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Whisper Number Impact: Earnings Preview For Fifth Third Bancorp
WhisperNumber • Wed, Apr 17
Fifth Third Bancorp's Risk-Reward Ratio Of 1:3 Makes It A Perfect Long
Qineqt • Sun, Jul 29, 2012 • 3 Comments
Fifth Third Is Not Cheap
Valuentum • Mon, Jul 16, 2012
Fifth Third Bank Our Play Of Choice Among 5 Prospective Financial Candidates
Tactical Investor • Wed, May 9, 2012
Fifth Third Eyeing Acquisitions
Zacks Investment Research • Thu, Dec 8, 2011
Fifth Third Will Overcome Challenges To Outperform
Takeover Analyst • Fri, Nov 11, 2011
FITB Case Study: Caution Now Required With Banking Trust Preferred Stocks
Tim McPartland • Mon, May 30, 2011 • 10 Comments
Fifth Third Tops, Plans to Repay TARP
Zacks Investment Research • Thu, Jan 20, 2011
What's Behind Fifth Third Put Action
optionMONSTER • Thu, Jan 6, 2011
Fifth Third Beats Estimates, Despite Posting Another Quarterly Loss
Zacks Investment Research • Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Call Buyers Bet Fifth Third Will Pop
optionMONSTER • Wed, Apr 21, 2010
Financials: Why Doesn't Sell-Side Realize the Value?
Tom Brown • Tue, Oct 6, 2009 • 2 Comments
Fifth Third Eyes FDIC Deals
Zacks Investment Research • Thu, Sep 24, 2009 • 1 Comment
Expect More Charge-Offs from Fifth Third Bancorp
Zacks Investment Research • Thu, Sep 17, 2009
Rating Fifth Third Bancorp: A Zombie of a Different Kind
Martin Hutchinson • Sun, Feb 22, 2009 • 3 Comments
Regulators Signal Confidence in Fifth Third
Edward Harrison • Tue, Nov 4, 2008 • 1 Comment
Fifth Third Bank: Drink Deeply of the Poison
John Hempton • Sun, Jun 29, 2008 • 23 Comments
When Will Fifth Third Bancorp Turn Around?
Ockham Research • Fri, Jun 20, 2008 • 10 Comments
Fifth Third Clobbered in Capital Raising Plan
Michael Shedlock • Wed, Jun 18, 2008 • 1 Comment
Fifth Third Bancorp: A Contrarian's Dream - Barron's
SA Editor Eli Hoffmann • Sun, Feb 25, 2007

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Stay Away From The New Bank Preferreds
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Dividend-Yielding Regional Banks
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Stephen Simpson • Thu, Jan 17 • 5 Comments
Whisper Number Impact: Earnings Preview For BB&T Corp And Fifth Third Bancorp
WhisperNumber • Wed, Jan 16
No Lost Decade If You Bought Dividend Stocks (Part II)
The Part-time Investor • Thu, Dec 27, 2012 • 16 Comments
Tax Selling The Winners?
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, Dec 10, 2012 • 1 Comment
Regional Banks To Buy On Expected Capital Deployment
Smart Equity • Fri, Dec 7, 2012 • 5 Comments
The Prettiest Of All Banks - A Comparative Review
Rahul Tusnial • Fri, Oct 26, 2012 • 2 Comments
Whisper Number Impact: Earnings Preview For Fifth Third, Morgan Stanley, KeyCorp, BB&T Corp, And Capital One
WhisperNumber • Thu, Oct 18, 2012
5 Stocks To Trade, What's Next For The Market
The Oxen Group • Tue, Oct 16, 2012 • 1 Comment
Buy Huntington Bancshares To Play The Loan Growth In Midwest Region
Qineqt • Mon, Oct 8, 2012 • 1 Comment
3 Regional Banks Analysts Favor
Qineqt • Mon, Oct 1, 2012 • 1 Comment
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3 Banks To Buy On A Financials Catch-Up Rally
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Fifth Third Bancorp's Management Presents at Barclay's Americas Select Franchise Conference (Transcript)
Wed, May 22
Fifth Third Bancorp Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 18
Fifth Third Bancorp's Management Presents at Citigroup US Financial Services Conference (Transcript)
Tue, Mar 5
Fifth Third Bancorp Presents at 2013 Credit Suisse Financial Services Forum, Feb-13-2013 08:45 AM
Wed, Feb 13
Fifth Third Bancorp Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jan 17
Fifth Third Bancorp Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Oct 18, 2012 • 2 Comments
Fifth Third Bancorp Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jul 19, 2012
Fifth Third Bancorp's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 19, 2012
Fifth Third Bancorp's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
Fifth Third Bancorp's CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
Fifth Third Bancorp's CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jul 21, 2011
Fifth Third Bancorp's CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 21, 2011
Fifth Third Bancorp's CEO Discusses Q4 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Jan 21, 2011
Fifth Third Bancorp Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jul 22, 2010
Fifth Third Bancorp Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
Fifth Third Bancorp Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
Fifth Third Bancorp Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Oct 22, 2009
Fifth Third Bancorp Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jul 23, 2009
Fifth Third Bancorp Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 23, 2009
Fifth Third Bancorp Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Fifth Third Grants $560,000 from Enterprise Investment Fund’s First Round of 2013

