Analysis of BankUnited Inc (BKU)’s performance, earnings and valuation

Nora Barnes

BankUnited Inc [BKU] stock prices are down -1.47% to $46.39 at the moment. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The BKU shares have gain 4.36% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 1.71%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

BankUnited Inc [NYSE: BKU] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 15, 2026, when Raymond James initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $51. Previously, Jefferies upgraded its rating to Buy on December 01, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $55. On September 10, 2025, Cantor Fitzgerald initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned a price target of $44 on the stock. Hovde Group reiterated its Outperform rating and increased its price target to $44 on July 24, 2025. Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to a Neutral but $43 remained the price target by the analyst firm on July 24, 2025. Jefferies started tracking with a Hold rating for this stock on May 21, 2025, and assigned it a price target of $39. In a note dated March 25, 2025, Hovde Group reiterated an Outperform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $46 to $44.

The stock price of BankUnited Inc [BKU] has been fluctuating between $28.21 and $47.15 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $48 within the next 12 months. BankUnited Inc [NYSE: BKU] shares were valued at $46.39 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.47% based on the average BKU price forecast.

Analyzing the BKU fundamentals

The BankUnited Inc [NYSE:BKU] reported sales of 1.92B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -7.11%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.47% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.17%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.17%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.12%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.06. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.79.

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Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that BankUnited Inc [NYSE:BKU]’s Current Ratio is 0.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.82, the price to book ratio is 1.15 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 13.11.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved PAULS DOUGLAS J, Director, that happened on Jul 25 ’25 when 3500.0 shares were sold. Officer of Subsidiary, Richards Jay D. completed a deal on Jul 25 ’25 to sell 3942.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Richards Jay D. bought 3942.0 shares on Jul 25 ’25.

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