Fifth Third Bancorp Q3 Adj. EPS $1.13 Beats $0.96 Estimate, Sales $3.279B Miss $3.339B Estimate

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) reported quarterly earnings of $1.13 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.96 by 17.71 percent. This is a 21.51 percent increase over earnings of $0.93 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $3.279 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $3.339 billion by 1.80 percent. This is a 42.19 percent increase over sales of $2.306 billion the same period last year.