Regions Financial price target raised to $28 from $24 at Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo analyst Mike Mayo raised the firm’s price target on Regions Financial (RF) to $28 from $24 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares as part of a broader research note on Large-Cap banks. The firm is citing the expected benefit of the U.S. elections driving a “15-year regulatory paradigm shift” and its upward bias to EPS estimates, along with anticipated greater flexibility by banks to return and deploy capital and for a bank merger resurgence, the analyst tells investors in a research note.