Stock Analysis: Truist Financial Might Grow 13% This Year

Truist Financial Corp (TFC) was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

TFC is a financial holding company, providing banking services to individuals, businesses, and municipalities. 

Three key data points gauge TFC (or any dividend paying entity):

(1) Price 

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those three keys also indicate if any company has made, is making, and will make money.

TFC Price

Truist’s single share price increased $14.68 (or 42%) from $34.92 to $49.60 in the past year, per Wednesday’s morning market report.

Twenty-three analysts cover the stock. The medan of their one year price targets set a price at $54.02 or $4.42 higher.

TFC Dividends

Truist Financial Corp has paid variable quarterly dividends since August 1997. The March 2026 Q dividend of $0.52 suggests a $2.08 annual payout this year. 

TFC Returns

Putting it all together, a possible annual gross gain of $6.50 per share is predicted by adding the $2.08 forward-looking dividend to a 1yr  $4.42 analyst-estimated annual price-gain this year.

A little under $1000 invested at Wednesday’s $49.60 share price would buy 20 shares which multiply the $6.50 gross gain to $131.05 for the coming year.

33% of that $131 upside gain could come from the $43.50 annual dividend payout from your $1,000 investment.

And the $43.50 annual dividend from $1k invested is $6.10 lower than TFC’s $49.60 Wednesday morning single share price.

A dividend dogcatcher rule is to only buy initial shares of a stock that pay an annual dividend (from $1000 invested) that is more than the cost of a single share.

Truist’s dividend of $43.50 from $1K invested is $6.10 below its share price.  Wait for TFC price to drop below $45.00 per share.

The exact track of TFC future share price and dividend will entirely be determined by market action and company finances. 

Remember the best way to track stock performance and dividend payments is through direct ownership of company shares.