Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Competitors $37.87 -1.20 (-3.07%) As of 02:24 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock FITB vs. PNC, TFC, MTB, FCNCA, HBAN, RF, KEY, EWBC, FHN, and SSBShould 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 Truist Financial M&T Bank First Citizens BancShares Huntington Bancshares Regions Financial KeyCorp East West Bancorp First Horizon SouthState 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. Which has higher earnings & valuation, PNC or FITB? 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 RatioThe PNC Financial Services Group$21.11B3.26$5.89B$14.1612.27Fifth Third Bancorp$8.29B3.05$2.31B$3.1512.04 Does the MarketBeat Community favor PNC or FITB? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformThe PNC Financial Services GroupOutperform Votes84357.94% Underperform Votes61242.06% Fifth Third BancorpOutperform Votes76356.81% Underperform Votes58043.19% Is PNC or FITB more profitable? 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% Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PNC or FITB? 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. Is PNC or FITB a better dividend stock? 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. Do analysts rate PNC or FITB? 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) 2.53Fifth Third Bancorp 0 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 13 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75 Does the media refer more to PNC or FITB? 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 Which has more volatility and risk, PNC or FITB? 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. SummaryThe PNC Financial Services Group and Fifth Third Bancorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Fifth Third Bancorp News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FITB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FITB vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFifth Third BancorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$25.27B$3.29B$11.60B$8.53BDividend Yield3.75%3.69%5.46%4.11%P/E Ratio12.0623.9522.7019.97Price / Sales3.053.1227.42122.22Price / Cash9.7810.6317.6234.62Price / Book1.451.212.834.59Net Income$2.31B$372.21M$1.04B$248.18M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FITBFifth Third Bancorp4.9372 of 5 stars$37.87-3.1%$46.78+23.5%+3.5%$25.29B$8.29B12.0619,300News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastGap UpPNCThe PNC Financial Services Group4.994 of 5 stars$174.79+5.0%$200.88+14.9%+12.9%$69.14B$21.11B12.7161,500News CoverageInsider TradeGap UpTFCTruist Financial4.8049 of 5 stars$41.04+5.2%$48.06+17.1%+4.2%$53.74B$13.36B12.3252,600Gap UpMTBM&T Bank4.7859 of 5 stars$184.74+4.3%$208.24+12.7%+21.9%$30.35B$9.30B12.6322,800News CoverageDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastGap UpFCNCAFirst Citizens BancShares4.9939 of 5 stars$1,940.30+5.4%$2,330.82+20.1%+8.8%$26.34B$9.65B10.2410,700Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastHBANHuntington Bancshares4.9675 of 5 stars$15.93+4.7%$17.45+9.5%+13.8%$23.27B$7.55B12.9520,000Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastGap UpRFRegions Financial4.8964 of 5 stars$22.23+5.1%$25.53+14.8%+11.9%$19.98B$7.12B11.4620,100Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastGap UpKEYKeyCorp4.9622 of 5 stars$16.46+6.3%$18.97+15.2%+6.9%$18.04B$4.64B-54.8817,500Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastGap UpEWBCEast West Bancorp4.4478 of 5 stars$95.57+6.6%$105.46+10.4%+23.5%$13.23B$2.62B11.473,160Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastFHNFirst Horizon4.7526 of 5 stars$20.08+4.2%$22.03+9.7%+25.8%$10.19B$3.11B14.777,540Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastGap UpSSBSouthState4.9002 of 5 stars$91.78+3.4%$116.60+27.0%+13.3%$9.31B$1.88B13.195,030News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies The PNC Financial Services Group Alternatives Truist Financial Alternatives M&T Bank Alternatives First Citizens BancShares Alternatives Huntington Bancshares Alternatives Regions Financial Alternatives KeyCorp Alternatives East West Bancorp Alternatives First Horizon Alternatives SouthState Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:FITB) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredGold Hits New Highs as Global Markets SpiralWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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