Peoples Bank OH Buys New Stake in BB&T Corporation (BBT)

Jennison Ltd Limited Liability Company accumulated 0.17% or 3.62 million shares. Kistler Tiffany Companies LLC now owns 2,356 shares of the insurance provider's stock valued at $117,000 after acquiring an additional 1,193 shares in the last quarter.

Shares of BB&T (NYSE BBT) traded up $0.45 on Tuesday, reaching $53.16. About 2.42 million shares traded or 51.57% up from the average. BB&T had a net margin of 19.42% and a return on equity of 9.64%. It has outperformed by 3.98% the S&P500. Archford Capital Strategies LLC grew its stake in BB&T by 199.9% in the 2nd quarter. Canal Capital Management LLC now owns 7,494 shares of the company's stock valued at $283,000 after buying an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. The institutional investor held 111,285 shares of the major banks company at the end of 2017Q3, valued at $5.22 million, up from 104,530 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Sandhill Capital Partners Llc who had been investing in Armstrong World Inds Inc New C for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $3.34 billion market cap company. The stock increased 0.31% or $0.5 during the last trading session, reaching $162.5. About 3.62M shares traded. BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) has risen 20.68% since January 12, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 19.60% the S&P500. Fourteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the stock. Therefore 47% are positive. Twenty-First Century Fox Inc had 96 analyst reports since August 6, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has "Hold" rating given on Wednesday, November 22 by RBC Capital Markets. RBC Capital Markets maintained the shares of SNV in report on Thursday, September 7 with "Buy" rating. (NASDAQ:FOXA) on Tuesday, January 3 to "Outperform" rating. The stock of Armstrong World Industries, Inc. The firm has "Neutral" rating by Piper Jaffray given on Monday, January 9. The company was initiated on Wednesday, January 11 by UBS. Wells Fargo upgraded Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. As per Wednesday, October 7, the company rating was downgraded by Citigroup. The stock has "Equal-Weight" rating by Barclays Capital on Friday, January 22.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.12 in 2017 Q3. Its down 0.23, from 1.16 in 2017Q2. North Star Mngmt invested in 4,229 shares.

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Nomura holds 0% or 41,067 shares. British Columbia Mngmt Corporation stated it has 0.1% of its portfolio in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST). Us Bancorp De holds 7,526 shares or 0% of its portfolio. Dupont Cap Mgmt Corp owns 291 shares or 0% of their USA portfolio. Engineers Gate Manager Limited Partnership, New York-based fund reported 33,110 shares. Newman Dignan Sheerar, a Rhode Island-based fund reported 21,949 shares. Alpha Windward LLC now owns 5,319 shares of the company's stock valued at $201,000 after buying an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Perhaps, that suggests something about why 0.65% of the outstanding share supply is held by institutional investors. Its down 0.23, from 1.16 in 2017Q2. It worsened, as 56 investors sold BBT shares while 291 reduced holdings.

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VANGUARD GROUP INC raised its stake in Pepsico, Inc. 500.82 million shares or 2.15% less from 511.81 million shares in 2017Q2 were reported. Carroll Fincl Associate holds 165,916 shares. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of BB&T from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research report on Friday, November 3rd.

BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) has a market cap of $41.81 billion and over the last 12 months, BBT has risen by 13.66%. Insiders have sold 182,150 shares of company stock valued at $8,712,859 in the last quarter. Bp Public Ltd Co accumulated 93,000 shares. Rafferty Asset Ltd Limited Liability Company reported 10,917 shares or 0.04% of all its holdings. Carroll Assocs Inc reported 0.9% in BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT). Parthenon Limited Liability holds 0.13% or 11,783 shares. Kempner Cap Mgmt Inc stated it has 38,325 shares or 1.18% of all its holdings. Moreover, Rock Point Advsrs Ltd has 0.1% invested in BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) for 4,600 shares. Regions reported 0.68% stake. Ig Inv Management accumulated 605,000 shares or 0.15% of the stock. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 47,182 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,206,702.14. Kistler Tiffany Companies LLC raised its holdings in shares of BB&T by 102.6% during the fourth quarter.

Since August 16, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 7 selling transactions for $7.30 million activity. On Thursday, October 26 BANNER JENNIFER S sold $559,259 worth of BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) or 11,508 shares. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.13, for a total transaction of $1,320,073.97. Henson Christopher L sold $2.01 million worth of stock. Shares for $373,811 were sold by Bradley W Bennett.

Among 30 analysts covering BB&T Corp (NYSE:BBT), 10 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 20 Hold.

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