KEY vs RF vs WTFC Stock Comparison

Keycorp, Regions Financial and Wintrust Financial Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
KEY Keycorp /New/
$21.21 +3.0% 1M +19.0% 1Y
Market cap
$22.65B
P/E
11.5x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Regional Banks Financial Services
2 wins
RF Regions Financial Corp
$28.60 +3.5% 1M +16.4% 1Y
Market cap
$24.39B
P/E
11.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.62B
Div. yield
0.04%
Regional Banks Financial Services
3 wins
WTFC Wintrust Financial Corp
$151.17 +3.5% 1M +17.1% 1Y
Market cap
$10.19B
P/E
12.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.86B
Div. yield
–
Regional Banks Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Wintrust Financial leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Wintrust Financial 4, Regions Financial 3, Keycorp 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKEYRFWTFCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $22.65B $24.39B $10.19B RF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 11.5x 11.3x 12.0x RF
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.8x 10.2x 12.1x RF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +4.4% +331.4% WTFC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 28.2% 29.6% WTFC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 14.6% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.6x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.04% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +19.0% +16.4% +17.1% KEY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.9%/yr +4.1%/yr +11.3%/yr WTFC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 22.9% 23.4% 23.4% KEY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 39/100 72/100 WTFC

Percentile Scorecard

KEYRFWTFC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisKEYRFWTFC
Valuation 56 #160 of 362 23 #280 of 362 86 #52 of 362
Growth – 8 #203 of 221 88 #27 of 221
Profitability – 48 #105 of 200 99 #4 of 200
Financial Health – 48 #106 of 203 –
Shareholder Returns 86 #49 of 342 66 #117 of 342 14 #296 of 342
Overall – 39 72
  • KEY ranked among 370 companies in Banking
  • RF ranked among 370 companies in Banking
  • WTFC ranked among 370 companies in Banking

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodKEYRFWTFCSPY
1 month +3.0%+3.5%+3.5% -0.8%
3 months -5.7%-7.0%-4.9% +3.5%
6 months -3.2%+1.2%+1.3% +7.0%
Year to date +2.8%+5.5%+8.1% +12.2%
1 year +19.0%+16.4%+17.1% +13.0%
3 years +113.8%+104.1%+107.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +28.9%+26.9%+27.5% +23.1%
5 years -8.9%+22.4%+70.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -1.9%+4.1%+11.3% +11.0%
10 years +49.6%+166.0%+180.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year +4.1%+10.3%+10.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureKEYRFWTFCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.9%23.4%23.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 23.5%25.7%23.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.720.660.68 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.830.700.73 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.9%-44.9%-42.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.6%-11.7%-9.4% -1.8%
52-week high $23.98$32.40$166.90 $779.14
52-week low $17.12$24.07$123.45 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleKEYRFWTFC
P/E now vs peer median 11.5xmedian 12.1x 11.4xmedian 12.1x 12.0xmedian 12.1x
P/S now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 3.4x 3.2xmedian 3.4x 3.6xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 5.0x 6.5xmedian 5.0x 3.6xmedian 5.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.9xmedian 11.0x 14.6xmedian 11.0x 6.2xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.2x 1.3xmedian 1.2x —median 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.83median 1.36 5.21median 1.36 1.33median 1.36

