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, 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%. View BB&T's Dividend History.

BB&T Co. (NYSE:BBT) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 17th. The insurance provider reported $1.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.04. The insurance provider earned $3 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.99 billion. BB&T had a net margin of 23.17% and a return on equity of 12.25%. The company's revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $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 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for BB&T's stock. Their forecasts range from $48.49 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate BB&T's share price to reach $55.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.9% 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.

Media coverage about BBT stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BB&T earned a news impact score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock'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 currently 9.2 days. Currently, 5.5% of the shares of the stock 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), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), 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), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR) and BOK Financial (BOKF).

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 a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.19%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.12%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.12%), Strs Ohio (0.08%), Sabal Trust CO (0.08%) and Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.04%). 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, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Carroll Financial Associates Inc., Strs Ohio, Capital Investment Services of America Inc. and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Woodard & Co. Asset Management Group Inc. ADV, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Brinker Capital Inc., Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC and Old North State Trust 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 $53.47.

BB&T has a market capitalization of $40.97 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]