NYSE:BKU - BankUnited Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

BankUnited declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 14th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Friday, January 31st. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.39%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, January 13th. View BankUnited's Dividend History.

BankUnited announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program 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 programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $223.55 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $224.93 million. BankUnited had a net margin of 18.04% and a return on equity of 9.76%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.90 earnings per share. View BankUnited's Earnings History.

BankUnited is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for BankUnited.

BankUnited will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 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.

7 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for BankUnited's shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $41.00. On average, they anticipate BankUnited's stock price to reach $38.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BankUnited.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for BankUnited.

News headlines about BKU stock have been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BankUnited earned a news impact score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines 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 stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for BankUnited.

BankUnited saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,710,000 shares, a decline of 16.2% from the December 15th total of 2,040,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 511,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View BankUnited's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to BankUnited include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), TCF Financial (TCF) and East West Bancorp (EWBC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BankUnited investors own include Bank of America (BAC), AT&T (T), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Intel (INTC), Citigroup (C), General Motors (GM), IBM (IBM), KeyCorp (KEY), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

BankUnited's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.55%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.12%) and Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.12%). 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 Advisors Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold BankUnited company stock in the last year include Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards and Rajinder P Singh. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankUnited.

BKU stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC and First Financial Bank Trust Division. 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 $35.16.

BankUnited has a market capitalization of $3.34 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]