Machina Capital S.A.S. Invests $495,000 in Regions Financial Co. (NYSE:RF)

Machina Capital S.A.S. acquired a new position in shares of Regions Financial Co. (NYSE:RFFree Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 21,056 shares of the bank’s stock, valued at approximately $495,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Y.D. More Investments Ltd lifted its stake in Regions Financial by 122.9% in the fourth quarter. Y.D. More Investments Ltd now owns 1,150 shares of the bank’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 634 shares during the last quarter. Sierra Ocean LLC bought a new stake in Regions Financial in the fourth quarter worth $28,000. Truvestments Capital LLC bought a new stake in Regions Financial in the third quarter worth $37,000. Legacy Investment Solutions LLC bought a new stake in Regions Financial in the third quarter worth $37,000. Finally, Quarry LP lifted its stake in Regions Financial by 29.5% in the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 1,729 shares of the bank’s stock worth $40,000 after purchasing an additional 394 shares during the last quarter. 79.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Compass Point boosted their price objective on shares of Regions Financial from $25.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Regions Financial from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on shares of Regions Financial from $25.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Regions Financial from $25.00 to $26.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Regions Financial from $26.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Regions Financial currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $27.67.

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Regions Financial Trading Up 0.7 %

NYSE:RF opened at $22.10 on Friday. Regions Financial Co. has a one year low of $17.72 and a one year high of $27.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 0.84 and a quick ratio of 0.83. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $23.90 and its 200 day simple moving average is $24.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.39, a PEG ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.19.

Regions Financial (NYSE:RFGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 17th. The bank reported $0.56 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.01. Regions Financial had a net margin of 20.20% and a return on equity of 12.83%. The business had revenue of $1.82 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.86 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.39 earnings per share. Regions Financial’s quarterly revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts forecast that Regions Financial Co. will post 2.26 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Regions Financial Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd will be paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 3rd. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.53%. Regions Financial’s dividend payout ratio is presently 51.55%.

Regions Financial Company Profile

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Regions Financial (NYSE:RF)

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