BB&T Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BBT)

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

BB&T announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 14th will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share on Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.42%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 13th. View BB&T's Dividend History.

BB&T Co. (NYSE:BBT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 17th. The insurance provider reported $1.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.03 by $0.04. The insurance provider earned $3 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.99 billion. BB&T had a net margin of 23.17% and a return on equity of 12.25%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company 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.

14 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for BB&T's shares. Their predictions range from $48.49 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate BB&T's share price to reach $55.09 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BB&T.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BB&T in the last year. There are currently 6 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 trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BB&T earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for BB&T.

BB&T saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 42,200,000 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the August 30th total of 40,030,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,610,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.2 days. Currently, 5.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View BB&T's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to BB&T include Citigroup (C), U.S. Bancorp (USB), PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), National Australia Bank (NABZY), DBS GRP HOLDING/S (DBSDY), Intesa Sanpaolo (ISNPY), Capital One Financial (COF), UBS Group (UBS), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), BANCO DO BRASIL/S (BDORY), SunTrust Banks (STI), Standard Chartered (SCBFF), KeyCorp (KEY), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG) and Regions Financial (RF).

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), Verizon Communications (VZ), General Electric (GE), AbbVie (ABBV), Intel (INTC), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) and Pfizer (PFE).

BB&T's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.19%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.12%), Sabal Trust CO (0.08%), Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.03%). Company insiders that own BB&T stock include Barbara F Duck, 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, Jennifer S Banner, K David Jr Boyer, Kelly S King, Louis B Lynn, Nido R Qubein, Patrick C Graney III, Robert Jerome Johnson, Jr, 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 TIAA FSB, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Carroll Financial Associates Inc., Capital Investment Services of America Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL. Company insiders that have sold BB&T company stock in the last year include Cynthia B Powell, David Hudson Weaver, Donta L Wilson, Global Food Holdings Lp 3G, I Patricia Henry, K David Jr Boyer, Louis B Lynn and Nido R Qubein. View Insider Buying and Selling for BB&T.

BBT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC, Old North State Trust LLC, Sabal Trust CO and Cordasco Financial Network. 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 $52.67.

BB&T has a market capitalization of $40.35 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]