Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes for Truist Financial (TFC)

Truist Financial (NYSE: TFC) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 4/7/2026 – Truist Financial had its price target lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $57.00 to $51.50. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 3/31/2026 – Truist Financial had its price target lowered by Morgan Stanley from $69.00 to $63.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 3/26/2026 – Truist Financial is now covered by Jefferies Financial Group Inc.. They set an “underperform” rating and a $35.00 price target on the stock.
• 3/25/2026 – Truist Financial was upgraded by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. to “moderate sell”.
• 3/12/2026 – Truist Financial was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b-)” to “hold (c+)”.
• 3/9/2026 – Truist Financial was upgraded by Robert W. Baird from “neutral” to “outperform”. They now have a $52.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/25/2026 – Truist Financial was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c+)” to “buy (b-)”.
• 2/17/2026 – Truist Financial was upgraded by Morgan Stanley from “equal weight” to “overweight”. They now have a $69.00 price target on the stock, up from $56.00.

Truist Financial Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, February 13th were paid a dividend of $0.52 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 13th. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.2%. Truist Financial’s payout ratio is currently 54.59%.

Insider Activity

In other Truist Financial news, CAO Cynthia B. Powell sold 3,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $52.49, for a total transaction of $183,715.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 667 shares in the company, valued at $35,010.83. The trade was a 83.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Michael Baron Maguire sold 13,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $50.13, for a total value of $651,690.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 74,323 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,725,811.99. This trade represents a 14.89% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 0.15% of the company’s stock.

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.