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2-Star Stocks Poised to Plunge: Fifth Third?
Thu, 28/05/2009 - 15:21 by Brian D. Pacampara
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 130,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, regional bank Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) has received a distressing two-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Fifth Third's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Fifth Third facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
Cincinnati, Ohio (1862) |
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Market Cap |
$4.04 billion |
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Industry |
Regional Banks |
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Trailing-12-Month (TTM) Revenue |
$1.38 billion |
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Management |
CEO Kevin Kabat (since 2007) |
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Return on Equity (average, last five years and TTM) |
6.8% and (21.9%) |
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4-Month Price Change |
484% |
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Competitors |
US Bancorp (NYSE: USB), PNC Financial (NYSE: PNC) |
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CAPS members bearish on FITB also bearish on |
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), General Motors (NYSE: GM) |
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CAPS members bullish on FITB also bullish on |
Citigroup (NYSE: C), General Electric (NYSE: GE) |
Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS.
Over on CAPS, 386 of the 886 members who have rated Fifth Third -- some 43.5% -- believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. Among the entire bearish population are TWreckz and jdlech.
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