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Regions Financial Corp. (RF) is in the Financial Services Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $10.9B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $1.2B
- Market Cap
- Jul 23 2008
- $8.1B
Latest News and Analysis
Financials: This Picture's Worth a Thousand Words
Markham Lee submits: A picture is worth a 1,000 words - and this picture sums up some of the pain facing the financial industry: by Markham Lee
Bove Cuts Regions Financial to Neutral
(Reuters) - Analyst Richard Bove downgraded Regions Financial Corp RF to "neutral" from "buy," and said the large U.S. southeast regional bank was unable to grasp the opportunities before it, partly due to constant management turmoil and the lack of underwriting...
Wachovia, Other U.S. Banks Post Dismal Results
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wachovia Corp WB and Washington Mutual Inc WM led several large U.S. banks in posting weak second-quarter results on Tuesday, hurt by soaring losses from mortgages and other debt. Wachovia reported a $8.86 billion loss, while...
Crazy Dividends
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: At the market's recent low on July 15th, there were numerous stocks with astronomical indicated dividend yields. With the gains in Financials and the overall market since then, however, these estimated yields have dropped significantly although many remain high. Below we highlight the...
A 'Buy the Loser' Rally
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: If you didn't own the dregs of the S&P 500 going into the rally that started last Wednesday, chances are you have underperformed over the last few days. We broke the S&P 500 into deciles (50 stocks in each decile) based on stock...
Earnings Preview: Regions Financial
Regions Financial RF is expected to report Q2 earnings before market open on Tuesday, July 22 with a conference call scheduled for 3:00 pm ET. Guidance Analysts are looking for EPS of 42c on revenue of $1.77B. The consensus range for EPS is 19c to 52c, while the consensus range...
The Facts Behind the Coming Congressional Mortgage Bailout Bill
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Stocks Eye Banks, Short-sale Rule
By Deborah Jian Lee NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the heart of earnings season, stock market investors will scrutinize a raft of regional bank earnings this week for more write-offs that could send the market tumbling. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq snapped...
Bank Executive Compensation and the Bailout
Richard Shaw QVM Group submits: Executive compensation is a difficult issue. Although we grant that the challenge in designing a reasonable system that works in all seasons is daunting, in the net we come down on the side that the compensation is too often too great. We believe...
Next Week Is a Big One for Bank Reports
Richard Shaw QVM Group submits: The next seven days will see most of the banks in the KBW large bank index KBE reporting. That should be an interesting time with all the news and gyrations of the past few days. Here is a list of the members of...
Will Lehman's or Regions' Problems Sink the Angelica Buyout?
Thomas Kirchner submits: In the pending buyout of Angelica AGL, shareholders have not just the usual worry about the debt funding, but in an odd twist, the equity portion could also be at risk. The financing consists of equity from an entity affiliated with stressed Lehman LEH, while most...
Financials Down 6.1% - Like the Days of the Tech Bust?
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: The S&P 500 Financials sector had its worst day of the credit crisis yesterday, declining 6.1%. The one-day declines in many of the banks reminded us of the worst days during the bursting of the Tech bubble. To compare the two,...
Well-Capitalized Regional Banks: The Bottom Is In
Matthew Rafat submits: I am calling a bottom in well-capitalized regional bank stocks. When the New York Times publishes an article titled, "Analysts Say More Banks Will Fail" by Louise Story we have a good contrarian indicator. But here's what makes me angry: the reporter cites Richard Bove...
U.S. Bank Earnings Fraught With Pain, Uncertainty
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. banks will unleash a tide of poor quarterly results over the next two weeks, yet investors may choose to focus instead on when a recovery might be at hand and how much more capital raising...
Dividend Yields Soar
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: After yesterday's severe declines in the Financial sector, the indicated dividend yields on many of these companies have become laughable. Bank of America yielding 11.6%! Wachovia yielding 10.5%! Many of these dividends are going to have to be cut for these companies to...
10 Top Dividend Stocks of the S&P 500
I run my fundamental stock screener, searching for stocks with the highest dividend yield. The report lists only companies included in the S&P 500 index. Not surprisingly, aside from one GM GM, there are only financials and banks in the top ten. Financials had the highest yield, compared to other...
S&P 500 Stocks Furthest Above and Below Their 50-Day Moving Averages
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Below we highlight stocks in the S&P 500 that are currently trading the furthest above and below their 50-day moving averages. As shown, Massey Energy MEE is the furthest above its 50-day in the index at 39.47%. MEE is also the best performing...
Investors Losing All Their Blue Chips
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: So called blue-chip stocks have struggled mightily over the last year. The total loss in market cap from their 52-week highs for stocks in the S&P 100 (largest 100 S&P stocks by market cap) is now $2.5 trillion. Below we highlight stocks in...
U.S. Bank Dividend Yields Revisited
The Sun submits: Last November, shortly after the Dow peaked at 14,280 points, I had a post on dividend yields of the largest banks in the country. At that time, I thought that, with many bank stocks yielding 6.0% or more, buying banks made some sense if the banks...
S&P 1500 Regional Banks Index Down 33% YTD
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Regional Banks are front and center in the markets these days. For those interested, below we highlight the 63 companies that make up the S&P 1500 Regional Banks index. For each stock, we include its percentage from its 52-week high, year-to-date percent change...
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- Incorporated: 2004
- CEO: Mr. C. Dowd Ritter
Regions Financial is a financial holding company, which is engaged in the provision of traditional commercial, retail and mortgage banking services, as well as other financial services in the fields of investment banking, asset management, trust, mutual funds, securities brokerage, insurance and other specialty financing. As of Dec 31 2007, Co. operated 1,965 full service banking offices in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. As of Dec 31 2007, Co. had total consolidated assets of $141.04 billion, and total consolidated deposits of $94.77 billion.
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Board of Directors
Mr. C. Dowd Ritter
Chairman
Mr. James R. Malone
Mr. Claude B. Nielsen
Mr. Samuel W. Bartholomew Jr.
Ms. Susan W. Matlock
Mr. John R. Roberts
Mr. Lee J. Styslinger III
Mr. David J. Cooper Sr.
Mr. Earnest W. Deavenport Jr.
Mr. Charles D. McCrary
Mr. Jorge M. Perez
Mr. Spence L. Wilson
Dr. John E. Maupin Jr.
Mr. George W. Bryan
Mr. Don DeFosset
Contact Information
417 North 20th Street
Birmingham, AL
205 944-1300
NAICS Code
Commercial Banking: 522110Brought to you by IBMSponsored Resources
