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BB&T came out with adjusted earnings per share of $1.07, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.03.

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BB&T will pay $28.1 billion for SunTrust’s equity, a 7% premium to SunTrust's Wednesday closing price. The deal will also include almost $18 billion in net debt.

BB&T came out with adjusted earnings per share of 97 cents, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 92 cents.

The massive changes that took place in the past year and those that are well underway could actually help the banking industry enter a new golden age. Thus, the prospects for bank stocks look bright.

Over the last five trading days, performance of banking stocks remained optimistic. Rebound in trading activities (after dismal 2017 performance) is perhaps the primary reason for this bullish price performance.

Given economic growth, low unemployment and healthy consumer sentiment,demand for loans and related bank products will rise. Overall, though these will be beneficial for the banks’ financials, the markets seem to be wary of such a scenario.

SunTrust Banks' fourth-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings of $1.09 per share outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.05. Also, the figure was up 21% year over year. Results were primarily driven by a rise in revenues

BB&T Corporation’s fourth-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings of 84 cents per share outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 80 cents.

The Q4 earnings season is knocking at the door and investors are keen to see how major banks will perform this time, after reporting impressive results in the first three quarters of 2017.

The Q1 earnings season is knocking at the door and investors seem keen to know how banks (one of the industries that have been under the spotlight in Q1) are going to perform this time.

The Q4 earnings season has started off with a bang. Earnings reports from some mega banks in the last four trading days reflect a decent improvement. Nonetheless, the reaction of bank stocks has not been in line with the results.

On average the company posted a positive earnings surprise of 6.0% in the trailing four quarters. This past quarter, BB&T posted total revenues of $2.77 billion, around 8% higher than the year-ago number.

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