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Closer look at Regions Financial Semi Variance

Regions Financial has current Semi Variance of 3.46. Semi-variance provides a good measure of downside volatility for equity or a portfolio. It is similar to variance, but it only looks at periods where the returns are less than the target or average level.

Semi-variance is the square of semi-deviation. Semi-variance is calculated by averaging the deviations of returns that have a result that is less than the mean.

Semi Variance   =  SUM(RET DEV)2  N(ZERO)

=

3.46

SUM	=	Summation notation
RET DEV	=	Actual return deviation over selected period
N(ZERO)	=	Number of points with returns less than zero

Let's now compare Regions Financial Semi Variance to its closest peers:

	RF	3.46
	FRC	1.8
	USB	3.25
	WFC	3.35

Regions Financial is projected to stay under $18.09 in February

Potential upside is down to 4.86. It may indicate a possible volatility dip. Regions Financial currently demonstrates below-verage downside deviation. It has Information Ratio of 0.12 and Jensen Alpha of 0.57. However, we do advice investors to further question Regions Financial expected returns to ensure all indicators are consistent with the current outlook about its relatively low value at risk.

Our Bottom Line On Regions Financial

Although many other companies within the banks?regional industry are still a little expensive, even after the recent corrections, Regions Financial may offer a potential longer-term growth to shareholders. The inconsistency in the assessment between current Regions valuation and our trade advice on Regions Financial is due to the recent market swings and your selection of investing horizon. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to Regions Financial.