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 Tuesday, December 17th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.33%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. View Fifth Third Bancorp's Dividend History.

Fifth Third Bancorp announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Tuesday, June 18th 2019, which allows the company to buyback 100,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board 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 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.05. The financial services provider earned $2.26 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.94 billion. Fifth Third Bancorp had a net margin of 25.65% and a return on equity of 10.96%. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $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 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Fifth Third Bancorp.

19 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Fifth Third Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $38.00. On average, they anticipate Fifth Third Bancorp's share price to reach $31.68 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.8% 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 stories about FITB stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Fifth Third Bancorp.

Fifth Third Bancorp saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 8,390,000 shares, a drop of 16.9% from the December 31st total of 10,100,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,590,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's 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), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), East West Bancorp (EWBC), TCF Financial (TCF) and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL).

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Fifth Third Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.24%), Hexavest Inc. (0.20%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Fifth Third Bancorp stock include Aravind Immaneni, Emerson L Brumback, Evan Bayh, Frank R Forrest, Greg D Carmichael, James C Leonard, 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, DNB Asset Management AS, James Investment Research Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Convergence Investment Partners LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System and OLD National Bancorp IN. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Red Spruce Capital LLC, Hexavest Inc., Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co., Strs Ohio, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Nisa Investment Advisors 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 $28.84.

Fifth Third Bancorp has a market capitalization of $20.47 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]