CluenexRegions Financial Corporation RF
Regions Financial Corporation scores weak on business quality (4.5 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What Regions Financial Corporation does
Regions Financial provides retail banking, commercial banking, and wealth management services across the South, Midwest, and Texas, generating revenue primarily through net interest income and fee-based services.
- What it does best
Regions excels in capital return efficiency, deploying $1.1B in buybacks and $999M in dividends while maintaining a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.3. This capital discipline provides a buffer against regional banking pressures that peers like TFC with a 9% ROE must manage carefully.
- The main risk
Net interest margin compression from high deposit betas threatens earnings quality. With revenue growth ranking in the 36th percentile of its sector, any stagnation in net interest income directly squeezes the 28.2% net margin.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Net margin stands at 28.3% with an ROE of 11.8%. Profitability remains stable, driven by efficient overhead management, though scale advantages are limited compared to national money-center banks.
The bank relies on regional branch density and localized deposit stickiness across the South and Midwest. Its 11.8% ROE sits near peer averages like MTB's 10.7%, reflecting a traditional regional footprint that lacks a wide cost advantage.
Revenue grew 6.3% to $7.6B, showing modest improvement from prior choppy periods where revenue hovered around $7.1B to $7.5B. Growth remains in the middle of its sector pack at the 36th percentile.
Debt-to-equity sits at 0.3 with total debt of $4.9B. Free cash flow reached $1.6B over the latest period, supporting shareholder distributions. The balance sheet is holding steady.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
1 sold $0K outside pre-planned sales.
Our sealed record on RF
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
Regions Financial Corporation scores weak on the Cluenex quality check (4.5 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is weak, moat weak, growth slow and financial health fair.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: 1 sold $0K outside pre-planned sales.
Oct 16, 2026, before the open.
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Cite this page: Cluenex, “Regions Financial Corporation (RF)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/rf/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.