Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Through its principal subsidiary, Fifth Third Bank, it provides consumer and commercial banking, lending, payment processing, and wealth and asset management services.

The company traces its roots to 1858 and took the Fifth Third name following the 1908 merger of Fifth National Bank and Third National Bank. Its banking operations serve individuals, businesses, and communities across parts of the Midwest and Southeast, including Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $53.78 to $53.78
• 50-Day Range: $49.61 to $55.03
• 52-Week Range: $40.68 to $59.50
• Volume: 2,581 shs
• Average Volume: 8.15 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $48.99 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.05
• Dividend Yield: 3.10%
• Price Target: $60.87
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Fifth Third Bancorp Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Fifth Third Bancorp scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 65th out of 852 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Fifth Third Bancorp has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.91, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 19 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $60.87, representing about 12.7% upside from its current price of $53.99.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Fifth Third Bancorp has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 20.98%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Fifth Third Bancorp are expected to grow by 20.98% in the coming year, from $4.10 to $4.96 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Fifth Third Bancorp is 18.12, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.74.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Fifth Third Bancorp is 18.12, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.69.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Fifth Third Bancorp has a PEG Ratio of 1.09. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Fifth Third Bancorp has a P/B Ratio of 1.79. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for FITB.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Fifth Third Bancorp pays a meaningful dividend of 3.09%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Fifth Third Bancorp has been increasing its dividend for 14 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Fifth Third Bancorp is 57.53%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Fifth Third Bancorp will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.87% next year. This indicates that Fifth Third Bancorp will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.48

News Sentiment

Fifth Third Bancorp has a news sentiment score of 1.48. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Fifth Third Bancorp this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 6 people have searched for FITB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -45% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

10 people have added Fifth Third Bancorp to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Fifth Third Bancorp insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,062,800.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.51% of the stock of Fifth Third Bancorp is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

83.79% of the stock of Fifth Third Bancorp is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/19/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 1/19/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:FITB
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:FITB
• CIK: 35527
• Web: www.53.com
• Phone: (800) 972-3030
• Fax: 513-534-6757
• Employees: 18,676
• Year Founded: 1858

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Fifth Third Bancorp: $60.87
• High Price Target: $67.00
• Low Price Target: $54.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +12.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.91
• Research Coverage: 23 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.92
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.12
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.89
• P/E Growth: 1.09
• Net Income: $2.52 billion
• Net Margins: 15.89%
• Pretax Margin: 20.21%
• Return on Equity: 12.39%
• Return on Assets: 1.20%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.59
• Current Ratio: 0.83
• Quick Ratio: 0.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $11.42 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.27
• Cash Flow: $4.80 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.24
• Book Value: $30.18 per share
• Price / Book: 1.79

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 903,646,000
• Free Float: 901,690,000
• Market Cap: $48.79 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.98