Wedbush analyst Jesse Bigelow is adding Regions Financial to his firm's Best Ideas saying the company's hard work to reposition the balance sheet was reflected in the "solid" Q4 results and sets the stage for stronger growth in 2018. Wedbush has an Outperform rating and $21 price target on the shares.

Truist lowered the firm's price target on Regions Financial to $20 from $22 and keeps a Hold rating on the shares as part of a broader research note recapping Q1 earnings among Community and Regional Banks. The firm's updated model for Fed funds rate forecast calls for zero cuts in 2024 and four 25bps cuts in 2025 from three in 2023 and 2024 previously, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Truist is also revising its FY24 and FY25 EPS on the bank to $1.93 and $2.12 from $1.97 and $2.15, with estimate revisions primarily driven by higher loan loss provisioning. Regions' net charge-offs were also "at the high-end" of management's guidance of 40bps to 50bps in Q1, the firm adds.