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 declared 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 3.46%. 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, October, 17th. The insurance provider reported $1.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 return on equity of 12.23% and a net margin of 23.58%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.01 earnings per share. 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.

14 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for BB&T's stock. Their predictions range from $48.49 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate BB&T's share 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.

Media coverage about BBT stock has trended very negative on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BB&T earned a media sentiment score of -3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock'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 trading volume of 4,610,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.2 days. Approximately 5.5% of the shares of the company 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), 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 a number of of retail and institutional 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 purchased 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]