Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Competitors

State Street (NYSE:STT) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, STT or FITB?

Fifth Third Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than State Street. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than State Street, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
State Street	$18.37B	1.21	$1.94B	$5.34	13.84
Fifth Third Bancorp	$12.64B	1.98	$2.35B	$3.15	11.64

Which has more volatility and risk, STT or FITB?

State Street has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in STT or FITB?

87.4% of State Street shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of State Street shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is STT or FITB more profitable?

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.70% compared to Fifth Third Bancorp's net margin of 9.62%. State Street's return on equity of 16.11% beat Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
State Street	9.62%	12.03%	0.87%
Fifth Third Bancorp	17.70%	16.11%	1.22%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STT or FITB?

Fifth Third Bancorp received 78 more outperform votes than State Street when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.15% of users gave Fifth Third Bancorp an outperform vote while only 56.50% of users gave State Street an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
State Street	Outperform Votes 661 56.50%	Underperform Votes 509 43.50%
Fifth Third Bancorp	Outperform Votes 739 57.15%	Underperform Votes 554 42.85%

Does the media prefer STT or FITB?

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than State Street. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 6 mentions for State Street. State Street's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.87 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
State Street	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate STT or FITB?

State Street currently has a consensus price target of $84.04, indicating a potential upside of 13.70%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $36.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.49%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe State Street is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
State Street	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Fifth Third Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is STT or FITB a better dividend stock?

State Street pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. State Street pays out 51.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. State Street has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats State Street on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.