BankUnited (BKU) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE:BKU) is the bank holding company for BankUnited, N.A., a regional financial institution headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida. The bank serves businesses, professionals, institutions and individual consumers through a range of commercial and personal banking products.

BankUnited’s offerings include commercial and industrial lending, commercial real estate financing, residential mortgage warehouse lending, consumer loans, checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and treasury management services. It also provides online and mobile banking, cash management, and other financial services designed to support business and personal banking needs.

BankUnited primarily serves customers in Florida, New York and New Jersey, with additional commercial lending and loan production activities in selected markets across the United States. The company was established in 2009 and operates through BankUnited, N.A. Rajinder P. Singh serves as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $42.93 to $43.56
• 50-Day Range: $42.16 to $48.29
• 52-Week Range: $35.10 to $52.11
• Volume: 947,870 shs
• Average Volume: 1.02 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.09 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.89
• Dividend Yield: 3.04%
• Price Target: $50.45
• Consensus Rating: Hold

BankUnited Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

BankUnited scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 282nd out of 839 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

BankUnited has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.21, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

BankUnited has a consensus price target of $50.45, representing about 16.3% upside from its current price of $43.39.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

BankUnited has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.25%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for BankUnited are expected to grow by 12.25% in the coming year, from $4.00 to $4.49 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of BankUnited is 11.89, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of BankUnited is 11.89, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.42.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

BankUnited has a P/B Ratio of 1.07. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.73% of the float of BankUnited has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

BankUnited has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.61, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in BankUnited has recently increased by 16.34%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

BankUnited pays a meaningful dividend of 3.04%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

BankUnited has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of BankUnited is 36.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, BankUnited will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.40% next year. This indicates that BankUnited will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.50

News Sentiment

BankUnited has a news sentiment score of -0.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.61 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for BankUnited this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, BankUnited insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $143,700.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.00% of the stock of BankUnited is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

99.70% of the stock of BankUnited is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/31 Dividend: 7/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/31 Dividend: 7/10/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/31/2026
• Today: 10/04/2026
• Record date for 10/30 Dividend: 10/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/30 Dividend: 10/09/2026
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 10/21/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BKU
• CIK: 1504008
• Web: www.bankunited.com
• Phone: (305) 569-2000
• Fax: 305-569-2019
• Employees: 1,803
• Year Founded: 2009

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for BankUnited: $50.45
• High Price Target: $60.00
• Low Price Target: $42.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.21
• Research Coverage: 14 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.65
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.89
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.85
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $268.35 million
• Net Margins: 14.76%
• Pretax Margin: 19.63%
• Return on Equity: 9.13%
• Return on Assets: 0.79%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.54
• Current Ratio: 0.82
• Quick Ratio: 0.82

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.90 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.63
• Cash Flow: $4.02 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.78
• Book Value: $40.64 per share
• Price / Book: 1.07

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 71,230,000
• Free Float: 70,520,000
• Market Cap: $3.09 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.20