Keefe Bruyette raised the firm’s price target on Fifth Third (FITB) to $50 from $47 and keeps a Market Perform rating on the shares. The announced Fifth Third/Comerica (CMA) merger for $10.9B effectively checks all three of the firm’s boxes for scale, consistency, and deregulation, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
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