Benzinga | Oct 20, 2021 10:17AM EDT

Preview: BankUnited's Earnings

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Thursday, 2021-10-21. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that BankUnited will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $0.87

BankUnited bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat on EPS by 29.07%, which was followed by a 1.5% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at BankUnited's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020EPS Estimate 0.86 0.74 0.70 0.63EPS Actual 1.11 1.06 0.89 0.70Price Change % 1.5% 7.04% 1.88% 2.56%

Stock Performance

Shares of BankUnited were trading at $42.37 as of October 19. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 58.57%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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