Fifth Third price target raised to $54 from $52 at Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo analyst Mike Mayo raised the firm’s price target on Fifth Third (FITB) to $54 from $52 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares as part of a broader research note on Large-Cap banks. The firm is citing the expected benefit of the U.S. elections driving a “15-year regulatory paradigm shift” and its upward bias to EPS estimates, along with anticipated greater flexibility by banks to return and deploy capital and for a bank merger resurgence, the analyst tells investors in a research note.