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsKEYRFWTFC
Revenue – $7.62B $2.86B
Net income – $2.23B $900.36M
Free cash flow – $1.67B $1.64B
EPS (diluted) $1.82 $2.51 $12.42
Total debt – $7.63B –
Shares (diluted) 1.08B 857.00M 68.29M
Enterprise value $22.65B $24.39B $10.19B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricKEYRFWTFC
P/E 11.5x 11.4x 12.0x
P/FCF 17.9x 14.6x 6.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 13.7x 6.2x
P/S 2.8x 3.2x 3.6x
P/B 1.3x 1.3x –
P/Tangible book 1.3x 1.4x –
EV/EBITDA – 6.5x 3.6x
EV/EBIT – 6.7x 3.8x
EV/Revenue – 4.2x 3.6x
EV/FCF – 19.2x 6.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – 18.0x 6.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.83 5.21 1.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKEYRFWTFC
Revenue growth (1Y) – 4.4% 331.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -0.7% 9.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) – 7.5% 21.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -1.1% 13.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 117.5% 15.6% 18.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.9% 2.2% 9.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -33.7% 87.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -6.7% 19.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -30.0% 95.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -6.9% 21.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKEYRFWTFC
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – 64.2% 98.3%
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin – 37.4% 42.5%
Net margin – 28.2% 29.6%
FCF margin – 21.9% 57.4%
Operating cash flow margin – 23.3% 57.4%
Return on equity 11.3% 11.8% –
Return on assets 1.1% 1.4% –
Return on invested capital – 14.6% –
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover – 0.0x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.8x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – – 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKEYRFWTFC
Debt / assets – 4.7% –
Debt / equity – 0.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.6x –
Debt / FCF – 4.6x –
Liabilities / assets 90.8% 88.3% –
Equity / assets 9.2% 11.7% –
Interest coverage – 2.5x 1.8x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKEYRFWTFC
Dividend yield 3.8% 3.9% 1.4%
Net buyback yield – 4.7% –
Shareholder yield 3.8% 8.5% 1.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 41.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 55.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 8.5% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusKEYRFWTFC
Forward P/E 10.8xFY2026 10.2xFY2026 12.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.97FY2026 $2.80FY2026 $12.53FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +29.6%FY2026 +20.2%FY2026 +9.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.7% -4.3% +8.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.55BFY2026 $7.33BFY2026 $2.82BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.5%FY2026 -3.3%FY2026 +3.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.4% +16.2% +6.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKEYRFWTFC
Held by institutions 88.1% 84.8% 96.2%
Institutions holding 943 1,105 595
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.1% +2.9% +0.7%
Institutions buying 468 559 316
Institutions selling 301 347 168
Buyers to sellers 1.55 1.61 1.88

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

KEYRFWTFC
KEY 1.00 0.87 0.83
RF 0.87 1.00 0.83
WTFC 0.83 0.83 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KEY, RF and WTFC?

Regions Financial (RF) is the largest by market capitalisation: Keycorp (KEY) $22.65B, Regions Financial (RF) $24.39B, Wintrust Financial (WTFC) $10.19B.

Which stock is cheaper, KEY, RF and WTFC?

Regions Financial (RF) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Keycorp (KEY) 11.5x, Regions Financial (RF) 11.3x, Wintrust Financial (WTFC) 12.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Regions Financial (RF) is cheapest (Keycorp (KEY) 10.8x, Regions Financial (RF) 10.2x, Wintrust Financial (WTFC) 12.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Wintrust Financial (WTFC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Regions Financial (RF) +4.4%, Wintrust Financial (WTFC) +331.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Wintrust Financial (WTFC) has the highest net margin (Regions Financial (RF) 28.2%, Wintrust Financial (WTFC) 29.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Keycorp (KEY) returned the most: Keycorp (KEY) +19.0%, Regions Financial (RF) +16.4%, Wintrust Financial (WTFC) +17.1%. Over five years, Wintrust Financial (WTFC) compounded fastest (Keycorp (KEY) -1.9%/yr, Regions Financial (RF) +4.1%/yr, Wintrust Financial (WTFC) +11.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Keycorp (KEY) 0.00%, Regions Financial (RF) 0.04%, Wintrust Financial (WTFC) 0.00%. Keycorp (KEY) and Wintrust Financial (WTFC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Keycorp (KEY) has been the steadiest (Keycorp (KEY) 22.9%, Regions Financial (RF) 23.4%, Wintrust Financial (WTFC) 23.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, KEY, RF and WTFC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Wintrust Financial (WTFC) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.