Is Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Cheap Following Its Debt Exchange Offer?

Why Fifth Third Bancorp’s Debt Exchange Matters for Stock Investors Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) has launched a registered exchange offer for its unregistered senior notes, giving existing bondholders the option to swap into registered securities with identical core terms. The exchange covers US$334.65m of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2029 and US$938.141m of 5.982% Fixed To Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2030, and is scheduled to run until September 22, 2026. At a share price of US$54.54, Fifth…