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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.46%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 13th. View BB&T's Dividend History.

BB&T Co. (NYSE:BBT) posted 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 earned $3.04 billion during 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%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company 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.

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.

15 analysts have issued 1 year price targets 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 $54.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BB&T.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BB&T in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 9 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 negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BB&T earned a coverage optimism score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the insurance provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few 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 currently 9.2 days. Approximately 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 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), Intel (INTC), AbbVie (ABBV), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) and IBM (IBM).

BB&T's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.03%), Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.03%), TIAA FSB (0.03%), Nachman Norwood & Parrott Inc (0.03%), Verity & Verity LLC (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (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., Carroll Financial Associates Inc., Capital Investment Services of America Inc., Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, CX Institutional, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC, Old North State Trust LLC, Cullinan Associates Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., Manchester Financial Inc., Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc. and Verity & Verity 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 $52.00.

BB&T has a market capitalization of $39.84 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]