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FITB vs. HBAN, BKU, CFG, CMA, KEY, MTB, RF, TFC, USB, and PNC

Should you be buying Fifth Third Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fifth Third Bancorp include Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), BankUnited (BKU), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Comerica (CMA), KeyCorp (KEY), M&T Bank (MTB), Regions Financial (RF), Truist Financial (TFC), U.S. Bancorp (USB), and The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Fifth Third Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

80.7% of Huntington Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Huntington Bancshares 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.97% compared to Huntington Bancshares' net margin of 17.36%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.31% beat Huntington Bancshares' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Huntington Bancshares17.36% 11.81% 1.06%
Fifth Third Bancorp 17.97%13.31%1.15%

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Huntington Bancshares. Huntington Bancshares 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
Huntington Bancshares$11.96B2.12$1.94B$1.3512.86
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.23$2.31B$3.2213.91

Huntington Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $18.68, indicating a potential upside of 7.63%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $47.80, indicating a potential upside of 6.72%. Given Huntington Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Huntington Bancshares is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Huntington Bancshares
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

Huntington Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Huntington Bancshares pays out 45.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% 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. Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Huntington Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Huntington Bancshares has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 7 more articles in the media than Huntington Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 18 mentions for Huntington Bancshares. Huntington Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 1.49 indicating that Huntington Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Huntington Bancshares
18 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp
21 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Huntington Bancshares on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FITB vs. The Competition

MetricFifth Third BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$29.65B$35.77B$12.65B$9.74B
Dividend Yield3.43%3.45%5.52%4.09%
P/E Ratio13.9113.2719.3825.97
Price / Sales2.232.2126.98123.18
Price / Cash9.7310.5121.7858.38
Price / Book1.561.392.356.39
Net Income$2.31B$2.60B$1.01B$265.66M
7 Day Performance5.44%3.80%1.72%1.98%
1 Month Performance5.04%3.18%1.52%1.33%
1 Year Performance9.24%24.32%542.52%21.15%

Fifth Third Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.4214 of 5 stars
$44.79
+4.5%
$47.80
+6.7%
+5.4%$29.65B$13.28B13.9118,616News Coverage
Positive News
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.8727 of 5 stars
$16.01
-0.5%
$18.68
+16.7%
+19.5%$23.36B$7.69B11.8619,932News Coverage
Positive News
BKU
BankUnited
4.2301 of 5 stars
$35.71
-0.9%
$41.55
+16.3%
+1.0%$2.69B$1.05B10.471,680
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.7983 of 5 stars
$46.94
-0.7%
$51.53
+9.8%
+17.8%$20.25B$12.36B14.2717,287News Coverage
Positive News
CMA
Comerica
4.4143 of 5 stars
$65.86
-1.5%
$64.40
-2.2%
+21.1%$8.47B$3.31B12.627,928Positive News
Short Interest ↑
KEY
KeyCorp
4.7933 of 5 stars
$17.37
-1.4%
$19.39
+11.7%
+10.3%$19.04B$9.24B-248.1116,753Positive News
MTB
M&T Bank
4.6467 of 5 stars
$186.43
-0.4%
$212.88
+14.2%
+18.0%$29.13B$13.45B12.0722,354Positive News
Dividend Increase
RF
Regions Financial
4.9234 of 5 stars
$24.64
-1.1%
$27.33
+10.9%
+18.0%$21.99B$7.29B11.4619,644News Coverage
Positive News
TFC
Truist Financial
4.6518 of 5 stars
$42.83
-0.6%
$48.65
+13.6%
+4.6%$55.22B$20.03B11.6738,335News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.8727 of 5 stars
$44.56
-0.7%
$52.55
+17.9%
+5.7%$69.42B$27.72B10.6670,263Positive News
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9285 of 5 stars
$188.52
-0.6%
$214.17
+13.6%
+11.9%$74.24B$34.44B12.8955,184News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FITB) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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