Business Wire (Wed, 9:40AM)
Fifth Third Bancorp Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend on Its Common Stock 9% to $0.12 Per Share

Business Wire (Tue, 11:46AM)
Fifth Third Bancorp Announces Conversion of Shares of Series G Preferred and Cash Dividend on Its Series G Preferred

Business Wire (Jun 11, 2013)
Fifth Third Names Frank Forrest as Chief Risk and Credit Officer

Business Wire (Jun 10, 2013)
Fifth Third Bancorp to Announce Second Quarter 2013 Results, Host Conference Call on Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 9:00 AM

Business Wire (May 30, 2013)
Fifth Third Bancorp to Present at the Deutsche Bank 2013 Global Financial Services Investor Conference

Business Wire (May 30, 2013)
Fifth Third Bancorp to Present at the 2013 Barclays Capital Americas Select Franchise Conference

Business Wire (May 17, 2013)
Fifth Third Bancorp 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, ‘Reputation Matters,’ Now Available

Business Wire (May 15, 2013)
Lightning Round: Valero, Abbott Labs & More

at CNBC.com (May 13, 2013)
Fifth Third Bancorp Announces Expected Impact of Vantiv Share Sale

Business Wire (May 8, 2013)
Fifth Third Employees Provide 550,000 Meals to Fight Hunger: Fifth Third Day Marked by Fundraising, Food Collections

Business Wire (May 3, 2013)
Fifth Third Names Maria Veltre Chief Marketing Officer

Business Wire (Apr 30, 2013)
Fifth Third Announces First Quarter 2013 Net Income to Common Shareholders of $413 Million or $0.46 Per Share

Business Wire (Apr 18, 2013)
Fifth Third Bancorp Announces Results of Annual Meeting

Business Wire (Apr 16, 2013)
Fight or Flight: Get Ready for the Earnings Crush

at CNBC.com (Apr 14, 2013)
Up, Down, Up, Down...Will the Market Please Decide?

at CNBC.com (Apr 8, 2013)
Fifth Third Ups Dividend, Unveils Share Buyback

at Fox Business (Mar 19, 2013)
Fifth Third Bancorp Announces Ten Percent Increase in Quarterly Cash Dividend on its Common Stock

Business Wire (Mar 19, 2013)
Fifth Third Bancorp to Announce First Quarter 2013 Results, Host Conference Call on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 9:30 AM

Business Wire (Mar 15, 2013)
Fed Capital Plan Roundup: Rejects Ally, BB&T, Approves BofA, MS

at Fox Business (Mar 14, 2013)

FITB vs. ETF Alternatives

Company Description

The Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. At December 31, 2009, the Bancorp had $113 billion in assets, operated 16 affiliates with 1,309 full-service Banking Centers including 103 Bank Mart® locations open seven days a week inside select grocery... More

