Regions Financial Corporation management check
RF · Financials · Regional Banks · CEO J. Turner
Filings as of
5 good · 1 to watch · 0 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Good
Have owners done well?
Beat its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2022 grew to $171, against $168 for the peer group the company picked itself.
- Watch
Does pay follow performance?
Pay only loosely tracked returnsOver 4 years, the CEO's pay actually paid (equity valued at the share price) had a correlation of 0.43 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Good
What does the CEO cost owners?
0.6% of net income$10.5m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $1.9bn of net income.
- n/a
Do they own the stock?
No recent CEO filingLight activity: no buys, $196k sold in six months.
- Good
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -2.3% a year over the last three fiscal years.
- Good
Is leadership stable?
6 leadership filings in 3 yearsCEO in the pay table: J. Turner. 6 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.
- Good
Are the books clean?
No red flags on fileNo restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2021.
Against the S&P 500
Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Financials.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 52 | 49 | |
| Pay for performance | 72 | 83 | |
| CEO cost | 71 | 67 | |
| Skin in the game | — | — | 51 |
| Dilution | 78 | 69 | |
| Stable leadership | 95 | 80 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Regional Banks, by management score. Regions Financial Corporation is 21st of 72 in its sector.
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed March 23, 2026. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.
| Fiscal year | CEO | CEO pay | Actually paid | Other executives (avg) | $100 became | Peers | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | J. Turner | $10.5m | $13.2m | $5.1m | $171 | $168 | $1.9bn |
| 2024 | — | $9.2m | $7.9m | $3.6m | $134 | $121 | $2.1bn |
| 2023 | — | $14.6m | $11.4m | $3.4m | $143 | $109 | $2.2bn |
| 2022 | — | $14.3m | $14.7m | $3.5m | $139 | $135 | $2.5bn |
Insiders and the CEO's stake
Light activity: no buys, $196k sold in six months.
- SoldBrian R WillmanSEVP$196kMay 7, 2026
- SoldAnil D ChadhaChief Financial Officer$23Sep 10, 2026
Leadership and governance on file
- Aug 11, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 9, 2026Leadership change8-K/A 5.02
- Jan 12, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Dec 11, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Aug 13, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 14, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Sep 21, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jul 19, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jun 21, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Nov 16, 2021Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: May 11, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $6.2bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 57% of net income, and $203.0m of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $104.0m | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | $2.5bn | $2.2bn | $2.1bn | $1.9bn | $2.2bn |
| Stock-based pay | — | — | $61.0m | $73.0m | $69.0m |
| Buybacks | $467.0m | $230.0m | $252.0m | $348.0m | $1.1bn |
| Dividends | $608.0m | $663.0m | $787.0m | $890.0m | $912.0m |
| Diluted shares | 963m | 942m | 938m | 918m | 896m |
Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.