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 paid a dividend of $0.45 per share on Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 13th. View BB&T's Dividend History.

BB&T Co. (NYSE:BBT) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 17th. The insurance provider reported $1.07 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.04. The insurance provider had revenue of $3 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.99 billion. BB&T had a return on equity of 12.23% and a net margin of 23.58%. The company's revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.01 earnings per share. View BB&T's Earnings History.

14 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets 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 $54.59 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% 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.

Headlines about BBT stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BB&T earned a media sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely 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 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 daily volume of 4,610,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.2 days. Currently, 5.5% of the company's shares 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), UBS Group (UBS), Capital One Financial (COF), 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), General Electric (GE), Verizon Communications (VZ), AbbVie (ABBV), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Intel (INTC) and IBM (IBM).

BB&T's stock is owned by many different 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC, Old North State Trust LLC, Sabal Trust CO, Cordasco Financial Network and Cullinan Associates Inc.. 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 $52.06.

BB&T has a market capitalization of $39.88 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]