Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $44.41 +0.19 (+0.43%) Closing price 10/3/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$44.40 0.00 (-0.01%) As of 10/3/2025 04:45 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Fifth Third Bancorp Short Interest DataFifth Third Bancorp (FITB) has a short interest of 25.55 million shares, representing 3.88% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 5.67% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.1, indicating that it would take 5.1 days of the average trading volume of 4.51 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest25,550,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest24,180,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+5.67%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.16 billionShort Interest Ratio5.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 15, 2025Outstanding Shares661,890,000 sharesFloat Size658,080,000 sharesShort Percent of Float3.88%Today's Trading Volume2,571,104 sharesAverage Trading Volume4,510,348 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average57% Short Selling Fifth Third Bancorp? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Fifth Third Bancorp and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartFITB Short Interest Over TimeFITB Days to Cover Over TimeFITB Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Fifth Third Bancorp Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/15/202525,550,000 shares $1.16 billion +5.7%3.9%5.1 $45.36 8/31/202524,180,000 shares $1.11 billion -1.8%3.7%4.8 $45.77 8/15/202524,630,000 shares $1.05 billion -4.3%3.7%5 $42.48 7/31/202525,740,000 shares $1.07 billion +18.8%3.9%5.1 $41.57 7/15/202521,660,000 shares $926.40 million +5.7%3.3%4.3 $42.77 6/30/202520,490,000 shares $842.75 million +11.2%3.1%4.1 $41.13 6/15/202518,430,000 shares $699.97 million -5.0%2.8%3.9 $37.98 5/31/202519,400,000 shares $738.75 million +2.9%2.9%4 $38.08 5/15/202518,850,000 shares $744.39 million -2.0%2.8%3.8 $39.49 4/30/202519,240,000 shares $691.49 million +9.4%2.9%3.8 $35.94 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FITB and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Fifth Third Bancorp and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/15/202517,590,000 shares $616.88 million -9.3%2.7%3.4 $35.07 3/31/202519,390,000 shares $760.09 million -20.6%2.9%3.8 $39.20 3/15/202524,430,000 shares $941.78 million -6.2%3.7%5 $38.55 2/28/202526,030,000 shares $1.13 billion -2.4%3.9%5.6 $43.47 2/15/202526,660,000 shares $1.17 billion +6.7%4.0%6.1 $44.06 1/31/202524,980,000 shares $1.11 billion +20.7%3.8%5.7 $44.31 1/15/202520,690,000 shares $910.36 million +2.6%3.1%4.5 $44.00 12/31/202420,170,000 shares $852.79 million +7.2%3.0%4.6 $42.28 12/15/202418,810,000 shares $856.80 million -6.0%2.8%4.4 $45.55 11/30/202420,000,000 shares $961.20 million -8.9%3.0%4.8 $48.06 11/15/202421,960,000 shares $1.03 billion -4.7%3.3%5.3 $46.99 10/31/202423,050,000 shares $1.01 billion +22.7%3.5%5.7 $43.68 10/15/202418,790,000 shares $838.97 million -9.5%2.8%4.7 $44.65 9/30/202420,760,000 shares $889.36 million +0.8%3.1%5.1 $42.84 9/15/202420,590,000 shares $866.22 million +0.9%3.1%4.8 $42.07 8/31/202420,410,000 shares $871.30 million -7.9%3.0%4.6 $42.69 8/15/202422,150,000 shares $885.78 million -9.2%3.3%5.1 $39.99 7/31/202424,400,000 shares $1.03 billion -0.9%3.6%5.7 $42.34 7/15/202424,620,000 shares $964.12 million -3.2%3.6%5.9 $39.16 6/30/202425,440,000 shares $928.31 million -4.0%3.7%6 $36.49 6/15/202426,510,000 shares $933.68 million +33.4%3.9%6.5 $35.22 5/31/202419,870,000 shares $743.54 million -6.4%2.9%4.4 $37.42 5/15/202421,230,000 shares $827.55 million -14.1%3.1%4.6 $38.98 4/30/202424,700,000 shares $900.56 million +0.1%3.6%5 $36.46 4/15/202424,670,000 shares $854.08 million -3.7%3.6%4.7 $34.62 3/31/202425,610,000 shares $952.95 million +21.8%3.8%4.7 $37.21 3/15/202421,030,000 shares $741.10 million +19.2%3.1%3.8 $35.24 2/29/202417,640,000 shares $605.76 million -3.5%2.6%3.1 $34.34 2/15/202418,270,000 shares $619.35 million +9.4%2.7%3.3 $33.90 1/31/202416,700,000 shares $571.81 million +0.9%2.5%3 $34.24 1/15/202416,550,000 shares $568.66 million -5.2%2.4%2.9 $34.36 12/31/202317,450,000 shares $601.85 million -8.5%2.6%3.2 $34.49 12/15/202319,060,000 shares $667.67 million +9.0%2.8%3.5 $35.03 11/30/202317,480,000 shares $506.05 million +1.8%2.6%3.3 $28.95 11/15/202317,180,000 shares $469.19 million +13.8%2.5%3.3 $27.31 10/31/202315,100,000 shares $358.02 million +20.5%2.2%2.8 $23.71 10/15/202312,530,000 shares $304.10 million -0.4%1.9%2.4 $24.27 9/30/202312,580,000 shares $318.65 million +1.6%1.9%2.5 $25.33 9/15/202312,380,000 shares $339.71 million +33.0%1.8%2.4 $27.44 8/31/20239,310,000 shares $247.18 million +18.9%1.4%1.8 $26.55 8/15/20237,830,000 shares $202.48 million +2.6%1.2%1.5 $25.86 7/31/20237,630,000 shares $222.03 million -21.7%1.1%1.3 $29.10 7/15/20239,740,000 shares $262.79 million -1.1%1.4%1.5 $26.98 6/30/20239,850,000 shares $258.17 million +9.7%1.5%1.4 $26.21 6/15/20238,980,000 shares $240.30 million +28.5%1.3%1.2 $26.76 5/31/20236,990,000 shares $169.65 million -22.3%1.0%0.7 $24.27 5/15/20239,000,000 shares $217.98 million +16.3%1.3%0.9 $24.22 4/30/20237,740,000 shares $202.79 million -20.9%1.2%0.8 $26.20 4/15/20239,780,000 shares $258.58 million -1.4%1.5%1.1 $26.44 3/31/20239,920,000 shares $264.27 million -13.5%1.5%1.1 $26.64 3/15/202311,470,000 shares $291.45 million -14.9%1.7%1.4 $25.41 2/28/202313,470,000 shares $488.96 million -3.4%2.0%2.7 $36.30 2/15/202313,940,000 shares $517.17 million -3.8%2.0%2.9 $37.10 1/31/202314,490,000 shares $525.84 million +46.1%2.1%2.9 $36.29 1/15/20239,920,000 shares $343.63 million +6.6%1.5%2 $34.64 12/30/20229,310,000 shares $305.46 million +0.7%1.4%1.9 $32.81 12/15/20229,250,000 shares $295.35 million -2.0%1.4%1.9 $31.93 11/30/20229,440,000 shares $343.24 million -2.9%1.4%2 $36.36 11/15/20229,720,000 shares $354.29 million -17.5%1.4%2.1 $36.45 10/31/202211,780,000 shares $420.43 million -13.1%1.7%2.7 $35.69 10/15/202213,560,000 shares $460.50 million +1.4%2.0%3.1 $33.96 9/30/202213,380,000 shares $427.62 million +23.6%2.0%3.1 $31.96 9/15/202210,830,000 shares $387.50 million +2.6%1.6%2.6 $35.78 8/31/202210,560,000 shares $360.62 million +5.2%1.6%2.4 $34.15 8/15/202210,040,000 shares $373.79 million +4.3%1.5%2.3 $37.23 7/31/20229,630,000 shares $328.58 million -31.1%1.4%2 $34.12 7/15/202213,970,000 shares $471.35 million +0.7%2.1%2.6 $33.74 6/30/202213,870,000 shares $466.03 million +20.6%2.0%2.5 $33.60 6/15/202211,500,000 shares $399.40 million +4.5%1.7%2 $34.73 5/31/202211,010,000 shares $434.12 million -3.9%1.6%1.8 $39.43 5/15/202211,460,000 shares $412.22 million +13.1%1.7%1.7 $35.97 4/30/202210,130,000 shares $380.18 million +10.6%1.5%1.5 $37.53 4/15/20229,160,000 shares $357.33 million -15.3%1.3%1.4 $39.01 3/31/202210,820,000 shares $465.69 million +0.6%N/A0 $43.04 3/15/202210,760,000 shares $492.70 million +2.1%1.6%1.7 $45.79 2/28/202210,540,000 shares $504.23 million +16.5%1.5%1.8 $47.84 2/15/20229,050,000 shares $446.89 million -15.3%1.3%1.6 $49.38 1/31/202210,690,000 shares $477.09 million +14.5%1.6%2.1 $44.63 1/15/20229,340,000 shares $471.20 million -22.0%N/A0 $50.45 12/31/202111,970,000 shares $521.29 million +24.6%1.8%2.8 $43.55 12/15/20219,610,000 shares $417.27 million +3.4%1.4%2.2 $43.42 11/30/20219,290,000 shares $391.57 million -15.2%1.4%2 $42.15 11/15/202110,960,000 shares $489.04 million -24.8%1.6%2.5 $44.62 10/29/202114,580,000 shares $634.67 million +74.4%2.1%3.2 $43.53 10/15/20218,360,000 shares $364.50 million -27.5%1.2%1.7 $43.60 9/30/202111,530,000 shares $489.33 million -2.6%1.7%2.3 $42.44 9/15/202111,840,000 shares $476.80 million -15.1%1.7%2.5 $40.27 8/31/202113,940,000 shares $541.71 million -18.1%2.0%2.9 $38.86 8/13/202117,020,000 shares $654.93 million -9.8%2.5%3.6 $38.48 7/30/202118,870,000 shares $684.79 million +162.1%2.7%3.9 $36.29 7/15/20217,200,000 shares $271.94 million +0.4%1.0%1.5 $37.77 6/30/20217,170,000 shares $274.11 million -19.4%1.0%1.5 $38.23 6/15/20218,890,000 shares $356.13 million -16.8%1.3%1.8 $40.06 5/28/202110,680,000 shares $450.06 million -8.6%1.5%1.9 $42.14 5/14/202111,680,000 shares $490.33 million -12.1%1.7%1.8 $41.98 4/30/202113,290,000 shares $541.04 million +89.9%1.9%2.1 $40.71 4/15/20217,000,000 shares $269.85 million -24.6%1.0%1.1 $38.55 3/31/20219,280,000 shares $353.75 million -27.0%1.3%1.5 $38.12 3/15/202112,710,000 shares $496.83 million +30.5%1.8%2.1 $39.09 2/26/20219,740,000 shares $343.82 million -1.7%1.4%1.8 $35.30 2/12/20219,910,000 shares $319.60 million -4.4%1.4%2 $32.25 1/29/202110,370,000 shares $306.95 million +57.6%1.5%2 $29.60 1/15/20216,580,000 shares $214.11 million -10.7%0.9%1.2 $32.54 12/31/20207,370,000 shares $201.05 million -27.1%1.0%1.3 $27.28 12/15/202010,110,000 shares $269.13 million +14.8%1.4%1.8 $26.62 11/30/20208,810,000 shares $231.53 million -12.1%1.2%1.5 $26.28 11/15/202010,020,000 shares $254.41 million -9.8%1.4%1.7 $25.39 10/30/202011,110,000 shares $256.64 million -20.2%1.6%2 $23.10 10/15/202013,930,000 shares $316.63 million -5.0%2.0%2.5 $22.73 FITB Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Fifth Third Bancorp's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Fifth Third Bancorp shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 15th, investors have sold 25,550,000 shares of FITB short. 3.88% of Fifth Third Bancorp's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Fifth Third Bancorp's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Fifth Third Bancorp? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. FITB shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.0. Learn More on Fifth Third Bancorp's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Fifth Third Bancorp? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Fifth Third Bancorp: Group One Trading LLC, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, Bank of America Corp DE, Torno Capital LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Volterra Technologies LP, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd, Maven Securities LTD, Walleye Capital LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Hsbc Holdings PLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., Jefferies Financial Group Inc., MAI Capital Management, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Garda Capital Partners LP, Credit Industriel ET Commercial, and Credit Industriel ET Commercial. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Fifth Third Bancorp? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 3.88% of Fifth Third Bancorp's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Fifth Third Bancorp's short interest increasing or decreasing? Fifth Third Bancorp saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 25,550,000 shares, an increase of 5.7% from the previous total of 24,180,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Fifth Third Bancorp's float size? Fifth Third Bancorp currently has issued a total of 661,890,000 shares. Some of Fifth Third Bancorp's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Fifth Third Bancorp currently has a public float of 658,080,000 shares. How does Fifth Third Bancorp's short interest compare to its competitors? 3.88% of Fifth Third Bancorp's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Fifth Third Bancorp: Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (5.97%), BankUnited, Inc. (2.86%), Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (2.08%), Comerica Incorporated (4.99%), KeyCorp (3.71%), M&T Bank Corporation (3.13%), Regions Financial Corporation (4.50%), Truist Financial Corporation (2.48%), U.S. Bancorp (1.41%), The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc (1.97%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Fifth Third Bancorp stock? Short selling FITB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Fifth Third Bancorp as its price is falling. FITB shares are trading up $0.19 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Fifth Third Bancorp? A short squeeze for Fifth Third Bancorp occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of FITB, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Fifth Third Bancorp's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including FITB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025. 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