reliable than the exact price. Made Sep 1, 2026.
Blue is our prediction, starting the day we made it. Grey is a slower route to the same place — the same destination, taking longer. Black is the actual price, so you can see how we are doing.