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 dividend yield of 3.40%. 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 results on Thursday, July, 18th. The insurance provider reported $1.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.04. The insurance provider had revenue of $3.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.01 billion. BB&T had a return on equity of 12.23% and a net margin of 23.58%. BB&T's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last 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, October 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for BB&T.

BB&T will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 17th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

14 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for BB&T's shares. Their forecasts range from $48.49 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate BB&T's stock price to reach $54.59 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.0% 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 positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. BB&T earned a news sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating 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 during 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.2 days. Currently, 5.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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), 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 investors include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.19%), Sabal Trust CO (0.08%), Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.04%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.03%), Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.03%) and TIAA FSB (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., Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL and CX Institutional. 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC, Old North State Trust LLC, Sabal Trust CO, Cullinan Associates Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc. and Biltmore Family Office 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 $53.01.

BB&T has a market capitalization of $40.61 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]