Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Fifth Third Bancorp shares valued at $352,338 were purchased by BRUMBACK EMERSON L on Apr 28 ’25. At $35.59 per share, BRUMBACK EMERSON L acquired 9,900 shares.
Also, Leonard James C. sold 17,200 shares, netting a total of over 761,279 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $44.26 each, the insider now holds 244,487 shares.
Before that, Lavender Kevin P had sold 21,700 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $945,100, the EVP traded Fifth Third Bancorp shares for $43.55 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 21,700 shares, worth approximately $5.42 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Jefferies on May 21, 2025, Fifth Third Bancorp [FITB] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $47. Analysts at TD Cowen started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid May. As of April 07, 2025, Robert W. Baird has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Outperform” for FITB. Earlier on May 31, 2024, Wolfe Research upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for FITB stock which previously was a “a Peer perform”.
Analyzing FITB Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Fifth Third Bancorp [NASDAQ: FITB] rose 1.89% to $41.45. The stock’s lowest price that day was $40.77, but it reached a high of $41.495 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 6.88%. Over the course of the year, Fifth Third Bancorp shares have jumped approximately 13.13%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $45.42 on 01/29/25 and a 52-week low of $32.25 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 40.98, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 40.51. In the upper region, resistance lies at 41.71. The next price resistance is at 41.96. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 68.83 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Fifth Third Bancorp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Fifth Third Bancorp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-06-13 dropping by -0.43 million shares to 18.43 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 18.85 million shares. A decline of -2.31% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.87 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.87.
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In terms of Fifth Third Bancorp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 47 in the next 12 months, up nearly 15.54% from the previous closing price of $40.68. Analysts anticipate Fifth Third Bancorp stock to reach 47 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 47. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked Fifth Third Bancorp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On May 01, 2024, JP Morgan assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $39.50.
