Fifth Third Bancorp Q2 Income Falls, Misses Estimates

(RTTNews) - Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) released a profit for second quarter that decreased from last year and missed the Street estimates.

The company's earnings totaled $561 million, or $0.81 per share. This compares with $562 million, or $0.82 per share, in last year's second quarter.

Analysts on average had expected the company to earn $0.85 per share, according to figures compiled by Thomson Reuters. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

Fifth Third Bancorp earnings at a glance (GAAP) :

-Earnings (Q2): $561 Mln. vs. $562 Mln. last year. -EPS (Q2): $0.81 vs. $0.82 last year.