NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Regions Financial Corp. is scheduled to release its 2015 first quarter earnings results before the market open on Tuesday morning. Analysts are expecting the financial holding company to report a year-over-year decline in earnings per share, but a rise in revenue for the most recent quarter. Shares of Regions Financial are up by 0.05% to $9.60 in mid-morning trading on Monday. Regions Financial has been forecast to report earnings of 18 cents per share on revenue of $1.27 billion for the quarter ended March 2015. Last year, Regions Financial said earnings were 22 cents per diluted share on revenue of $1.25 billion for the 2014 first quarter. Regions Financial is based in Birmingham, AL and provides customers with commercial, retail, and mortgage banking services and related services in the assets management, securities brokerage and insurance related fields. Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP as a Buy with a ratings score of B. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP (RF) a BUY. This is driven by multiple strengths, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. Among the primary strengths of the company is its expanding profit margins over time. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows: The gross profit margin for REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP is currently very high, coming in at 93.89%. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Along with this, the net profit margin of 15.72% is above that of the industry average. REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP's earnings per share declined by 17.6% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. Stable earnings per share over the past year indicate the company has sound management over its earnings and share float. We anticipate these figures will begin to experience more growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP's EPS of $0.78 remained unchanged from the prior years' EPS of $0.78. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($0.80 versus $0.78). RF, with its decline in revenue, slightly underperformed the industry average of 0.8%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 7.0%. The declining revenue appears to have seeped down to the company's bottom line, decreasing earnings per share. The change in net income from the same quarter one year ago has exceeded that of the S&P 500, but is less than that of the Commercial Banks industry average. The net income has decreased by 7.0% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, dropping from $227.00 million to $211.00 million. Net operating cash flow has decreased to $578.00 million or 11.48% when compared to the same quarter last year. Despite a decrease in cash flow of 11.48%, REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP is still significantly exceeding the industry average of -74.04%. You can view the full analysis from the report here: RF Ratings Report Must Read: Warren Buffett's Top 25 Stocks for 2015
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