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BKU vs. ABCB, CATY, HWC, ONB, PNFP, SFNC, VLY, ASB, CFG, and SNV

Should you be buying BankUnited stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BankUnited include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Simmons First National (SFNC), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), Associated Banc (ASB), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

BankUnited vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to BankUnited's net margin of 13.19%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat BankUnited's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
BankUnited 13.19%9.00%0.73%

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. BankUnited pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BankUnited pays out 36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BankUnited has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. BankUnited is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ameris Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $72.14, suggesting a potential downside of 1.97%. BankUnited has a consensus target price of $41.91, suggesting a potential upside of 7.53%. Given BankUnited's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BankUnited is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
BankUnited
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BankUnited has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, BankUnited had 4 more articles in the media than Ameris Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BankUnited and 1 mentions for Ameris Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat BankUnited's score of 0.48 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BankUnited
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of BankUnited shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of BankUnited shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ameris Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BankUnited. BankUnited is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.48$358.68M$5.6812.96
BankUnited$2.02B1.45$232.47M$3.4111.43

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats BankUnited on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BKU vs. The Competition

MetricBankUnitedBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.98B$35.38B$12.75B$21.89B
Dividend Yield3.13%3.48%5.56%3.62%
P/E Ratio11.4313.3030.0130.12
Price / Sales1.452.1930.35108.95
Price / Cash10.7110.8322.8024.26
Price / Book1.041.482.324.70
Net Income$232.47M$2.60B$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-2.54%-1.26%0.27%0.49%
1 Month Performance2.94%0.55%-0.10%1.61%
1 Year Performance3.82%11.58%535.68%13.30%

BankUnited Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKU
BankUnited
3.843 of 5 stars
$38.97
-1.8%
$41.91
+7.5%
+4.7%$2.98B$2.02B11.431,680Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.2331 of 5 stars
$72.60
+2.0%
$72.14
-0.6%
+13.9%$4.98B$1.13B13.932,850Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.6697 of 5 stars
$47.47
+2.4%
$50.17
+5.7%
+8.3%$3.20B$1.39B11.471,266Upcoming Earnings
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.4639 of 5 stars
$60.49
+2.5%
$70.00
+15.7%
+9.3%$5.00B$2.06B11.143,476Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.9145 of 5 stars
$21.25
+3.1%
$26.36
+24.1%
+11.4%$8.08B$2.96B12.574,066News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.8571 of 5 stars
$88.59
+2.6%
$112.00
+26.4%
-10.4%$6.70B$3.07B11.753,565News Coverage
Earnings Report
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.8569 of 5 stars
$18.93
+2.6%
$22.75
+20.2%
-17.6%$2.67B$1.46B14.912,946Analyst Downgrade
VLY
Valley National Bancorp
4.599 of 5 stars
$10.55
+2.3%
$12.68
+20.2%
+13.2%$5.77B$3.58B13.533,732Upcoming Earnings
ASB
Associated Banc
4.9245 of 5 stars
$25.37
+2.8%
$28.11
+10.8%
+13.8%$4.09B$2.39B32.954,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.7393 of 5 stars
$50.26
+2.0%
$55.86
+11.1%
+18.8%$21.24B$12.36B15.2817,287Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.9927 of 5 stars
$46.19
+2.7%
$58.50
+26.7%
-0.9%$6.24B$3.43B8.864,775Trending News
Earnings Report

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This page (NYSE:BKU) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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