During 2018 Q4 the big money sentiment decreased to 1.02. That’s change of 0.03, from 2018Q3’s 1.05. 50 investors sold all, 297 reduced holdings as BBT ratio worsened. 254 rose stakes while 101 funds bought stakes. Funds hold 479.70 million shares thus 0.56% more from 2018Q3’s 477.03 million shares. Valley Natl Advisers Incorporated owns 0.86% invested in BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) for 61,502 shs. Blackrock Incorporated has 53.58 million shs for 0.12% of their capital. Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board invested in 20,478 shs. Amg Natl Trust Bank & Trust, a Colorado-based fund reported 33,799 shs. Ins Tx has 95,190 shs for 0.24% of their capital. Patten & Patten Tn holds 71,725 shs or 0.38% of its capital. Virtu Fincl Limited Liability holds 0.04% or 16,709 shs. Bartlett & Communications Limited Company holds 11,775 shs. Conning Inc reported 1.3% in BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT). Architects Inc owns 0.1% invested in BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) for 12,088 shs. Pinnacle Fincl reported 0.52% stake. Carroll Fin Assoc holds 0.93% or 182,685 shs in its capital. Cornerstone Advsr reported 0.25% stake. Montgomery Investment Mgmt Inc reported 11.98% stake. Rowland & Counsel Adv holds 0% or 120,516 shs in its capital.

BBT registered $196,013 net activity with 2 buys and 3 selling transactions since October 31, 2018. The insider HENRY I. PATRICIA sold 611 shs worth $30,245. Another trade for 2,825 shs valued at $141,790 was sold by QUBEIN NIDO R.

Based on the latest 2018Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC, Bahl & Gaynor Inc rose its holdings in Bb&T Corp (BBT) by 46.03%. The company’s stock popped up 1.77% while Bahl & Gaynor Inc bought 1.75M shares. The major banks company at the end of 2018Q4 was priced at $240.93M. It’s up from 3.81 million at the end of the previous reported quarter. Now it had 5.56 million shares held by the institutional investor . $38.03B is Bb&T Corp’s market cap. BBT is reaching $49.81 during the last trading session, after increased 0.41%.BB&T Corporation has volume of 1.20M shares. Since March 11, 2018 BBT has declined 3.74% and is downtrending. BBT underperformed by 8.11% the S&P500.

Bahl & Gaynor Inc has cut its stake in Roper Technologies Inc (NYSE:ROP) and also reduced its holding in Ventas Inc (NYSE:VTR) by 268,537 shares in the quarter, for a total of 40,040 shares.

For more BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) news released recently go to: Seekingalpha.com, Seekingalpha.com, Benzinga.com, Fool.com or Bizjournals.com. The titles are as follows: “Merger Arbitrage Mondays – February 11, 2019 – Seeking Alpha” released on February 11, 2019, “U.S. banking system remains strong: Powell testimony – Seeking Alpha” on February 26, 2019, “Barron’s Picks And Pans: BB&T (NYSE:BBT), Best Buy (NYSE:BBY), Boeing (NYSE:BA) And More – Benzinga” with a publish date: February 10, 2019, “This Regional Bank Could Win From BB&T and SunTrust’s Merger – The Motley Fool” and the last “CBJ Morning Buzz: Name game for Charlotte’s newest bank HQ; Wells Fargo gets $240M in settlement; Local coal-ash site ranks among worst – Charlotte Business Journal” with publication date: March 05, 2019.

BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) Ratings Coverage

A total of 4 analysts rate BB\u0026T (NYSE:BBT) as follows: 2 “Buy”, 2 “Hold” and 0 “Sell”. Тherefore 50% are bullish. (NYSE:BBT) has 11 ratings reports on 11 Mar 2019 according to StockzIntelligence. The stock rating was upgraded by Bank of America to “Buy” on Friday, February 8. On Monday, February 11 the rating was maintained by BMO Capital Markets with “Outperform”. On Thursday, January 10 the firm has “Underperform” rating given by Bank of America. On Friday, October 19 the stock of BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) has “Outperform” rating given by BMO Capital Markets. On Friday, January 25 the rating was downgraded by Deutsche Bank to “Hold”. On Monday, March 4 UBS maintained BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) with “Hold” rating.