Osmosis Investment Management UK Ltd Cuts Stake in Truist Financial Corporation $TFC

Osmosis Investment Management UK Ltd lowered its position in shares of Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE:TFCFree Report) by 52.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 44,161 shares of the insurance provider’s stock after selling 48,242 shares during the period. Osmosis Investment Management UK Ltd’s holdings in Truist Financial were worth $2,200,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TFC. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in Truist Financial during the second quarter valued at approximately $4,959,834,000. Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Truist Financial by 30.0% during the 3rd quarter. Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. now owns 174,839 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $7,994,000 after acquiring an additional 40,393 shares during the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its stake in shares of Truist Financial by 531.8% during the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 436,355 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $20,059,000 after acquiring an additional 367,291 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC grew its position in shares of Truist Financial by 129.1% during the 2nd quarter. Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC now owns 37,253 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $1,856,000 after acquiring an additional 20,991 shares during the period. Finally, Axxcess Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Truist Financial by 77.2% during the 4th quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 158,394 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $7,795,000 after acquiring an additional 68,990 shares during the period. 71.28% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on TFC shares. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Truist Financial in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Raymond James Financial reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of Truist Financial in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of Truist Financial from $55.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Truist Financial from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. Finally, Bank of America restated a “neutral” rating and set a $56.00 target price (up from $54.00) on shares of Truist Financial in a research note on Wednesday, July 8th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $55.12.

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Insider Buying and Selling at Truist Financial

In other news, Director K. David Jr. Boyer sold 3,986 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.70, for a total transaction of $202,090.20. Following the transaction, the director owned 10,270 shares in the company, valued at approximately $520,689. This trade represents a 27.96% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO William H. Rogers, Jr. sold 13,250 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $52.36, for a total transaction of $693,770.00. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 30,516 shares of company stock valued at $1,584,428 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.15% of the company’s stock.

Truist Financial Stock Up 0.8%

Shares of NYSE:TFC opened at $50.81 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73. Truist Financial Corporation has a 12 month low of $40.78 and a 12 month high of $56.19. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $51.31 and a 200 day moving average price of $49.78. The company has a market cap of $62.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.65, a PEG ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 0.89.

Truist Financial (NYSE:TFCGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 17th. The insurance provider reported $1.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.08 by $0.15. Truist Financial had a return on equity of 10.06% and a net margin of 19.13%.The company had revenue of $5.31 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.24 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.91 earnings per share. Truist Financial’s revenue was up 5.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Truist Financial Corporation will post 4.58 earnings per share for the current year.

Truist Financial Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.52 per share. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 14th. Truist Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 47.71%.

Truist Financial Profile

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Truist Financial Corporation is an American bank holding company that provides a broad range of financial services through its primary subsidiary, Truist Bank, and other operating units. The company offers traditional retail banking products and services such as deposit accounts, consumer and residential mortgage lending, and credit and debit card services. Truist also serves commercial clients with middle-market and corporate lending, treasury and payment solutions, and specialty finance products.

Beyond core banking, Truist operates wealth management, asset management, insurance and capital markets businesses.

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