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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 13th. View BB&T's Dividend History.

BB&T Co. (NYSE:BBT) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 18th. The insurance provider reported $1.12 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.04. The insurance provider earned $3.04 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.01 billion. BB&T had a return on equity of 12.23% and a net margin of 23.58%. The firm's revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.01 EPS. View BB&T's Earnings History.

BB&T is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for BB&T.

BB&T will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 17th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

14 Wall Street analysts 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 stock price to reach $54.4045 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.8% 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.

Headlines about BBT stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BB&T earned a news sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for BB&T.

BB&T saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 42,433,200 shares, an increase of 6.8% from the July 31st total of 39,747,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,320,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.8 days. Currently, 5.6% 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), Capital One Financial (COF), UBS Group (UBS), Intesa Sanpaolo (ISNPY), 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), General Electric (GE), Verizon Communications (VZ), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Intel (INTC), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), AbbVie (ABBV) and IBM (IBM).

BB&T's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.99%), BlackRock Inc. (6.96%), BlackRock Inc. (6.96%), Bank of America Corp DE (2.46%), Northern Trust Corp (1.48%) and Royal Bank of Canada (1.06%). 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, 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 BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Invesco Ltd., Point72 Asset Management L.P., LSV Asset Management, Quest Capital Management Inc. ADV, BB&T Corp and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Company insiders that have sold BB&T company stock in the last year include Cynthia B Powell, David Hudson Weaver, Donta L Wilson, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Boston Partners, Bank of America Corp DE, Vanguard Group Inc., Bahl & Gaynor Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, RNC Capital Management LLC and AMF Pensionsforsakring AB. 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 $52.42.

BB&T has a market capitalization of $40.16 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]