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加拿大皇家銀行表示，收購 Comerica 後，第五三銀行預計將實現穩定成長。

-- 加拿大皇家銀行資本市場（RBC Capital Markets）週一透過電子郵件發布的一份報告稱，在首席執行官蒂姆·斯賓塞（Tim Spence）的領導下，五三銀行（Fifth Third Bancorp，股票代碼：FITB）憑藉其穩健的資本紀律和對康美銀行（Comerica）的成功收購，已做好實現“穩定”增長的準備，這將為股東的長期盈利價值的長期價值。 該機構表示，此次交易完成時未造成任何“有形賬面價值稀釋”，並補充說，每股有形賬面價值環比增長1.2%，同比增長15%，達到22.88美元。報告指出，此次合併使五三銀行的總資產立即突破3,000億美元大關。 報告稱，雖然公佈的每股收益0.15美元受到一次性合併相關費用的影響，但調整後的每股收益0.83美元反映了合併後業務的「潛在盈利能力」。 該機構指出，市場整合工作進展順利，預計在勞動節週末完成全面的「系統轉換」。報告稱，該銀行管理層預計到2026年將實現3.6億美元的“淨成本節約”，並補充說，該銀行在德克薩斯州的發展勢頭尤為強勁，客戶響應率是傳統市場的三倍。 加拿大皇家銀行維持對五三銀行（Fifth Third Bancorp）的「跑贏大盤」評級，目標價為57美元。

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