BankUnited Inc (NYSE: BKU) is -17.82% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $24.48 and a high of $44.45 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The BKU stock was last observed hovering at around $30.82 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.55%.
Currently trading at $31.37, the stock is -3.21% and -10.59% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.21 million and changing 1.78% at the moment leaves the stock -14.89% off its SMA200. BKU registered 28.15% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -15.74%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $35.0868 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $36.8565.
The stock witnessed a -9.93% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -20.32%, and is 5.20% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.44% over the week and 4.73% over the month.
BankUnited Inc (BKU) has around 1662 employees, a market worth around $2.36B and $2.02B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 10.18 and Fwd P/E is 8.73. Profit margin for the company is 13.20%. Distance from 52-week low is 28.15% and -29.43% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.39%).
with sales reaching $263.57M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 5.48% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 8.56% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 9.03% in year-over-year returns.
BankUnited Inc (BKU) Top Institutional Holders
376.0 institutions hold shares in BankUnited Inc (BKU), with institutional investors hold 102.71% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 74.75M, and float is at 74.50M with Short Float at 3.06%. Institutions hold 101.76% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 10.79 million shares valued at $315.97 million. The investor’s holdings represent 14.6567% of the BKU Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 9.61 million shares valued at $281.25 million to account for 13.0943 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 4.58 million shares representing 6.2226% and valued at over $134.14 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 6.1346 of the shares totaling 4.52 million with a market value of $132.25 million.
BankUnited Inc (BKU) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by SOBTI SANJIV, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that SOBTI SANJIV bought 1,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 13 ’25 at a price of $32.83 per share for a total of $32830.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 21782.0 shares.
BankUnited Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 11 ’25 that SOBTI SANJIV (Director) bought a total of 2,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 11 ’25 and was made at $32.07 per share for $64140.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 20782.0 shares of the BKU stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 05 ’25, Malcolm Kevin A. (Officer of Subsidiary) disposed off 3,234 shares at an average price of $35.18 for $0.11 million. The insider now directly holds 12,250 shares of BankUnited Inc (BKU).
