Fifth Third Bancorp [FITB] fell -2.90% so far this year. What now?

Fifth Third Bancorp [NASDAQ: FITB] loss -0.92% or -0.31 points to close at $33.49 with a heavy trading volume of 4237185 shares. The company report on February 20, 2024 at 8:00 AM that Fifth Third Opens Tampa, FL-based Fifth Third Wealth Advisors Office.

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Fifth Third Bank today announced the opening of its Tampa, FL-based Fifth Third Wealth Advisors office.

The daily chart for FITB points out that the company has recorded 30.41% gains over the past six months.

If we look at the average trading volume of 5.69M shares, FITB reached to a volume of 4237185 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Fifth Third Bancorp [FITB]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for FITB shares is $38.69 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on FITB stock is a recommendation set at 1.88. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Keefe Bruyette have made an estimate for Fifth Third Bancorp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Mkt Perform, with their previous recommendation back on January 09, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Raymond James raised their target price to Mkt Perform. The new note on the price target was released on August 24, 2023, representing the official price target for Fifth Third Bancorp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $38 to $34, while Keefe Bruyette kept a Outperform rating on FITB stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Fifth Third Bancorp is set at 0.86, with the Price to Sales ratio for FITB stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.83. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.34. Price to Free Cash Flow for FITB in the course of the last twelve months was 8.14.

Trading performance analysis for FITB stock

Fifth Third Bancorp [FITB] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.04. With this latest performance, FITB shares dropped by -3.10% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 30.41% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -9.36% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for FITB stock in for the last two-week period is set at 47.23, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 44.95, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 50.06 for Fifth Third Bancorp [FITB]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 34.10, while it was recorded at 33.73 for the last single week of trading, and 28.20 for the last 200 days.

Fifth Third Bancorp [FITB]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis

Fifth Third Bancorp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Current Ratio set at 0.32.

Fifth Third Bancorp [FITB]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis

With the latest financial reports released by the company, Fifth Third Bancorp posted 0.78/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.79/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company fail the estimates by a Surprise Factor of -1.30%. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for FITB. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Fifth Third Bancorp go to 4.84%.

An analysis of Institutional ownership at Fifth Third Bancorp [FITB]

The top three institutional holders of FITB stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.3 billion shares, which is approximately 8.2815%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.03 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $176.59 billion in FITB stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $156.75 billion in FITB stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8325%.