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. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. View Fifth Third Bancorp's Dividend History.

Fifth Third Bancorp declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, June 18th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase 100,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The financial services provider reported $0.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.02. The financial services provider earned $1.98 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.94 billion. Fifth Third Bancorp had a net margin of 24.36% and a return on equity of 11.40%. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.64 earnings per share. View Fifth Third Bancorp's Earnings History.

Fifth Third Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Fifth Third Bancorp.

Fifth Third Bancorp will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 22nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

18 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Fifth Third Bancorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $38.00. On average, they anticipate Fifth Third Bancorp's share price to reach $31.82 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Fifth Third Bancorp.

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

News stories about FITB stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fifth Third Bancorp earned a daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Fifth Third Bancorp.

Fifth Third Bancorp saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,390,000 shares, a drop of 16.9% from the December 15th total of 10,100,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,660,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), TCF Financial (TCF), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and BOK Financial (BOKF).

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Fifth Third Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.24%), Hexavest Inc. (0.20%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%) and Huntington National Bank (0.02%). 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, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, OLD National Bancorp IN, Chicago Capital LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. and IFP Advisors Inc. 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 Red Spruce Capital LLC, Hexavest Inc., Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, 180 Wealth Advisors LLC, Triangle Securities Wealth Management and Lynch & Associates IN. 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 $29.45.

Fifth Third Bancorp has a market capitalization of $20.90 billion and generates $7.97 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.19 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.54 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]