NYSE:BBT - BB&T Stock Price, Forecast & News

BB&T trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BBT."

BB&T announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 8th will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share on Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.37%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 7th. View BB&T's Dividend History.

BB&T Co. (NYSE:BBT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 17th. The insurance provider reported $1.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.04. The insurance provider had revenue of $3 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.99 billion. BB&T had a net margin of 23.17% and a return on equity of 12.25%. The firm's revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.01 EPS. View BB&T's Earnings History.

BB&T is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for BB&T.

15 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for BB&T's stock. Their forecasts range from $48.49 to $60.00. On average, they expect BB&T's share price to reach $55.36 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BB&T.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BB&T in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for BB&T.

News coverage about BBT stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BB&T earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the insurance provider a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for BB&T.

BB&T saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 48,220,000 shares, an increase of 6.0% from the October 31st total of 45,510,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,660,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.3 days. Currently, 6.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View BB&T's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to BB&T include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), KeyCorp (KEY), First Republic Bank (FRC), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), BOK Financial (BOKF) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BB&T investors own include Bank of America (BAC), AT&T (T), Exxon Mobil (XOM), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), AbbVie (ABBV), Verizon Communications (VZ), General Electric (GE), Home Depot (HD), Intel (INTC) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

BB&T's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.44%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.89%), Boston Partners (0.88%), BB&T Corp (0.39%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.38%) and River Road Asset Management LLC (0.30%). Company insiders that own BB&T stock include Barbara F Duck, Brantley J Standridge, Christopher L Henson, Clarke R Starnes III, Cynthia B Powell, Daryl N Bible, David Hudson Weaver, Donna C Goodrich, Donta L Wilson, Global Food Holdings Lp 3G, I Patricia Henry, K David Jr Boyer, Kelly S King, Louis B Lynn, Nido R Qubein, Patrick C Graney III, Thomas E Skains, W Bennett Bradley and William Rufus Yates. View Institutional Ownership Trends for BB&T.

BBT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, State Street Corp, SG Americas Securities LLC, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, River Road Asset Management LLC, Lockheed Martin Investment Management Co., AMF Pensionsforsakring AB and Stifel Financial Corp. Company insiders that have sold BB&T company stock in the last year include Brantley J Standridge, Cynthia B Powell, David Hudson Weaver, Donta L Wilson, Global Food Holdings Lp 3G, I Patricia Henry, K David Jr Boyer, Kelly S King, Louis B Lynn, Nido R Qubein and Thomas E Skains. View Insider Buying and Selling for BB&T.

BBT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Darrell & King LLC, Millennium Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, EP Wealth Advisors LLC, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co and Voloridge Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for BB&T.

Shares of BBT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BBT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.49.

BB&T has a market capitalization of $40.99 billion and generates $13.00 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $3.24 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.05 on an earnings per share basis. BB&T employs 35,852 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About BB&T.

The official website for BB&T is http://www.bbt.com/.

BB&T's mailing address is 200 WEST SECOND STREET, WINSTON-SALEM NC, 27101. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 336-733-2000 or via email at [email protected]