Jefferies Boosts Price Target on Regions Financial (RF) to $5

Jefferies raised its price target on Hold-rated Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) from $4.50 to $5.

The firm comments, "Credit improvement and an upward trajectory for NIM are clear positives, but longer-term earnings challenges still remain. We trim our '12 and '13 estimates by a nickel a piece to $0.40 and $0.70, respectively, to reflect lower earning assets and the divestiture of Morgan Keegan. We increase our price target to $5 (from $4.50) as we give RF a higher multiple to reflect continued progress on credit."

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Shares of Regions Financial closed at $5.23 yesterday.

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