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Jul 17 ◎

FITB FY2026 Q2 Watch

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) FY2026 Q2 Earnings Call

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Tim Spence

Comerica's Southwest deposit growth of $2.5B in Q2 was more than double the $1B expected, driven by checking household growth that was the first net positive in years, indicating that the merger’s deposit synergy is materializing faster than planned. — The outsized deposit capture in Comerica’s legacy markets suggests that Fifth Third’s branch build and marketing strategy is already generating significant market share gains, reducing reliance on wholesale funding.

"encouragingly, Comerica's Texas, Arizona, and California markets grew checking households by 4%, the first net new household growth in several years, and added $2.5 billion in deposits, more than double the $1 billion expectation"

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Bryan Preston

Management raised full-year NII and fee income guidance while lowering expense guidance, signaling margin expansion, synergy capture, and accelerating earnings power post-merger.

"we are increasing our full year NII guidance to a range of $8.74 billion to $8.8 billion"

FITB WATCH

Bryan Preston

Fifth Third shipped the first Direct Express cards on a new platform with Fiserv, adding 66,000 new beneficiaries and reaching all participating federal agencies, signaling a large government payment processing win that will scale further. — The Direct Express program is a high-volume, sticky deposit source; its successful migration and growth in beneficiaries directly boosts Fiserv’s payment processing volumes and Fifth Third’s low-cost deposit base.

"the new solution that Fifth Third and Fiserv are offering"

FI WATCH

HIGH

09:00
Apr 17 ◎

FITB FY2026 Q1 Watch

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) FY2026 Q1 Earnings Call

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Brian Preston

Management raised NII guidance on a higher-for-longer rate environment, integration on schedule, improving credit, and early revenue synergy wins, signaling confidence in full-year profitability.

"We are updating our full-year NII outlook to a range between $8.7 and $8.8 billion."

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Tim Spence

Stripe is a marquee client using Fifth Third's New Line payments platform; this partnership validates the platform's traction and could contribute to Stripe's payment processing capabilities.

"joined other marquee clients like Stripe and Circle, in the advanced preparations for the second quarter launch of the new DirectXpress platform."

STRIPE WATCH

Tim Spence

Fifth Third explicitly avoids data center lending, citing overbuilding risk and lack of underwriting expertise, suggesting caution on AI infrastructure capex. — A major regional bank's disciplined stance on data center financing could signal tightening credit conditions for data center REITs that rely on bank debt, potentially slowing new builds.

"I wouldn't underwrite an energy loan without a petroleum engineer looking at the projections. And I don't think there are a lot of us employing AI researchers at the cost that they are to help underwrite data center facilities."

DLR WATCH EQIX WATCH

HIGH

10:00
Jan 20 ◎

FITB FY2025 Q4 Watch

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) FY2025 Q4 Earnings Call

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Tim Spence

Fifth Third will drop 13-14 million pieces of direct mail in Comerica's Western markets, the first consumer deposit marketing campaign there in over a decade. — Comerica's deposit franchise has been under-penetrated; Fifth Third's targeted marketing can rapidly shift deposit mix and reduce funding costs, a tailwind for both banks.

"99.7% of fifth-third votes and 97% of Comerica votes cast were in favor of the merger, an overwhelmingly positive result"

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Brian

Management raised expectations by pulling forward the Comerica conversion and expecting to hit 2027 profitability targets in Q4 2026, indicating strong organic momentum and faster synergy realization.

"Our guide implies full year adjusted revenue and adjusted PPNR excluding CDI amortization to be up 40 to 45% over 2025 and another 1 to 200 basis points of positive operating leverage."

FITB WATCH

Tim Spence

FIS is providing the tech platform for the Direct Express program conversion, which could lead to expanded business if Fifth Third grows the program.

"we will be moving on to a different tech platform that is being developed with FIS and FISRF"

FIS WATCH

HIGH

09:00
Oct 17 ◎

FITB FY2025 Q3 Watch

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) FY2025 Q3 Earnings Call

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Tim Spence

Fifth Third is highly optimistic about the Comerica acquisition, citing complementary strengths in retail deposits, middle market lending, payments, and wealth management.

"the beauty of what we're doing with Comerica is the things you need to believe are either strength strength or strength opportunity"

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Tim Spence

Management is confident in achieving record net interest income and positive operating leverage, supported by strong loan growth, fee momentum, and cost discipline, despite the Tricolor fraud headwind.

"we expect to deliver record NII regardless of the rate environment, and to produce 150 to 200 basis points of positive operating leverage for the full year"

FITB WATCH

Tim Spence

Stripe's Treasury product is a key driver of New Line's deposit and fee growth at Fifth Third, indicating deepening partnership.

"We expect New Line to sustain its growth as transactional activity ramps from the rollout of Stripe Treasury"

STRIPE WATCH

HIGH

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