Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) earnings on July 17, 2026

Before the market opens Q2 2026

More Fifth Third Bancorp earnings

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Missed

The stock opened lower and fell throughout the day, closing down 2.29%. Despite recent analyst upgrades and a strong recent upward trend, concerns about the company's quarterly results and direction disappointed investors.

FITB price around the earnings

58.01

Change: -2.3%

2026-07-17, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
56.94 58.07 59.19 60.32 59.37
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Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Missed

Thesis published
Results released

Optimistic but cautious after prior miss

The stock has strong recent price gains and analyst upgrades, but a big earnings miss last quarter creates uncertainty. Experts are optimistic but cautious about the upcoming report.

Context analyzed before publication

Summary
Optimistic but cautious after prior miss
Playbook
The stock has risen 18% in the past month, and analysts have raised their price targets. However, the previous quarter's earnings miss and a recent market downturn add risk.
Trend
Expert confidence improved recently

Analysts

Drivers

  • Analysts Positive

    The stock has a Buy rating with an average target of $61, implying 2.4% upside. UBS upgraded to Buy, and there are 20 analyst opinions.

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Buy
Consensus average (1-5)
1.76
Analysts covering the stock
20
Average price target
60.8
Lowest price target
53
Highest price target
67
Upside to price target
2.4%
Quarterly earnings growth
-68%
Revenue growth
33%
Forward EPS
4.92
Trailing EPS
3.05
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
7
  • Strong buy: 4
  • Buy: 11
  • Hold: 6
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 0
Strong buy
4
Buy
11
Hold
6
Sell
0
Strong sell
0
  • July 7, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
  • July 6, 2026 · Evercore ISI Group: Maintains rating (In-Line → In-Line)
  • July 6, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
  • July 6, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
  • June 29, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
  • June 24, 2026 · Truist Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
  • June 8, 2026 · Baird: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)

News and sentiment

Drivers

  • News & sentiment Negative

    The Nasdaq fell 1.5% amid a chip selloff, and the Greed Index moved into Fear territory, indicating broader market caution.

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Neutral
Mention volume
Low
Normalized volume
33%
News
Sources (8)
  • Netflix, Travelers Companies And 3 Stocks To Watch Heading Into Friday — Benzinga
  • Top Wall Street Forecasters Revamp Fifth Third Bancorp Expectations Ahead Of Q2 Earnings — Benzinga
  • Regional Banks Earnings Preview: Truist, Fifth Third Stock On Watch as Sector ‘Finally Making a Comeback’ — Benzinga
  • UBS Maintains Buy on Fifth Third Bancorp, Raises Price Target to $65 — Benzinga
  • Evercore ISI Group Maintains In-Line on Fifth Third Bancorp, Raises Price Target to $60 — Benzinga
  • JP Morgan Maintains Overweight on Fifth Third Bancorp, Raises Price Target to $61 — Benzinga
  • Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on Fifth Third Bancorp, Raises Price Target to $67 — Benzinga
  • Morgan Stanley Maintains Overweight on Fifth Third Bancorp, Raises Price Target to $64 — Benzinga

Technicals

Drivers

  • Technical Positive

    The stock has strong trend strength: +18% over 30 days and +5.19% over 14 days, outperforming the benchmark.

Evidence

Average true range (ATR)
2%
Distance to 52-week high
+0.0%
14-day change (14d)
+5.2%
30-day change (30d)
+18.0%
30-day relative strength
+18.0%
Benchmark change (0d)
+0.0%
Nearest support
59.37
Nearest resistance
59.37
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
1.01

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
-5.0%
  • April 17, 2026: actual EPS 0.15 vs estimate 0.22 (surprise -32.2%)
  • January 20, 2026: actual EPS 1.04 vs estimate 0.99 (surprise +4.9%)
  • October 17, 2025: actual EPS 0.91 vs estimate 0.86 (surprise +5.9%)
  • July 17, 2025: actual EPS 0.88 vs estimate 0.87 (surprise +1.5%)

Expected move

Drivers

  • Past earnings Negative

    Last quarter, earnings per share were $0.15 versus an estimate of $0.22, a 32.2% miss that raises fundamental questions.

There is no implied-move data available for this event.

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
1.8%
75th percentile move
2.8%
90th percentile move
4.5%
Up / down moves
11 / 9
Average up move
+2.5%
Average down move
-1.9%

Monitoring and close

What Fifth Third Bancorp reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS1.02
EPS estimate0.95
EPS surprise+7.4%
Revenue$3,279 million
Revenue estimate$3,250 million
Revenue surprise+0.9%

Fifth Third held its Q2 2026 earnings call on July 17, discussing strong performance, deposit growth and Comerica integration progress.

Sources (16)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Heading into the open, the figures overturn the prior optimistic scenario. In the 692 past cases with a similar move, the close held that direction 88% of the time.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Missed
Consolidated
-2.3%
Max favorable move (MFE)
0%
Max adverse move (MAE)
4.6%