NYSE:BKU - BankUnited Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

BankUnited announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Thursday, April 30th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 13th. This is a boost from BankUnited's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. View BankUnited's Dividend History.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.71 by $0.20. The financial services provider earned $223.07 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $220.60 million. BankUnited had a net margin of 21.91% and a return on equity of 10.80%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.59 EPS. View BankUnited's Earnings History.

BankUnited is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for BankUnited.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for BankUnited's shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect BankUnited's stock price to reach $38.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.6% 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.

Media coverage about BKU stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BankUnited earned a media sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for BankUnited.

BankUnited saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,080,000 shares, an increase of 21.6% from the January 15th total of 1,710,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 530,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and TCF Financial (TCF).

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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.58%), FMR LLC (4.03%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (3.63%), Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC (3.14%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.79%) and LSV Asset Management (2.38%). 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 Credit Suisse AG, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Snow Capital Management LP, State Street Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, AJO LP, Stifel Financial Corp and Douglas Lane & Associates 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., AQR Capital Management LLC, Barclays PLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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 $32.86.

BankUnited has a market capitalization of $3.12 billion and generates $1.43 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $313.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.13 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]