By Adriano Marchese

Fifth Third Bancorp has trimmed the top end of its forecasts for 2026 and set expectations for the first quarter.

The U.S. regional financial institution said in a presentation on Wednesday that it now expects noninterest income to be between $4 billion and $4.2 billion, with the top end reduced from the prior $4.4 billion.

Analysts polled on FactSet expect $4.21 billion.

The firm's noninterest-expense guidance has also been trimmed, now in a range of $7.2 billion to $7.3 billion, with the high end down from the prior $7.5 billion.

The net-interest-income forecast remained unchanged, with a range of $8.6 billion to $8.8 billion for the year. Analysts expected $8.37 billion.

For the first quarter, the company expects average loans and leases in the range of $158 billion to $159 billion, and net interest income of $1.93 billion. Analysts polled on FactSet expect net interest income of $1.92 billion for the quarter.

Noninterest income is expected to be between $900 million and $930 million for the quarter, below forecasts of $948.4 million.

Noninterest expense is estimated at $1.76 billion to $1.78 billion for the first quarter.

Write to Adriano Marchese at adriano.marchese@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 11, 2026 08:56 ET (12:56 GMT)

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