Sector: Financial

Industry: Regional - Midwest Banks

Country: United States

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Tuesday, June 18, 12:00 PM Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) declares $0.12/share quarterly dividend, 9% increase from prior dividend of $0.11. Forward yield 2.62%. For shareholders of record June 28.Payable July 18.Ex-div date June 26. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, June 6, 8:07 AM Apollo Investment (AINV) is reportedly near a deal to buy health-care lender MidCap Financial for about $500M, possibly as soon as next week. Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) has also expressed interest in the lender, according to sources. Comment! [Financials, M&A]
Thursday, May 30, 11:07 AM Huntington Bancshares (HBAN +2.1%) and KeyCorp (KEY +1.3%) lead regional bank stocks (KRE) higher as Merrill Lynch tags them along with ZION, FITB, and CMA as those standing to benefit most from rising intrest rates. Comment! [Financials]
Friday, May 10, 11:28 AM Loan growth at midcap banks (KRE) should rebound in Q2, says Credit Suisse after digging through management commentary from MTB, ZION, BBT, CMA, FITB, and HBAN. Notably not sharing the positive vibe were First Horizon (FHN) and KeyCorp (KEY). Growth is nice, but what about pricing? Fulton Financial (FULT) and Key say it remains competitive, while Zions says margins are getting even tighter. Comment! [Financials]
Wednesday, May 8, 10:43 AM KeyCorp's (KEY) big move (up 22% YTD vs. 14% for KBE) is unjustified, according to KBW's Chris Mutascio, who's had a Sell on the stock for most of the run. Four other large regionals - WFC, USB, BBT, FITB - are better bargains as they sport lower P/E multiples despite higher ROAs and (for 3 of the 4) far larger ROEs. 3 Comments [Financials]
Thursday, April 18, 12:03 PM More on Fifth Third (FITB +1.2%) Q1 earnings: Net interest income off 1% Q/Q, off 1% Y/Y. Noninterest income off 16% Q/Q, off 3% Y/Y, but Q4 figure included $157M gain on sale of Vantiv shares. Noninterest expense flat Y/Y. Net interest margin of 3.42%, off 7 bps from Q4, 19 bps from Q1. Tier 1 Capital Ratio of 10.83%. Tangible book value/share of $12.62, up 2% Q/Q, up 8% Y/Y. (earnings slides) (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
Thursday, April 18, 6:33 AM Fifth Third (FITB): Q1 EPS of $0.44 beats by $0.05. (PR) 2 Comments [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Thursday, April 18, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ADS, AN, APH, BAX, BBT, BPOP, BTU, BX, CY, DHR, FCS, FCX, FITB, KEY, LDK, MMR, MS, NOK, NUE, OMC, PBCT, PENN, PEP, PM, PPG, SHW, SNA, SON, TSM, TZOO, UNH, UNP, VZ Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, April 17, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ADS, AN, APH, BAX, BBT, BPOP, BTU, BX, CY, DHR, FCS, FCX, FITB, KEY, LDK, MMR, MS, NOK, NUE, OMC, PBCT, PENN, PEP, PM, PPG, SHW, SNA, SON, TSM, TZOO, UNH, UNP, VZ Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, April 11, 6:38 PM With no. 1 U.S. mortgage lender Wells Fargo (WFC) set to report Q1 earnings tomorrow and several regional banks reporting in coming days, analysts expect results to take a hit from an expected drop in mortgage revenue. Jefferies estimates banks' revenue from originating mortgages could decline 15%-20% Q/Q; "the magnitude of potential declines could catch some [investors] off-guard." 1 Comment [Financials]
Friday, April 5, 11:40 AM Avoid the "origination-reliant" bank names ahead of Q1 earnings, says FBR's Paul Miller, as the strong mortgage results from the past few reports will likely weaken. Most at risk: BAC, FITB, FBC, USB, STI, and WFC. That mortgage profits have worsened isn't news, but Miller suggests things have gotten worse than previous muted expectations. 16 Comments [Financials]
Tuesday, March 19, 5:18 PM Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) declares $0.11/share quarterly dividend, 10% increase from prior dividend of $0.10. Forward yield 2.67%. For shareholders of record Mar. 29. Payable Apr. 18. Ex-div date Mar. 26. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, March 14, 5:22 PM After hours movers in the regional banks: COF +0.6%, FITB +0.9%, KEY - which just announced an increase in the dividend to $0.055 from $0.05 and $426M in share repurchases - up 1%, PNC +0.4%, RF +1.6%, STI -0.3%, USB +0.2%. BBT - whose plan was rejected - off 2.8%. Comment! [On the Move, Financials]
Thursday, March 14, 4:50 PM More on bank capital return plans: Capital One (COF) an increase in the dividend to $0.30 from $0.05. Fifth Third (FITB) a dividend increase to be disclosed, the potential repurchase of $750M in trust preferred securities, the conversion of preferred stock to common combined with a share repurchase of about $1.5B. PNC an undisclosed increase in the dividend, but no share repurchases. Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, March 12, 11:57 AM Regions Financial (RF), SunTrust (STI), and Zions Bancorp (ZION) are likely to see the biggest dividend boosts among the regional players, says Credit Suisse. Buybacks would be best at the "cheap" banks as they would get the biggest boost to book value - Regions (again), KeyCorp (KEY), and Comerica (CMA) this year, and Fifth Third (FITB) and Huntington (HBAN) in 2014. 1 Comment [Financials]
Friday, March 8, 10:42 AM Fifth Third (FITB), KeyCorp (KEY), SunTrust STI), and PNC were the "winners" of the Fed stress tests, says FBR's Paul Miller. FIfth Third, he says, showed just minor losses under the Fed's "severely adverse scenario," while SunTrust showed major losses, but was still found to be adequately capitalized. STI is having the best day of those tested, +2.3%. Comment! [Financials]

