The trading price of Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) floating lower at last check on current market day and closing at $40.50, -2.71% lower than its previous close.
The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 12.91. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $49.07 and a 52-week low of $33.82. Over the past month, the stock has lost -7.04% in value.
Fifth Third Bancorp, whose market valuation is $26.96 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in April. The dividend yield on the company stock is 3.56%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 1.44. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by 0.74 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 3.65 for current year and 4.1 for next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 2.17B for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 2.12B and highs of 2.19B. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 9.07B.
On the technical side, indicators suggest FITB has a Hold on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Sell, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Sell.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned FITB a recommendation rating is 11. Out of them, 3 rate it a Hold, while 8 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 0.93, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that FITB’s price is currently -6.52% off the SMA20 and -6.50% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 29.69, and weekly volatility stands at 2.84%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 2.03%. Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.99, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 1.04. With analysts defining $42-$48 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $44.5 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about -3.7% off the estimated low and -18.52% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if FITB’s share price rises to $44.5, which is the median consensus price. At that level, FITB’s share price would be -9.88% below current price.
To see how Fifth Third Bancorp stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: FITB stock’s performance was -2.71% at last check in today’s session, and 17.84% in the past year, while JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) has been trading -3.98%% in recent session and positioned 32.04% higher than it was a year ago. Fifth Third Bancorp has a P/E ratio of 12.91, compared to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s 12.67 and Bank of America Corp.’s 13.27.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) indicates that the 3-month average is 4.58 million.
Currently, records show that 669.85 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.56% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 86.44%. However, since the stock’s price has seen -4.21% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even lower.
