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Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Competitors

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$35.94 -0.22 (-0.61%)
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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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 9 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 23 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 1.02 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the 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)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fifth Third Bancorp. The PNC Financial Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, 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$21.11B3.01$5.89B$14.1611.35
Fifth Third Bancorp$8.33B2.88$2.31B$3.1511.41

The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

The PNC Financial Services Group presently has a consensus target price of $200.88, suggesting a potential upside of 24.97%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $46.24, suggesting a potential upside of 28.65%. 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)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72

The PNC Financial Services Group received 82 more outperform votes than Fifth Third Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.91% of users gave The PNC Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 56.72% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The PNC Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes
842
57.91%
Underperform Votes
612
42.09%
Fifth Third BancorpOutperform Votes
760
56.72%
Underperform Votes
580
43.28%

Summary

The PNC Financial Services Group beats Fifth Third Bancorp on 11 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$24.01B$3.06B$11.11B$7.83B
Dividend Yield4.20%3.87%5.79%4.22%
P/E Ratio11.4523.1221.9918.48
Price / Sales2.883.0026.08103.91
Price / Cash9.7810.6317.6034.62
Price / Book1.371.152.654.25
Net Income$2.31B$372.21M$1.03B$248.23M
7 Day Performance2.46%0.62%1.35%3.29%
1 Month Performance-7.40%-1.26%-0.66%2.42%
1 Year Performance-1.43%18.38%536.11%5.54%

Fifth Third Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9979 of 5 stars
$35.94
-0.6%
$46.24
+28.6%
-2.3%$24.01B$8.33B11.4519,300Positive News
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9745 of 5 stars
$159.80
+0.8%
$200.88
+25.7%
+3.1%$63.24B$21.11B11.6261,500Insider Trade
Positive News
TFC
Truist Financial
4.8117 of 5 stars
$38.32
+1.7%
$47.83
+24.8%
+1.2%$50.02B$13.36B11.5152,600Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
MTB
M&T Bank
4.9271 of 5 stars
$168.72
+0.8%
$208.24
+23.4%
+16.7%$27.72B$9.30B11.5322,800Short Interest ↓
Positive News
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9731 of 5 stars
$1,772.21
-0.4%
$2,330.82
+31.5%
+5.0%$24.06B$9.65B9.3610,700Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.8938 of 5 stars
$14.58
+1.3%
$17.45
+19.7%
+7.9%$21.30B$7.55B11.8520,000Gap Down
RF
Regions Financial
4.9738 of 5 stars
$20.44
+0.8%
$25.53
+24.9%
+4.4%$18.51B$7.12B10.5420,100Gap Down
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9986 of 5 stars
$14.88
+1.1%
$19.15
+28.7%
+1.4%$16.30B$4.64B-49.6017,500Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.5352 of 5 stars
$86.23
+1.1%
$105.46
+22.3%
+12.9%$11.94B$2.62B10.353,160Analyst Revision
Positive News
FHN
First Horizon
4.823 of 5 stars
$18.00
+1.1%
$22.03
+22.4%
+22.1%$9.25B$3.11B13.247,540Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
SSB
SouthState
4.5287 of 5 stars
$87.51
+0.2%
$117.10
+33.8%
+13.8%$8.87B$1.67B12.575,030Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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