Fifth Third Bancorp - FITB Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fifth Third Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" FITB shares.
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13 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Fifth Third Bancorp's stock. Their FITB share price forecasts range from $37.00 to $56.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $45.47 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 41.7% from the stock's current price.
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Fifth Third Bancorp's stock was trading at $43.55 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FITB stock has decreased by 26.3% and is now trading at $32.09.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 20th 2022.
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Fifth Third Bancorp will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 20th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 21st. The financial services provider reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.08. The financial services provider earned $2.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.08 billion. Fifth Third Bancorp had a net margin of 29.09% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.99%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.94 EPS.
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Fifth Third Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $0.33 per share on Monday, October 17th. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 29th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30.
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Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.66%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 36.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FITB will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.20% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Fifth Third Bancorp updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Friday, July, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.48 billion-$8.56 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.50 billion.

820 employees have rated Fifth Third Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Greg D. Carmichael on Glassdoor.com. Greg D. Carmichael has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees. 67.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Fifth Third Bancorp to a friend.

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

Fifth Third Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.52%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.21%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.34%), Northern Trust Corp (1.04%), FMR LLC (0.90%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.90%). Insiders that own company stock include Frank R Forrest, Greg D Carmichael, Howard Hammond, Jewell D Hoover, Jude Schramm, Katherine H Blackburn, Kevin P Lavender, Kristine R Garrett, Margaret B Jula, Mitchell Feiger, Philip Mchugh, Robert P Shaffer, Robert P Shaffer, Thomas H Harvey and Timothy Spence.
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One share of FITB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.09.

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) has a market capitalization of $22.02 billion and generates $8.33 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.77 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.31 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 19,112 workers across the globe.

Fifth Third Bancorp's mailing address is 38 FOUNTAIN SQUARE PLAZA, CINCINNATI OH, 45263. The official website for the company is trustandwill.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (800) 972-3030, via email at ir@53.com, or via fax at 513-534-6757.