RF vs KEY vs TFC Stock Comparison

Regions Financial, Keycorp and Truist Financial Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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RF Regions Financial Corp
$28.41 +5.1% 1M +16.5% 1Y
Market cap
$24.20B
P/E
11.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.62B
Div. yield
3.89%
Regional Banks Financial Services
4 wins
KEY Keycorp /New/
$20.93 +3.9% 1M +19.5% 1Y
Market cap
$22.10B
P/E
11.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.94B
Div. yield
3.85%
Regional Banks Financial Services
6 wins
TFC Truist Financial Corp
$49.83 +7.8% 1M +13.1% 1Y
Market cap
$59.72B
P/E
12.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$19.41B
Div. yield
4.17%
Regional Banks Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Keycorp leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Keycorp 6, Regions Financial 4, Truist Financial 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionRFKEYTFCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $24.20B $22.10B $59.72B TFC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 11.3x 11.2x 12.4x KEY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.1x 10.6x 11.7x RF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.4% +25.3% -3.6% KEY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 28.2% 24.8% 25.1% RF
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.6% 13.7% 10.2% RF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 0.6x 4.1x KEY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 3.89% 3.85% 4.17% TFC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.5% +19.5% +13.1% KEY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.2%/yr -2.4%/yr -5.0%/yr RF
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 23.6% 23.2% 23.9% KEY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 34/100 39/100 24/100 KEY

Percentile Scorecard

RFKEYTFC

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

AxisRFKEYTFC
Valuation 21 #284 of 360 49 #185 of 360 33 #243 of 360
Growth 5 #326 of 344 49 #177 of 344 9 #314 of 344
Profitability 37 #218 of 345 24 #261 of 345 25 #259 of 345
Financial Health 49 #173 of 339 18 #280 of 339 16 #285 of 339
Shareholder Returns 60 #142 of 352 55 #158 of 352 37 #222 of 352
Overall 34 39 24
  • RF ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • KEY ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • TFC ranked among 368 companies in Banking

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodRFKEYTFCSPY
1 month +5.1%+3.9%+7.8% -5.9%
3 months -9.6%-7.6%-5.3% -4.6%
6 months +1.6%-3.5%+0.2% +0.2%
Year to date +4.8%+1.4%+1.3% +7.5%
1 year +16.5%+19.5%+13.1% +8.2%
3 years +83.5%+85.7%+62.1% +68.3%
3 years, per year +22.5%+22.9%+17.5% +19.0%
5 years +16.9%-11.6%-22.5% +56.5%
5 years, per year +3.2%-2.4%-5.0% +9.4%
10 years +170.1%+49.0%+30.3% +251.5%
10 years, per year +10.4%+4.1%+2.7% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureRFKEYTFCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 23.6%23.2%23.9% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.7%24.0%26.4% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.640.720.59 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.700.840.55 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -44.9%-66.9%-61.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.3%-12.7%-10.7% -5.9%
52-week high $32.40$23.98$55.81 $779.14
52-week low $24.10$17.12$43.83 $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.

MultipleRFKEYTFC
P/E now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 12.3x 11.2xmedian 12.3x 12.4xmedian 12.3x
P/S now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 3.4x 2.8xmedian 3.4x 3.1xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 5.0x 4.3xmedian 5.0x 7.8xmedian 5.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.5xmedian 10.6x 14.6xmedian 10.6x 9.9xmedian 10.6x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.2x 1.2xmedian 1.2x 1.0xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 5.17median 1.29 0.77median 1.29 -804.28median 1.29

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 monthsRFKEYTFC
Revenue $7.62B $7.94B $19.41B
Net income $2.23B $2.12B $5.19B
Free cash flow $1.67B $1.52B $6.06B
EPS (diluted) $2.51 $1.85 $3.97
Total debt $7.63B $16.66B $65.79B
Shares (diluted) 857.00M 1.06B 1.23B
Enterprise value $24.27B -$25.23B $59.72B

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
MetricRFKEYTFC
P/E 11.3x 11.2x 12.4x
P/FCF 14.5x 14.6x 9.9x
P/Operating cash flow 13.6x 13.5x 9.9x
P/S 3.2x 2.8x 3.1x
P/B 1.3x 1.2x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 1.3x 1.2x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 6.5x 4.3x 7.8x
EV/EBIT 6.6x 4.3x 8.2x
EV/Revenue 4.2x 3.2x 6.5x
EV/FCF 19.1x 17.0x 20.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.9x 15.8x 20.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 5.17 0.77 -804.28

