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 $217,600 were purchased by BRUMBACK EMERSON L on Jul 08 ’25. At $43.52 per share, BRUMBACK EMERSON L acquired 5,000 shares.
Also, BRUMBACK EMERSON L purchased 9,900 shares, netting a total of over 352,338 in proceeds.
Before that, Leonard James C. had sold 17,200 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $761,279, the EVP & Chief Operating Officer traded Fifth Third Bancorp shares for $44.26 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 17,200 shares, worth approximately $10.77 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 1.43% to $44.05. The stock’s lowest price that day was $43.365, but it reached a high of $44.34 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.13%. Over the course of the year, Fifth Third Bancorp shares have jumped approximately 21.58%. 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 43.50, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 42.94. In the upper region, resistance lies at 44.47. The next price resistance is at 44.89. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 75.35 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought 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 8.22% from the previous closing price of $43.43. 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.
