BankUnited Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BKU)

BankUnited trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKU."

BankUnited announced a -- dividend on Friday, September 13th. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 15th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Thursday, October 31st. This represents a yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 11th. View BankUnited's Dividend History.

BankUnited announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, January 24th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $150,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.13. The financial services provider earned $226.22 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $224.42 million. BankUnited had a net margin of 18.74% and a return on equity of 10.21%. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.82 earnings per share. View BankUnited's Earnings History.

BankUnited is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for BankUnited.

BankUnited will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

9 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for BankUnited's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect BankUnited's stock price to reach $37.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BankUnited.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for BankUnited.

News headlines about BKU stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BankUnited earned a media sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for BankUnited.

BankUnited saw a decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,750,000 shares, a decline of 25.8% from the August 30th total of 2,360,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 682,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View BankUnited's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to BankUnited include E*TRADE Financial (ETFC), People's United Financial (PBCT), TFS Financial (TFSL), Umpqua (UMPQ), Flagstar Bancorp (FBC), LegacyTexas Financial Group (LTXB), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), Columbia Financial (CLBK), Axos Financial (AX), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Meta Financial Group (CASH), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Kearny Financial (KRNY) and Northfield Bancorp (NFBK).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BankUnited investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Boeing (BA), ConocoPhillips (COP) and General Dynamics (GD).

BankUnited's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.45%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.12%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.06%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%) and Cerebellum GP LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own BankUnited stock include Douglas J Pauls, Eugene F Demark, Jay D Richards, Jeffrey Starr, John N Digiacomo, Mark Bagnoli, Rajinder P Singh, Thomas M Cornish and William S Rubenstein. View Institutional Ownership Trends for BankUnited.

BKU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC and Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc.. Company insiders that have sold BankUnited company stock in the last year include Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards and Mark Bagnoli. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankUnited.

BKU stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Financial Bank Trust Division and Cerebellum GP LLC. Company insiders that have bought BankUnited stock in the last two years include John N Digiacomo and William S Rubenstein. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankUnited.

Shares of BKU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BKU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.08.

BankUnited has a market capitalization of $3.14 billion and generates $1.58 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $324.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.36 on an earnings per share basis. BankUnited employs 1,790 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About BankUnited.

The official website for BankUnited is http://www.bankunited.com/.

BankUnited's mailing address is 14817 OAK LANE, MIAMI LAKES FL, 33016. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 305-569-2000 or via email at [email protected]