Company Analysis

Regions Financial Corp. (RF)

NYSE: RF · National Commercial Banks · Birmingham, AL · filing with the SEC since 2004
Grade6.3
◀ Past 6.9● Present 6.5▶ Future 4.9

The grade of Regions Financial Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.3/10
◀ Past6.940% of the headline
● Present6.535% of the headline
▶ Future4.925% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Regions Financial Corp.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 30th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Regions Financial Corp.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.8 billion in fiscal 2016 to $7.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 7.1% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 11% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.1%bottom 11% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 16% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak11.2%bottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.7% a year. 70% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 87th percentile among 81 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Regions Financial Corp.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 70% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-19 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 14% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.5/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 88%: owes 88¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Regions Financial Corp. earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 88 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 28% of its family
  • return on equitytop 32% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 38% of 79 in its family; net margin 30.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Regions Financial Corp.'s standing among 79 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $7.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 30.5% ranks in the top 15%; revenue growth of 11.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 16% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$7.07Btop 15% of its family
  • net margin30.5%top 15% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth11.5%bottom 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 49% of 74 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Regions Financial Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Turner, John M Jr (Chairman, President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-08-02, 8.3 years (top 40% of its family); the 25 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.7 years (bottom 16%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 25 people in charge now (top 25%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 25 peopletop 25% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.7 yearsbottom 16% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.3 yearstop 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 27% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Regions Financial Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $11 billion against debt of $4.1 billion leaves 4.3% of its assets as net cash, top 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 30.8% of revenue (top 20%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets4.3%top 35% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue30.8%top 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 36% of 79 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Regions Financial Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 11.5% a year over the last three filed years against 7.1% over all 10, speeding up (bottom 46% of its family); the newest year grew -0.5% (bottom 26%) (its annual reports). Regions Financial Corp. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+4.4 points a yearbottom 46% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-0.5%bottom 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 39% of 76 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Regions Financial Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $7.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 15.7% below the $8.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 45% of its family); net income of $2.2 billion against a prior three-year average of $2.1 billion (bottom 20%); a net margin of 30.5% against 33.6% before (bottom 43%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-15.7%top 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+4%bottom 20% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-3.1 pointsbottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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