Regional Banks vs KRE
3 of 5 regional banks headliners beat KRE over the last year (3 of 5 over six months, 4 of 5 over three). Every line is measured against the benchmark itself, so the zero line is KRE.
Weekly closes through 2026-10-29. The zero line is the benchmark: a name "beats" when its total return over the window is higher than KRE's. Rebuilt every morning.
Total return
| Name | 6M | vs bench | 1Y | vs bench | 3Y | vs bench | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KRE benchmark | +4.0% | 0 | +19.0% | 0 | +66.5% | 0 | — |
| USB | +8.8% | +4.8 | +27.7% | +8.7 | +70.2% | +3.7 | 2021-10 |
| PNC | +6.6% | +2.6 | +25.4% | +6.4 | +87.5% | +21.0 | 2021-10 |
| TFC | +0.1% | -3.9 | +9.8% | -9.2 | +57.6% | -8.9 | 2021-10 |
| FITB | +9.9% | +5.9 | +26.5% | +7.5 | +105.0% | +38.5 | 2021-10 |
| KEY | -0.8% | -4.8 | +18.5% | -0.5 | +88.1% | +21.6 | 2021-10 |
A name whose history starts inside a window is measured from its first bar, not the window start — the "Since" column says where. Its "vs bench" (marked *) compares it with KRE over that same shorter span.
Headliners
Benchmarks available on the dashboard: KRE, KBE.
The wider regional banks universe
The dashboard's Sleepers view screens these 26 lesser-covered names for the ones beating KRE on a trailing basis, with liquidity, price and coverage floors so nothing untradeable or already crowded gets through.
Other baskets
Interactive chart with 6M–5Y windows, relative / indexed / drawdown modes and the sleeper screen: Baskets tab.
How calls are checked
Every call is checked on the firm's own terms. A price target is followed until its own deadline (12 months unless the firm publishes a different horizon) and ends as reached (the stock closed at or beyond it while it stood), replaced (the same firm set a new target first) or short at deadline. A rating is compared with the stock's sector SPDR ETF on total return over the rating's life, because most big-firm ratings are relative: Overweight means "beat its peers", not "go up". Hold-type ratings are tracked, not graded. A firm is numbered only with 30+ resolved targets, and a letter prints only for a firm's whole record where an exact test separates it from a coin flip. None of this is a verdict on anyone's skill, and one day is never a grade. The full method →
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