Growth

14 metrics
MetricRFKEYTFC
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.4% 25.3% -3.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.7% 5.6% 2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) 7.5% 97.2% -0.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -1.1% 17.8% -3.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.6% 120.7% 5.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.2% 14.5% 0.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -33.7% -49.1% 54.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -6.7% -22.0% -14.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -30.0% -51.6% 54.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -6.9% -23.0% -14.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricRFKEYTFC
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 64.2% 75.1% 83.0%
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin 37.4% 33.9% 30.7%
Net margin 28.2% 24.8% 25.1%
FCF margin 21.9% 19.1% 31.2%
Operating cash flow margin 23.3% 20.6% 31.2%
Return on equity 11.8% 11.3% 8.3%
Return on assets 1.4% 1.1% 0.9%
Return on invested capital 14.6% 13.7% 10.2%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 0.8x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.7% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricRFKEYTFC
Debt / assets 4.7% 8.6% 11.9%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.9x 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 0.6x 4.1x
Debt / FCF 4.6x 11.0x 10.9x
Liabilities / assets 88.3% 90.8% 88.9%
Equity / assets 11.7% 9.2% 11.1%
Interest coverage 2.5x 1.8x 1.6x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricRFKEYTFC
Dividend yield 3.9% 3.8% 4.2%
Net buyback yield 4.7% -0.1% 7.2%
Shareholder yield 8.6% 3.8% 11.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 41.1% – 49.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) 55.0% – 42.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) 1.8% – -4.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.5% – -2.4%

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.

ConsensusRFKEYTFC
Forward P/E 10.1xFY2026 10.6xFY2026 11.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.81FY2026 $1.98FY2026 $4.25FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +20.6%FY2026 +30.3%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -4.6% +15.2% +18.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.33BFY2026 $7.55BFY2026 $19.69BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -3.3%FY2026 +0.5%FY2026 -4.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.2% +11.6% +1.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersRFKEYTFC
Held by institutions 84.8% 88.1% 76.7%
Institutions holding 1,107 945 1,691
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.9% +1.1% +0.8%
Institutions buying 559 469 799
Institutions selling 347 302 660
Buyers to sellers 1.61 1.55 1.21

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.

RFKEYTFC
RF 1.00 0.87 0.87
KEY 0.87 1.00 0.83
TFC 0.87 0.83 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, RF, KEY and TFC?

Truist Financial (TFC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Regions Financial (RF) $24.20B, Keycorp (KEY) $22.10B, Truist Financial (TFC) $59.72B.

Which stock is cheaper, RF, KEY and TFC?

Keycorp (KEY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Regions Financial (RF) 11.3x, Keycorp (KEY) 11.2x, Truist Financial (TFC) 12.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Regions Financial (RF) is cheapest (Regions Financial (RF) 10.1x, Keycorp (KEY) 10.6x, Truist Financial (TFC) 11.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Keycorp (KEY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Regions Financial (RF) +4.4%, Keycorp (KEY) +25.3%, Truist Financial (TFC) -3.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Regions Financial (RF) has the highest net margin (Regions Financial (RF) 28.2%, Keycorp (KEY) 24.8%, Truist Financial (TFC) 25.1%). On return on invested capital, Regions Financial (RF) leads (Regions Financial (RF) 14.6%, Keycorp (KEY) 13.7%, Truist Financial (TFC) 10.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Keycorp (KEY) returned the most: Regions Financial (RF) +16.5%, Keycorp (KEY) +19.5%, Truist Financial (TFC) +13.1%. Over five years, Regions Financial (RF) compounded fastest (Regions Financial (RF) +3.2%/yr, Keycorp (KEY) -2.4%/yr, Truist Financial (TFC) -5.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Truist Financial (TFC) has the highest dividend yield: Regions Financial (RF) 3.89%, Keycorp (KEY) 3.85%, Truist Financial (TFC) 4.17%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Keycorp (KEY) has been the steadiest (Regions Financial (RF) 23.6%, Keycorp (KEY) 23.2%, Truist Financial (TFC) 23.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Keycorp (KEY) leads on 6. 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.