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Eric Compton
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Cost Controls And Low Cost Deposit Base Should Continue To Benefit Regions in 2017

No-moat-rated Regions Financial reported fourth-quarter and full-year results that were largely in line with our expectations and do not alter our long-term thesis on the firm. We were particularly pleased with expense control for the bank, which came in slightly ahead of our expectations. The bank recorded a 200-basis-point improvement in its efficiency ratio for full-year results, from 66.2% to 64.2% (GAAP). We are increasing our fair value estimate to $11 per share from $10, partially due to ...
Underlying
Regions Financial Corporation

Regions Financial is a banking holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company has the following segments: Corporate Bank, which represents its commercial banking functions including commercial and industrial, commercial real estate and investor real estate lending; Consumer Bank, which represents its branch network, including consumer banking products and services related to residential first mortgages, home equity lines and loans, branch small business loans, indirect loans, consumer credit cards and other consumer loans; and Wealth Management, which provides credit related products, trust and investment management, asset management, retirement and savings solutions and estate planning.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Eric Compton

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