BB&T Corp (BBT): Today's Featured Banking Laggard
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Credit Suisse
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BB&T Corporation operates as a financial holding company for Branch Banking and Trust Company that provides various banking and trust services for retail and commercial clients. BB&T has a market cap of $20.16 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 11.3, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 14.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate BB&T a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and 19 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates BB&T as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
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