Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FITB or STT?

83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of State Street shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of State Street shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FITB or STT?

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than State Street. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than State Street, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fifth Third Bancorp	$8.37B	3.45	$2.35B	$3.15	13.42
State Street	$18.37B	1.40	$1.94B	$5.34	15.97

Is FITB or STT a better dividend stock?

Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. State Street pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. State Street pays out 51.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, FITB or STT?

Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, State Street has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FITB or STT?

Fifth Third Bancorp received 78 more outperform votes than State Street when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.06% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fifth Third Bancorp	Outperform Votes 744 57.06%	Underperform Votes 560 42.94%
State Street	Outperform Votes 666 56.20%	Underperform Votes 519 43.80%

Do analysts rate FITB or STT?

Fifth Third Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $40.15, indicating a potential downside of 5.02%. State Street has a consensus price target of $88.96, indicating a potential upside of 4.30%. Given State Street's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe State Street is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fifth Third Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
State Street	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Is FITB or STT more profitable?

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.41% compared to State Street's net margin of 8.98%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 15.79% beat State Street's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.41%	15.79%	1.21%
State Street	8.98%	11.78%	0.83%

Does the media prefer FITB or STT?

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 22 more articles in the media than State Street. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 21 mentions for State Street. State Street's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.42 indicating that State Street is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fifth Third Bancorp	10 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
State Street	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats State Street on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.