BankUnited (BKU) Competitors

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) and First Horizon (NYSE:FHN) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, BKU or FHN?

BankUnited has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Horizon has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BKU or FHN a better dividend stock?

BankUnited pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. First Horizon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. BankUnited pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Horizon pays out 43.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is BKU or FHN more profitable?

First Horizon has a net margin of 15.43% compared to BankUnited's net margin of 9.06%. First Horizon's return on equity of 9.51% beat BankUnited's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BankUnited	9.06%	8.09%	0.61%
First Horizon	15.43%	9.51%	1.01%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BKU or FHN?

First Horizon received 105 more outperform votes than BankUnited when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.35% of users gave BankUnited an outperform vote while only 54.56% of users gave First Horizon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BankUnited	Outperform Votes 398 55.35%	Underperform Votes 321 44.65%
First Horizon	Outperform Votes 503 54.56%	Underperform Votes 419 45.44%

Do analysts recommend BKU or FHN?

BankUnited currently has a consensus price target of $41.36, indicating a potential upside of 8.23%. First Horizon has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.12%. Given BankUnited's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BankUnited is more favorable than First Horizon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BankUnited	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09
First Horizon	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BKU or FHN?

First Horizon has higher revenue and earnings than BankUnited. First Horizon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BankUnited, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BankUnited	$983.26M	2.91	$178.67M	$2.44	15.66
First Horizon	$3.17B	3.37	$897M	$1.38	14.62

Does the media prefer BKU or FHN?

In the previous week, First Horizon had 3 more articles in the media than BankUnited. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for First Horizon and 3 mentions for BankUnited. BankUnited's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat First Horizon's score of 0.59 indicating that BankUnited is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BankUnited	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
First Horizon	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BKU or FHN?

99.7% of BankUnited shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of First Horizon shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of BankUnited shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Horizon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

First Horizon beats BankUnited on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.