Positive News SentimentPositive NewsNYSE:BKU BankUnited (BKU) Stock Price, News & Analysis $36.04 +0.41 (+1.15%) Closing price 08/8/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$36.07 +0.03 (+0.08%) As of 08/8/2025 04:29 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock About BankUnited Stock (NYSE:BKU) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get BankUnited alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$35.42▼$36.2750-Day Range$33.56▼$39.5452-Week Range$28.21▼$44.45Volume475,847 shsAverage Volume853,138 shsMarket Capitalization$2.71 billionP/E Ratio10.57Dividend Yield3.44%Price Target$41.55Consensus RatingHold Company Overview BankUnited, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for BankUnited, a national banking association that provides a range of banking services in the United States. The company offers deposit products, such as checking, money market deposit, and savings accounts; certificates of deposit; and treasury, commercial payment, and cash management services. Its loans portfolio includes commercial loans, including equipment loans, secured and unsecured lines of credit, formula-based lines of credit, owner-occupied commercial real estate term loans and lines of credit, mortgage warehouse lines, subscription finance facilities, letters of credit, commercial credit cards, small business administration and U.S. department of agriculture product offerings, export-import bank financing products, trade finance, and business acquisition finance credit facilities; commercial real estate loans; residential mortgages; and other consumer loans. The company offers online, mobile, and telephone banking services. It operates through a network of banking centers located in Florida counties and the New York metropolitan area, as well as Dallas, Texas. The company was formerly known as BU Financial Corporation. BankUnited, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida. Read More BankUnited Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks90th Percentile Overall ScoreBKU MarketRank™: BankUnited scored higher than 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 179th out of 919 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion3.1 / 5Analyst RatingHold Consensus RatingBankUnited has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.18, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.Amount of Analyst CoverageBankUnited has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.Read more about BankUnited's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation3.1 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth8.95% Earnings GrowthEarnings for BankUnited are expected to grow by 8.95% in the coming year, from $3.13 to $3.41 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of BankUnited is 10.57, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.88.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of BankUnited is 10.57, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.32.Price to Book Value per Share RatioBankUnited has a P/B Ratio of 0.92. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.Read more about BankUnited's valuation and earnings. Short Interest5.0 / 5Short Interest LevelHealthy Percentage of Shares Shorted4.31% of the float of BankUnited has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverBankUnited has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in BankUnited has recently decreased by 9.32%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. Dividend2.5 / 5Dividend StrengthModerate Dividend YieldBankUnited pays a meaningful dividend of 3.44%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthBankUnited has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of BankUnited is 36.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, BankUnited will have a dividend payout ratio of 36.36% next year. This indicates that BankUnited will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.Read more about BankUnited's dividend. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Percentage of Shares Shorted4.31% of the float of BankUnited has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverBankUnited has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in BankUnited has recently decreased by 9.32%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. News and Social Media2.5 / 5News Sentiment1.51 News SentimentBankUnited has a news sentiment score of 1.51. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.85 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for BankUnited this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week. Company Ownership2.5 / 5Insider TradingSelling Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn 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 $323,184.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 1.15% of the stock of BankUnited is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions99.70% of the stock of BankUnited is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about BankUnited's insider trading history. Receive BKU Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for BankUnited and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address BKU Stock News HeadlinesInsider Selling: BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE:BKU) Director Sells 3,500 Shares of StockJuly 30, 2025 | insidertrades.comBankUnited's (NYSE:BKU) five-year total shareholder returns outpace the underlying earnings growthAugust 1, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com$100 Trillion “AI Metal” Found in American Ghost TownJeff Brown recently traveled to a ghost town in the middle of an American desert… To investigate what could be the biggest technology story of this decade. In short, he believes what he's holding in his hand is the key to the $100 trillion AI boom… And only one company here in the U.S. can mine this obscure metal.August 10 at 2:00 AM | Brownstone Research (Ad)5 Revealing Analyst Questions From BankUnited’s Q2 Earnings CallJuly 30, 2025 | msn.comBankUnited Names Executive Vice President, Director of Branch BankingJuly 28, 2025 | businesswire.comBankUnited: Raising The EPS Estimate And Upgrading To HoldJuly 25, 2025 | seekingalpha.comPiper Sandler Downgrades BankUnited (BKU)July 24, 2025 | msn.comBankUnited, Inc. (NYSE:BKU) Q2 2025 Earnings Call TranscriptJuly 24, 2025 | msn.comSee More Headlines BKU Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have BKU shares performed this year? BankUnited's stock was trading at $38.17 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BKU stock has decreased by 5.6% and is now trading at $36.04. How were BankUnited's earnings last quarter? BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE:BKU) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.12. The financial services provider had revenue of $273.93 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $267.17 million. BankUnited had a net margin of 13.19% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.00%. Read the conference call transcript. Who are BankUnited's major shareholders? Top institutional investors of BankUnited include Geode Capital Management LLC (2.36%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.38%), Boston Partners (1.02%) and Allianz Asset Management GmbH (0.48%). Insiders that own company stock include Thomas M Cornish, Leslie Lunak, Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards, Sanjiv Sobti, John N Digiacomo, Kevin A Malcolm, William S Rubenstein and A Gail Prudenti. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of BankUnited? Shares of BKU stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of BankUnited own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that BankUnited investors own include Tesla (TSLA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Netflix (NFLX) and Home Depot (HD). Company Calendar Record date for 7/31 Dividend7/11/2025Ex-Dividend for 7/31 Dividend7/11/2025Last Earnings7/23/2025Dividend Payable7/31/2025Today8/10/2025Next Earnings (Estimated)10/28/2025Fiscal Year End12/31/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE SectorFinance Industry BANKS - MJR REGNL Sub-IndustryRegional Banks Current SymbolNYSE:BKU CIK1504008 Webwww.bankunited.com Phone(877) 779-2265Fax305-569-2019Employees1,680Year Founded2009Price Target and Rating Average Price Target for BankUnited$41.55 High Price Target$49.00 Low Price Target$34.00 Potential Upside/Downside+15.3%Consensus RatingHold Rating Score (0-4)2.18 Research Coverage11 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)$3.41 Trailing P/E Ratio10.57 Forward P/E Ratio11.51 P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$232.47 million Net Margins13.19% Pretax Margin17.90% Return on Equity9.00% Return on Assets0.73% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.76 Current Ratio0.84 Quick Ratio0.84 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$2.02 billion Price / Sales1.34 Cash Flow$3.70 per share Price / Cash Flow9.73 Book Value$39.26 per share Price / Book0.92Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares75,210,000Free Float74,348,000Market Cap$2.71 billion OptionableOptionable Beta1.32 Social Links Reduce the RiskMarket downturns give many investors pause, and for good reason. 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