Fifth Third Q4 2025 profit rises 20% to $699 million, or $1.04 per diluted share
Fifth Third Bancorp reported fourth-quarter 2025 net income available to common shareholders of $699 million, or $1.04 per diluted share, up from $582 million, or $0.85 per share, a year earlier. The company said the Comerica acquisition is expected to close on February 1, 2026, and it did not repurchase shares in the quarter because of the pending deal.
Key points
- Diluted EPS of $1.04 compared with $0.91 in the third quarter of 2025 and $0.85 in the fourth quarter of 2024; certain items reduced EPS by a net $0.04.
- Net interest income was $1.533 billion, up 6% from a year earlier; noninterest expense was $1.309 billion, up 7%.
- No share repurchases in the fourth quarter of 2025 due to the pending Comerica acquisition, which the company expects to close on February 1, 2026.
The filing
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