Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Upgrades Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) to Outperform

May 7, 2009 7:32 AM EDT

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upgrades Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) from Market Perform to Outperform. Price target $8.

Keefe analyst says, "Despite recent strength in the shares, we are upgrading FITB to OP from MP as it is one of the more inexpensive names in the BKX on both price to TBV and price to normalized EPS. In addition, we believe the results of the Treasury's stress test (SCAP) will reveal capital needs of approximately $1.1 billion, which may be achieved by converting FITB's non-TARP convertible preferred securities. Raising target."

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Fifth Third Bancorp (the Bancorp) is a diversified financial services company.


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