Regions Financial stock gains after profit, revenue rise above expectations, but NII comes up shy
Regions Financial stock gains after profit, revenue rise above expectations, but NII comes up shy Shares of Regions Financial Corp. rose 0.4% in premarket trading Friday, after the Alabama-based regional bank reported first-quarter profit and revenue that rose above expectations, while net interest income came up shy. Net income increased to $642 million, or 63 cents a share, from $162 million, or 14 cents a share, in the year-ago period. The FactSet consensus for earnings per share was 48 cents. Total revenue grew 13.7% to $1.60 billion, topping the FactSet consensus of $1.55 billion. Net in...