BankUnited (BKU) – Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for BankUnited (NYSE: BKU):

• 9/29/2026 – BankUnited had its “equal weight” rating reaffirmed by Wells Fargo & Company. They now have a $47.00 price target on the stock, down from $54.00.
• 9/29/2026 – BankUnited was downgraded by Wells Fargo & Company from “overweight” to “equal weight”. They now have a $47.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/22/2026 – BankUnited had its “sell” rating reaffirmed by Citigroup Inc..
• 9/14/2026 – BankUnited had its price target lowered by Hovde Group from $53.00 to $52.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 8/26/2026 – BankUnited had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 8/19/2026 – BankUnited was downgraded by Zacks Research from “hold” to “strong sell”.
• 8/10/2026 – BankUnited is now covered by Wells Fargo & Company. They set an “overweight” rating and a $54.00 price target on the stock.
• 8/7/2026 – BankUnited was upgraded by Wells Fargo & Company to “strong-buy”.
• 8/3/2026 – BankUnited had its price target lowered by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods from $51.00 to $49.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 8/3/2026 – BankUnited had its price target lowered by Barclays PLC from $50.00 to $48.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.

BankUnited Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 30th. Investors of record on Friday, October 9th will be issued a $0.33 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 9th. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.1%. BankUnited’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 36.16%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other BankUnited news, Director Douglas Pauls sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $47.90, for a total transaction of $143,700.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 42,472 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,034,408.80. The trade was a 6.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

BankUnited, Inc (NYSE:BKU) is the bank holding company for BankUnited, N.A., a regional financial institution headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida. The bank serves businesses, professionals, institutions and individual consumers through a range of commercial and personal banking products.

BankUnited’s offerings include commercial and industrial lending, commercial real estate financing, residential mortgage warehouse lending, consumer loans, checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and treasury management services.