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. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 3.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 13th. View BB&T's Dividend History.

BB&T Co. (NYSE:BBT) released 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 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.01 earnings per share. 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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for BB&T's shares. Their predictions range from $48.49 to $60.00. On average, they expect 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.

Media stories about BBT stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BB&T earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for BB&T.

BB&T saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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), General Electric (GE), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Verizon Communications (VZ), AbbVie (ABBV), Intel (INTC), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) and Pfizer (PFE).

BB&T's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 bought 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]