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Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Competitors

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$37.87 -1.20 (-3.07%)
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FITB vs. PNC, TFC, MTB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and SSB

Should you be buying Fifth Third Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fifth Third Bancorp include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), and SouthState (SSB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Fifth Third Bancorp vs.

The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fifth Third Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The PNC Financial Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The PNC Financial Services Group$21.11B3.26$5.89B$14.1612.27
Fifth Third Bancorp$8.29B3.05$2.31B$3.1512.04

The PNC Financial Services Group received 80 more outperform votes than Fifth Third Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.94% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 56.81% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The PNC Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
843
57.94%
Underperform Votes
612
42.06%
Fifth Third BancorpOutperform Votes
763
56.81%
Underperform Votes
580
43.19%

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.43% compared to The PNC Financial Services Group's net margin of 17.10%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 14.10% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The PNC Financial Services Group17.10% 11.12% 1.06%
Fifth Third Bancorp 17.43%14.10%1.16%

83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 45.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. The PNC Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

The PNC Financial Services Group currently has a consensus price target of $202.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.62%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $46.78, indicating a potential upside of 23.34%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The PNC Financial Services Group
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 16 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 16 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat The PNC Financial Services Group's score of 1.18 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The PNC Financial Services Group
24 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

The PNC Financial Services Group and Fifth Third Bancorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FITB vs. The Competition

MetricFifth Third BancorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$25.27B$3.29B$11.60B$8.53B
Dividend Yield3.75%3.69%5.46%4.11%
P/E Ratio12.0623.9522.7019.97
Price / Sales3.053.1227.42122.22
Price / Cash9.7810.6317.6234.62
Price / Book1.451.212.834.59
Net Income$2.31B$372.21M$1.04B$248.18M
7 Day Performance-3.67%-1.00%0.34%2.15%
1 Month Performance13.82%9.46%8.57%16.14%
1 Year Performance-0.30%16.90%538.69%8.06%

Fifth Third Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9372 of 5 stars
$37.87
-3.1%
$46.78
+23.5%
+3.5%$25.29B$8.29B12.0619,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.994 of 5 stars
$174.79
+5.0%
$200.88
+14.9%
+12.9%$69.14B$21.11B12.7161,500News Coverage
Insider Trade
Gap Up
TFC
Truist Financial
4.8049 of 5 stars
$41.04
+5.2%
$48.06
+17.1%
+4.2%$53.74B$13.36B12.3252,600Gap Up
MTB
M&T Bank
4.7859 of 5 stars
$184.74
+4.3%
$208.24
+12.7%
+21.9%$30.35B$9.30B12.6322,800News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9939 of 5 stars
$1,940.30
+5.4%
$2,330.82
+20.1%
+8.8%$26.34B$9.65B10.2410,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9675 of 5 stars
$15.93
+4.7%
$17.45
+9.5%
+13.8%$23.27B$7.55B12.9520,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
RF
Regions Financial
4.8964 of 5 stars
$22.23
+5.1%
$25.53
+14.8%
+11.9%$19.98B$7.12B11.4620,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9622 of 5 stars
$16.46
+6.3%
$18.97
+15.2%
+6.9%$18.04B$4.64B-54.8817,500Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.4478 of 5 stars
$95.57
+6.6%
$105.46
+10.4%
+23.5%$13.23B$2.62B11.473,160Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FHN
First Horizon
4.7526 of 5 stars
$20.08
+4.2%
$22.03
+9.7%
+25.8%$10.19B$3.11B14.777,540Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SSB
SouthState
4.9002 of 5 stars
$91.78
+3.4%
$116.60
+27.0%
+13.3%$9.31B$1.88B13.195,030News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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