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Regions Financial (RF) Q3 2026 Earnings: Guidance Reaffirmed

Q3 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026): revenue, EPS and full-year guidance from the SEC filing

Published Nov 5, 2026

TL;DR

  • Regions Financial reaffirmed its full-year guidance; revenue +3.0% vs a year earlier.

Regions Financial's results for Q3 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026) come from the company's own earnings release, filed with the SEC on 2026-10-16. Everything below is taken from that filing; quotes are copied exactly. Company outlooks are the company's own.

At a glance

ItemValue
Revenue (GAAP)$1,973 million (+3.0% vs a year earlier)
Diluted EPS (GAAP)$0.71
Adjusted per-share figure (company's non-GAAP measure; FFO/AFFO for REITs)$0.73
Full-year guidanceReaffirmed

Guidance

Regions continues to expect 2026 adjusted non-interest income up 3–5% (toward low end) and adjusted expenses up 1.5–3.5%; NII seen up 2.5–4%.

Why this label: EX-99.3: 'Continue to expect' FY26 adjusted non-interest income +3–5% (toward lower end); NII +2.5–4% has no change wording; no priors.

MetricPeriodNewPrior (as stated in the release)
adjusted non-interest income growth vs FY2025FY2026up 3–5% (tracking toward lower end)not stated
adjusted non-interest expense growth vs FY2025FY2026up 1.5–3.5%not stated
net charge-offs / average loansFY202640–50 bps (trending toward low end)not stated
average deposits vs FY2025FY2026up low single digitsnot stated
net interest income vs FY2025 ($4,991M)FY2026up 2.5–4%not stated
average loans vs FY2025 ($96,124M)FY2026up low single digitsnot stated
effective tax rateFY202620.5–21.5%not stated

Next-quarter outlook:

MetricPeriodRange
net interest income vs 3Q26Q4 2026up 1–2%
net interest marginQ4 2026~3.70%
capital markets revenueQ4 2026$90–105 million

From the release

Revenue: "Total revenue · $ · 1,973 · $ · 1,907 · $ · 1,916"

Earnings per share: "today reported third quarter 2026 earnings of $611 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.71. On an adjusted basis, earnings (1) were $622 million and diluted EPS (1) was $0.73."

adjusted non-interest income growth vs FY2025: "Continue to expect FY26 adjusted non-interest income to grow 3 – 5% vs FY25,(4) with results currently tracking toward the lower end of the range"

adjusted non-interest expense growth vs FY2025: "Continue to expect FY26 adjusted NIE (inclusive of investments) to be up 1.5 – 3.5% vs FY25"

net charge-offs / average loans: "Continue to expect FY26 NCOs to be between 40 - 50bps, trending toward the low end of the range"

Quotes are copied from the filing; in table rows, cell borders are shown as “·”.

Key fact: Q3 diluted EPS rose 16% to $0.71; net charge-offs fell to 29 bps.

Source

Regions Financial earnings release (SEC filing), accession 0001281761-26-000063, filed 2026-10-16.

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