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BKU vs. FHN, SSB, WBS, CBSH, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, WAL, UMBF, and BPOP

Should you be buying BankUnited stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BankUnited include First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), UMB Financial (UMBF), and Popular (BPOP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

BankUnited vs. Its Competitors

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) and First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

BankUnited has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Horizon has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, BankUnited had 3 more articles in the media than First Horizon. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for BankUnited and 8 mentions for First Horizon. First Horizon's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat BankUnited's score of 0.78 indicating that First Horizon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BankUnited
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Horizon
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

First Horizon has a net margin of 15.38% compared to BankUnited's net margin of 11.48%. First Horizon's return on equity of 10.10% beat BankUnited's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BankUnited11.48% 8.48% 0.66%
First Horizon 15.38%10.10%1.07%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BankUnited$1.03B2.54$232.47M$3.2210.78
First Horizon$3.09B3.25$775M$1.4413.75

BankUnited pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. BankUnited pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Horizon pays out 41.7% 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.

BankUnited presently has a consensus target price of $40.42, indicating a potential upside of 16.47%. First Horizon has a consensus target price of $22.53, indicating a potential upside of 13.79%. Given BankUnited's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BankUnited is more favorable than First Horizon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BankUnited
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
First Horizon
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

First Horizon received 111 more outperform votes than BankUnited when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.13% of users gave BankUnited an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BankUnitedOutperform Votes
403
55.13%
Underperform Votes
328
44.87%
First HorizonOutperform Votes
514
54.51%
Underperform Votes
429
45.49%

99.7% of BankUnited shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of First Horizon shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of BankUnited shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Horizon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

First Horizon beats BankUnited on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BKU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BKU vs. The Competition

MetricBankUnitedFederal savings institutions IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.61B$3.16B$11.72B$19.88B
Dividend Yield3.60%3.34%5.65%3.82%
P/E Ratio11.2715.8023.0535.60
Price / Sales2.543.6326.8143.81
Price / Cash10.9619.1117.6017.51
Price / Book0.920.932.894.85
Net Income$232.47M$352.78M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.91%0.19%0.67%0.90%
1 Month Performance-3.10%0.88%1.15%2.35%
1 Year Performance24.24%17.23%540.94%10.79%

BankUnited Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKU
BankUnited
4.7601 of 5 stars
$34.05
-2.4%
$40.42
+18.7%
+22.3%$2.57B$1.03B11.101,600Analyst Revision
FHN
First Horizon
4.872 of 5 stars
$19.83
-0.3%
$22.41
+13.0%
+32.0%$10.06B$3.09B14.587,540Positive News
SSB
SouthState
4.7343 of 5 stars
$87.07
-0.8%
$116.27
+33.5%
+19.7%$8.84B$1.88B12.515,030Positive News
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9482 of 5 stars
$51.35
-0.3%
$63.75
+24.1%
+28.8%$8.64B$2.62B11.753,240Positive News
CBSH
Commerce Bancshares
3.961 of 5 stars
$62.41
-1.0%
$63.20
+1.3%
+15.0%$8.33B$1.69B15.564,590Positive News
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.6881 of 5 stars
$106.41
+0.1%
$121.27
+14.0%
+37.4%$8.25B$1.55B17.793,240Positive News
CFR
Cullen/Frost Bankers
4.6791 of 5 stars
$126.25
-0.6%
$131.93
+4.5%
+28.9%$8.12B$2.10B14.234,980Analyst Revision
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.9177 of 5 stars
$119.56
+0.1%
$135.77
+13.6%
+27.0%$8.00B$2.49B11.605,280Positive News
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
5 of 5 stars
$71.77
-0.9%
$97.77
+36.2%
+20.7%$7.92B$3.21B10.113,360Positive News
UMBF
UMB Financial
4.9857 of 5 stars
$102.13
-1.0%
$123.13
+20.6%
+26.5%$7.75B$1.62B11.363,770Positive News
Ex-Dividend
BPOP
Popular
4.9363 of 5 stars
$104.01
+0.5%
$114.43
+10.0%
+22.4%$7.13B$2.84B12.158,810Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:BKU) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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