Big Money Sentiment decreased to 0.86 in Q4 2018. It has change of 0.37, from 2018Q3’s 1.23. The ratio dived due to SunTrust Banks, Inc. positioning: 74 sold and 269 reduced. 91 funds acquired stakes and 205 increased stakes. Investors holded 356.40 million in 2018Q3 but now own 322.58 million shares or 9.49% less.

The Korea-based Mirae Asset Glob Invests has invested 0.01% in SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI). Colorado-based Asset has invested 0.09% in SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI). Cipher Lp has invested 0.35% of its capital in SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI). Dnb Asset Mgmt As reported 1.20M shs stake. Qs Investors Lc reported 32,607 shs or 0.02% of all its holdings. Brown Advisory Secs Lc has invested 0.13% in SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI). 550 are owned by Old Second Bank Of Aurora. Pinnacle Finance Prtn Incorporated reported 0.15% of its capital in SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI). Usa Fin Portformulas owns 7,298 shs. Trexquant Limited Partnership invested in 39,118 shs. Bridgewater Associate Lp holds 0.04% in SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI) or 95,664 shs. Bancorp Of Nova Scotia accumulated 97,595 shs. 4,879 were accumulated by Lmr Partners Limited Liability Partnership. Douglass Winthrop Advsr reported 0.04% of its capital in SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI). Wolverine Asset Limited Liability Corporation holds 0% or 2 shs in its capital.

UBS Cut SunTrust Banks (NYSE:STI)’s Rating to “Neutral”.

STI has a $71 price target on the stock. UBS lowered SunTrust Banks (NYSE:STI)‘s rating on 4 March. The downgrade was from “Buy” to “Neutral”.

SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI) Ratings Coverage

Total analysts of 9 have positions in SunTrust Banks (NYSE:STI) as follows: 1 rated it a “Buy”, 0 with “Sell” and 8 with “Hold”. The positive are 11%. Since September 13, 2018 according to StockzIntelligence Inc SunTrust Banks has 11 analyst reports. On Wednesday, January 2 Robert W. Baird upgraded the shares of STI in report to “Outperform” rating. On Friday, February 8 the rating was downgraded by Sandler O’Neill to “Hold”. On Monday, January 28 the rating was downgraded by Robert W. Baird to “Neutral”. The company rating was downgraded by Bernstein on Friday, February 8. On Thursday, September 13 PiperJaffray downgraded SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI) to “Neutral” rating. In Monday, October 15 report FBR Capital maintained the stock with “Buy” rating. On Tuesday, January 8 the firm has “Hold” rating by Jefferies given. The company rating was maintained by BMO Capital Markets on Monday, October 22. On Friday, February 8 the stock has “Neutral” rating by Macquarie Research. On Friday, December 7 the firm has “Neutral” rating by Credit Suisse given.

The stock decreased 0.09% or $0.06 during the last trading session, reaching $66.22.SunTrust Banks, Inc. has volume of 4.89M shares. Since March 5, 2018 STI has declined 4.15% and is downtrending. The stock underperformed the S&P 500 by 8.52%.

On April, 19 is awaited SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI)’s earnings report, Zacks reports. The earnings per share diference is $0.01 or 0.78 % up from last years number. Previous year: $1.29; Analysts forcast: $1.30. STI’s profit could be $576.22M if the current earnings per share of $1.30 is accurate. Last quarter $1.50 earnings per share was reported. Analysts sees -13.33 % negative EPS growth this quarter.

SunTrust Banks, Inc. operates as the holding firm for SunTrust Bank that provides various financial services for consumers, businesses, firms, and institutions in the United States.The firm is worth $29.35 billion. It operates through two divisions, Consumer and Wholesale.The P/E ratio is 11.54. The Consumer segment provides deposits and payments; home equity and personal credit lines; auto, student, and other lending products; credit cards; discount/online and full-service brokerage products; professional investment advisory services and products; and trust services, as well as family office solutions.

For more SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI) news released briefly go to: Bizjournals.com, Fool.com, Benzinga.com, Globenewswire.com or Bizjournals.com. The titles are as follows: “BB&T (NYSE: BBT), SunTrust (NYSE: STI) merger creates Orlando real estate opportunities – Orlando Business Journal – Orlando Business Journal” released on February 07, 2019, “Why the BB&T-SunTrust Merger Is Getting a Thumbs-Up From Wall Street – Motley Fool” on February 11, 2019, “Benzinga’s Top Upgrades, Downgrades For February 8, 2019 – Benzinga” with a publish date: February 08, 2019, “Bragar Eagel & Squire, PC is Investigating the Board of Directors of SunTrust Banks, Inc. (STI) on Behalf of Stockholders and Encourages STI Investors to Contact the Firm – GlobeNewswire” and the last “Orlando’s largest architecture firm to move into new downtown SunTrust (NYSE: STI) Plaza – Orlando Business Journal – Orlando Business Journal” with publication date: March 04, 2019.