With 1.01 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.84 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $31.14 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $30.29. The 52-week range on BKU shows that it touched its highest point at $44.45 and its lowest point at $25.14 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $41.14. With its current market cap of 2.31 billion, BKU has annualized dividend of $1.18 while the current yield stands at 3.85%. BKU paid its most recent dividend on 1744329600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1744329600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.29.
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 up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.34%, but this was down by -11.55% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -23.05% while six-month performance fell -18.38%. The stock gained 21.64% in the past year, while it has lost -19.73% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BKU yields 3.08 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.59. For the next quarter, that number is 0.75. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5.48% for this year and 10.61% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 7.86% 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 74.50 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-31, short shares totaled 2.28 million, which was 305.0 higher than short shares on 1740700800. 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 1.01754 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 44.0 and a low target of 37.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 40.725. Based on these targets, BKU could surge 43.6% to reach the target high and rise by 20.76% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 32.91% 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 $0.83 and the low estimate is $0.75. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.79.
