Earnings were boosted by an increase in the net interest margin to 3.44% in 2010 from 3.11% in 2009 The 2010 ROA was 0.59%. The consensus earnings estimate for 2011 is 52 cents a share, more than tripling the 2010 earnings performance. Out of 19 analysts covering Huntington Bancshares, nine rate the shares a buy, nine have neutral ratings and one analyst recommends investors sell the shares. 2. Fifth Third Bancorp Shares of Fifth Third ( FITB ) of Cincinnati closed at $13.85 Friday, returning 4% over the previous year. The forward P/E is 9.5, based on the 2012 consensus earnings estimate of $1.46 a share. Following the completion of the Federal Reserve's stress tests, the company increased its quarterly dividend to 6 cents a share, from a penny a share. The company had already repaid $3.4 billion in TARP money to exit the program in January, following a $1.7 billion common equity raise.