With 0.85 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.76 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $33.58 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $32.68. The 52-week range on BKU shows that it touched its highest point at $44.45 and its lowest point at $24.34 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $44.14. With its current market cap of 2.46 billion, BKU has annualized dividend of $1.16 while the current yield stands at 3.52%. BKU paid its most recent dividend on 1736467200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1736467200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.21.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BKU was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.60%, but this was down by -19.86% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -20.50% while six-month performance fell -7.88%. The stock gained 18.21% in the past year, while it has lost -13.62% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BKU yields 3.08 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.64. For the next quarter, that number is 0.75. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5.81% for this year and 11.60% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.09% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -0.32%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 74.75 million BKU shares are outstanding with a float of 74.01 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 2.47 million, which was 330.99998 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Rajinder P. Singh as the firm’s Chairman, President & CEO, Mr. Thomas M. Cornish serves as its Chief Operating Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.02283 of BKU’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BKU since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With BKU analysts setting a high price target of 50.0 and a low target of 37.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 43.425. Based on these targets, BKU could surge 51.65% to reach the target high and rise by 12.22% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 31.71% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $3.02678 being high and $2.86535 being low. For BKU, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.9158. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.86 and the low estimate is $0.79. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.81.
