Q1 Earnings Estimate for BankUnited Issued By Zacks Research

BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE:BKU) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for BankUnited in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $0.71 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.72. The consensus estimate for BankUnited’s current full-year earnings is $2.89 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for BankUnited’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.76 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.88 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.74 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.75 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.75 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on BKU. Citigroup dropped their target price on shares of BankUnited from $42.00 to $39.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 11th. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded BankUnited from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their target price for the company from $38.00 to $48.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Barclays boosted their price target on BankUnited from $35.00 to $39.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, September 27th. Wedbush increased their price objective on BankUnited from $39.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and issued a $37.00 price objective on shares of BankUnited in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, BankUnited has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $37.40.

BankUnited Price Performance

BKU opened at $42.72 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $3.19 billion, a PE ratio of 17.47 and a beta of 1.33. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $36.99 and a 200-day moving average price of $33.97. BankUnited has a 1 year low of $24.34 and a 1 year high of $42.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.88.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 22nd. The financial services provider reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.07. BankUnited had a return on equity of 8.09% and a net margin of 9.06%. The business had revenue of $515.24 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $258.65 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.63 earnings per share.

BankUnited Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 11th were issued a dividend of $0.29 per share. This represents a $1.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 11th. BankUnited’s dividend payout ratio is presently 47.54%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, COO Thomas M. Cornish sold 10,778 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $39.11, for a total value of $421,527.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 100,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,911,000. This represents a 9.73 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Jay D. Richards sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $41.18, for a total value of $102,950.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 34,687 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,428,410.66. This represents a 6.72 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 1.19% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. CWM LLC boosted its position in shares of BankUnited by 307.6% during the second quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,928 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $56,000 after acquiring an additional 1,455 shares during the last quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of BankUnited during the 2nd quarter valued at about $74,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in shares of BankUnited by 17.4% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,637 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $169,000 after purchasing an additional 686 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new stake in shares of BankUnited in the third quarter worth about $181,000. Finally, Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of BankUnited in the second quarter worth about $169,000. 99.70% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

BankUnited Company Profile

BankUnited, Inc operates as the bank holding company for BankUnited, a national banking association that provides a range of banking services in the United States. The company offers deposit products, such as checking, money market deposit, and savings accounts; certificates of deposit; and treasury, commercial payment, and cash management services.