Odeon analyst Dick Bove recommends investors buy shares of SunTrust (STI) following the company's announcement of an agreement to merge with BB&T (BBT), stating that the deal is expected to be accretive by 2021, but likely to be dilutive before this time. He also thinks investors should consider buying a group of Midwestern banks, as the deal puts "significant pressure" on those banks to merge. Banks such as Fifth Third (FITB) and KeyCorp (KEY) "need to join forces," while PNC (PNC) and U.S. Bancorp (USB) "need to buy more scale," Bove stated in his research note.

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Notable companies reporting before tomorrow's open, with earnings consensus, include UnitedHealth (UNH), consensus $6.21... Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), consensus $2.47... Bank of America (BAC), consensus 72c... Morgan Stanley (MS), consensus $1.66... PNC Financial (PNC), consensus $3.02... BNY Mellon (BK), consensus $1.19.