How has BB&T’s stock performed over the past several years?
Consistently rated as one of the safest and soundest financial institutions in the S&P 500 Index, BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) has a 10-year compound annual dividend growth rate of 12.3 percent (compared with 5.3 percent for the S&P 500). Over the last five years, BB&T’s total compound annual return to shareholders has been 7.8 percent compared with 6.2 percent for the S&P 500. The 10-year total compound annual return to shareholders has been 12.5 percent compared with 9.4 percent for the S&P 500.