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Alerts issued this morning for $AXP, $BAX, $FITB, $UNP, and $VZ. http://bit.ly/17e4eoA
Apr 18, 8:55 AM
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WhisperNumber
$FITB earnings $0.44, eight cents ahead of the whisper number. Expected price reaction: http://seekingalpha.com/a/swhj
Apr 18, 8:32 AM
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SKS1586
Sold $FITB to keep Profit & to create CASH.
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Rahul Tusnial
COMPARING BANKS .. $FITB, $MS, $MBWM . A comparative review http://seekingalpha.com/a/khft
11/9/12
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ZetaKap
5 Large Cap Financials Trading For Cheap Despite Analyst Backing http://bit.ly/MFFUp0 $MET $AFL $C $COF $FITB @ZetaKap
6/29/12
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Daniel Shvartsman
For those worried about $JPM, needing safer financial plays, I wrote articles on U.S. regionals, S&Ls. $PNC, $FITB, and $BHLB are top picks
5/11/12
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ZetaKap
$$ Out Now: 4 Discounted, Profitable Large-Cap Financial Dividend Stocks http://bit.ly/IHakkC #stocks $BK $COF $FITB $JPM
5/1/12
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Ryan Mallory
4 Swing Trade Setups To Hop On http://bit.ly/yLBIjg NEM FITB PLL MET
3/14/12
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Rubicon Associates
FITB (Baa1/BBB) in the market with $500MM 10yr senior holdco bonds.
3/2/12
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The Wall Street Transcript
Midwestern Regional Banks To Grow Through Consolidation; Fifth Third Bancorp ($FITB) A Top Pick- http://su.pr/1BpLI7
2/7/12
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dak269
I like FITB, but don't want to buy a bank stock because when the poo starts flinging, no one will care it is a regional. Agree?
12/12/11
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dak269: I made some money off it last fall/winter...It is on my short list of buys. Also like PIR, and hope for a pullback after they report.
12/12/11
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dak269: The chart for PIR looks like it's forming a base....
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Native Texan
FITB @ $11.56; AAPL @ $380.91
11/30/11
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