NASDAQ:FITB - Fifth Third Bancorp Stock Price, Forecast & News

Fifth Third Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FITB."

Fifth Third Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 24th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Tuesday, April 14th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.84%. This is a positive change from Fifth Third Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. View Fifth Third Bancorp's Dividend History.

Fifth Third Bancorp declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, June 18th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase 100,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) released its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 22nd. The financial services provider reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.05. The financial services provider earned $2.26 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.94 billion. Fifth Third Bancorp had a return on equity of 10.96% and a net margin of 25.65%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.69 EPS. View Fifth Third Bancorp's Earnings History.

Fifth Third Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 21st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Fifth Third Bancorp.

Fifth Third Bancorp will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 21st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Fifth Third Bancorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $38.00. On average, they anticipate Fifth Third Bancorp's stock price to reach $31.68 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Fifth Third Bancorp.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fifth Third Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Fifth Third Bancorp.

Media coverage about FITB stock has trended neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Fifth Third Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of 0.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Fifth Third Bancorp.

Fifth Third Bancorp saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,440,000 shares, an increase of 12.5% from the January 15th total of 8,390,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,660,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Fifth Third Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Fifth Third Bancorp include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), KeyCorp (KEY), First Republic Bank (FRC), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Signature Bank (SBNY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), TCF Financial (TCF) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR).

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Fifth Third Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.84%), Sanders Capital LLC (2.72%), Bank of America Corp DE (2.40%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.70%), Boston Partners (1.59%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.22%). Company insiders that own Fifth Third Bancorp stock include Aravind Immaneni, Emerson L Brumback, Evan Bayh, Frank R Forrest, Jelena Mcwilliams, Jewell D Hoover, Lars C Anderson, Mark D Hazel, Philip Mchugh, Robert P Shaffer, Teresa J Tanner and Timothy Spence. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Fifth Third Bancorp.

FITB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, AJO LP, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ , Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Company insiders that have sold Fifth Third Bancorp company stock in the last year include Frank R Forrest, Jewell D Hoover, Lars C Anderson, Philip Mchugh, Robert P Shaffer, Teresa J Tanner and Timothy Spence. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fifth Third Bancorp.

FITB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of America Corp DE, AQR Capital Management LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Pzena Investment Management LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, UBS Group AG and Sanders Capital LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fifth Third Bancorp.

Shares of FITB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FITB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.10.

Fifth Third Bancorp has a market capitalization of $19.94 billion and generates $9.79 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.51 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.77 on an earnings per share basis. Fifth Third Bancorp employs 17,437 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Fifth Third Bancorp.

The official website for Fifth Third Bancorp is http://www.53.com/.

Fifth Third Bancorp's mailing address is 38 FOUNTAIN SQUARE PLAZA, CINCINNATI OH, 45263. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 800-972-3030 or via email at [email protected]