$49.75

-4.87 (-8.92%)

10/6/2008 4:02 PM

SunTrust Banks, Inc. (STI)

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A commercial banking organizations and a diversified financial services holding company whose businesses provide a range of financial services to consumer and corporate customers.

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Large Cap (467), Buffett Stock (50), Georgia (22), Money Center Banks (23), Atlanta (26), Bank (32), S&P 500 (470)
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SunTrust Banks, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$49.75
Last Trade Time:	10/6/2008 4:02 PM
Open:	$0.00
Previous Close:	$54.62
Daily Range:	$44.50 - $53.04
52-Week Range:	$25.60 - $77.99
Volume:	8,284,008
Market Cap:	$20.94B
P/E Ratio:	16.54
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Other News Headlines for STI

Regional banks surge after bailout vote
10/3/2008 1:46:00 PM - AP
Sector Snap: Regional bank stocks tumble
9/26/2008 11:53:00 AM - AP
Premarket roundup: JPMorgan, Adobe
9/23/2008 10:19:00 AM - AP
Ahead of the Bell: SunTrust Banks downgraded
9/23/2008 8:02:00 AM - AP

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1 SunTrust Banks, Inc. (STI)

Avatar Gtrinvestor (99.98) Submitted: 5/15/07 8:23 AM

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 Coca-Cola stock to initiate a share buyback of ap...More

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1 SunTrust Banks, Inc. (STI)

Avatar klemenv (< 20) Submitted: 5/24/08 1:24 PM

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
Construction 12,980.9 ...More

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Recs 0 (STI) Krazy8s (85.15) Submitted: 10/05/08 4:39 PM : Start Price: $51.42 STI Score: -0.98 President Bush signs historic financial rescue plan into law - October 3/2008 money.cnn.com/2008/10/03/news/economy/house_friday_bailout/index.htm?postversion=2008100309 Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (STI) BLPriceBook (57.17) Submitted: 10/03/08 4:45 PM : Start Price: $51.42 STI Score: -0.98 Mechanical Strategy: Every year (1) Take the 500 biggest stocks in the caps database (in terms of market cap) - (2) Pick those ten stocks with positive earnings whose price/book values are closest to 1. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (STI) TheSquittalMan (< 20) Submitted: 9/30/08 11:51 AM : Start Price: $43.33 STI Score: 23.32 The fundamentals are there, Good earnings record, with onservative reporting of nonperforming loans, moderate sales growth, well capitalized. A clear survivor(in this banking mess) with strong branding in its market. Moderate sell recomendations by analyst create good mid to long term buying opportunities the downside is that since company is largely owned by instutional holders and mutual funds that listen to clueless analyst could affect market price in a panic over banking crisis I really wonder what these anaylst base theyre sell upon. Clearly we need more of this kind of bank. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (STI) stockblog (51.90) Submitted: 9/30/08 5:13 AM : Start Price: $41.72 STI Score: -27.18 The Fear Trade: Investors Pile into Gold and Treasuries The Dow suffered its biggest one-day point drop in history (although not even close on a percentage loss basis) as investors moved out of stocks into traditional safe havens such as Treasuries and gold (GLD). The failure of Congress to approve the $700B bailout package stunned investors as lawmakers worked through the weekend and practically around the clock to put together a plan that was widely expected to pass. The Senate will return Wednesday night while the House meets again this Thursday following the Jewish New Year holiday recession. In other signs of worry over a worsening global economic recession, the U.S. Oil Fund (USO) lost more than 10%, the Baltic Dry Index slipped to multi-year lows, the iShares Emerging Markets Index (EEM) was down over 11%, and the Market Vectors Steel ETF (SLX) was down over 16%. Very few stocks closed in the green today, but among stocks that I track BioSante Pharma (BPAX) surged by over 16% on over four times its average volume without any news releases to account for the move. I plan to focus on the small and micro-cap biotech space since these companies trade in their own universe for the most part based on their clinical development activities regardless of the economy. I own shares of Cytori Therapeutics (CYTX), which had a mid-day surge in the midst of the market sell-off, but still ended the day in the red on light volume. Overall, I am still very cautious on the market and will keep most of my money in cash until the market stabilizes as the velocity of today's downturn around mid-day was unsettling. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (STI) huddaman (48.79) Submitted: 9/27/08 5:54 PM : Start Price: $47.01 STI Score: -17.96 8/10 Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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