07:41 AM EDT, 04/17/2026 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with full-year and Q2 net interest income and noninterest income outlook in the fifth and sixth paragraph)

Fifth Third Bancorp ( FITB ) reported Q1 earnings Friday of $0.15 per diluted share, down from $0.71 a year earlier.

Analysts polled by FactSet expected a loss of $0.10.

Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $2.83 billion, up from $2.14 billion a year earlier.

Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $2.85 billion.

Fifth Third expects net interest income of $8.7 billion to $8.8 billion for full-year 2026, up sharply from a $6.0 billion baseline in 2025. Noninterest income is projected at $4.0 billion to $4.2 billion, compared with $3.1 billion in the prior year.

For the second quarter of 2026, Fifth Third expects net interest income of $2.20 billion to $2.25 billion, up from a $1.94 billion in the first quarter, while noninterest income is projected at $1.00 billion to $1.06 billion, compared with a $0.92 billion baseline in the prior quarter.