SunTrust Banks, Inc. (STI)

NetscribeBanking (94.25) Submitted: 12/19/06 9:34 AM : Start Price: $77.72 STI Score: 15.85

SunTrust Bank, headquartered in Atlanta, is one of the nation's largest banking organizations, serving a broad range of consumer, commercial, corporate and institutional clients. As of September 30, 2006, SunTrust had total assets of $183.1 billion a...

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Gtrinvestor (99.99) Submitted: 5/15/07 8:23 AM : Start Price: $81.58 STI Score: -14.11

Decently run company that is feeling the heat to really notch up performance due to: stagnant earnings and the real threat of a buy-out in the next 18 months (see WSJ and other related articles re: this potential). As a result STI has sold 9% of its...

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Paladin0065 (96.42) Submitted: 3/30/07 1:29 PM : Start Price: $76.75 STI Score: -15.05

STI may not have the biggest or best in any facet of the banking game. I have made a killing on this stock. Haters of this stock seem to pick a department and slam the whole because one part is weak or ailing, but my experience with this company is...

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klemenv (< 20) Submitted: 5/24/08 1:24 PM : Start Price: $52.01 STI Score: -5.77

SunTrust operates primarily in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Excerpt from their 10-Q:

loan portfolio:

Home equity lines         15.134,3 ...

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rtowles (< 20) Submitted: 11/09/06 8:39 PM : Start Price: $72.95 STI Score: 14.17

Phil Humann incapable of running a bank this size.

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trialwinner (< 20) Submitted: 5/03/07 4:01 PM : Start Price: $79.52 STI Score: -12.93

Subprime exposure is not direct to Suntrust and is less than others in regional bank sector. New program to streamline operating costs liked by Fool. Long term (last 10 years) stock has doubled.

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jdalton624 (< 20) Submitted: 8/11/08 7:47 PM : Start Price: $44.85 STI Score: 13.25

Strong liquidity and honest senior management

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balletto (24.90) Submitted: 7/22/08 1:43 PM : Start Price: $35.09 STI Score: -33.64

specbear pick

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ww2004 (< 20) Submitted: 7/23/08 10:54 PM : Start Price: $42.25 STI Score: -17.20

The fundamentals haven't changed enough in the past week to justify the dramatic increase in the price of this stock. The regional banks like this haven't bottomed yet.

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phasechangedad (< 20) Submitted: 7/25/08 8:05 PM : Start Price: $37.59 STI Score: 26.33

Just run the numbers on their coke stock, read the bill passed by congress & look at the markets they are in.

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