Marina113/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The last 12 months have been a good time to be a BankUnited ( BKU ) shareholder. The stock from the Florida-based regional bank holding company is up 32% in the last year, benefiting from both its own improved financial condition as well as a healthy business environment in its home state. That return looks even better when compared to the State Street S...
Marina113/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The last 12 months have been a good time to be a BankUnited ( BKU ) shareholder. The stock from the Florida-based regional bank holding company is up 32% in the last year, benefiting from both its own improved financial condition as well as a healthy business environment in its home state. That return looks even better when compared to the State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF ( KRE ) which has not even reached half of that total during the same time. Based largely on its strong recent momentum, BKU has a Strong Buy quant rating on Seeking Alpha. Seeking Alpha Even with its gains over the last year, BankUnited has experienced a slight pullback in its value in the last six weeks. Concerns about inflation and higher long-term rates have given investors a reason to reassess their expectations for the first half of this year. Not all companies in this sector are equal, even if the market has been treating them this way, so I have used this time to look at some new ideas in the sector, like BankUnited, that I have not researched in the past. My time reading through BKU's operating results from the last couple of years leads me to believe that the bank is in a decent financial position. However, I am not sure that future returns from the company in the near term are worth the risks of buying a new position in its stock. Below-average profitability metrics, heavy geographical concentration in one state, and some heavy insider selling were key reasons behind my decision of a Hold rating for the company leading up to its Q1 2026 earnings announcement, which is due in less than three weeks. Company Profile With a market cap of $3.35 billion, BankUnited is a mid-cap bank holding company that operates approximately 50 banking locations in its home state of Florida. It also has four branches and two lending centers in New York and an additional branch and lending center in the Dallas metropolitan area. The South Florida Business J...
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Navy's Top Officer Admits Ford Carrier Fire Halted Its Combat Sorties For Two Days More details continue to belatedly come out in piecemeal fashion related to the Navy's largest and most expensive supercarrier, the USS Gerald R Ford. It has withdrawn from the Iran theatre of operations and Mideast regional waters, now anchored in Croatia (Split) for largescale emergency repairs, after a March 12 f...
Navy's Top Officer Admits Ford Carrier Fire Halted Its Combat Sorties For Two Days More details continue to belatedly come out in piecemeal fashion related to the Navy's largest and most expensive supercarrier, the USS Gerald R Ford. It has withdrawn from the Iran theatre of operations and Mideast regional waters, now anchored in Croatia (Split) for largescale emergency repairs, after a March 12 fire which the Pentagon has said was non-combat related left some sailors with minor injuries. New information has been disclosed by no less than the US Navy's top officer. He has described in fresh remarks that the USS Ford was unable to fly sorties for two days due to (the alleged) laundry fire , which took over a full day to extinguish . US Navy/AFP/Getty Images CNN has underscored that this marks the "first indication that the blaze hindered combat operations against Iran . " So the incident has been confirmed to have resulted in a complete halt to two days of combat operations against Iran - which is hugely significant given that only two carriers were launching operations at that time (the other was the USS Lincoln). And now the USS George HW Bush is en route across the Atlantic in a scheduled deployment. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle, addressed the Washington-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on Tuesday. While praising the crew's response to the fire, he stated the following : "They fought that, put it out, and started flying sorties two days after that, so I’m very proud of that crew," he said. Caudle described that they ended up battling the blaze - and cleaned up the water damage and fire-fighting substances, for a total of 30 hours . He also confirmed prior reports of some 600 sailors being displaced from their sleeping quarters due to the damage. As for the precise cause of the blaze, the last official word was a March 28 statement from 6th Fleet saying, "military and federal civilian law enforcement continue...
The US president seems to have turned his attention to Cuba in recent weeks, saying that it was 'next'. Officials from both countries have reportedly been in negotiations since February however the content of the discussions remains unclear. The Guardian spoke with professor emeritus of international relations Dr Philip Brenner about what the US might really want with the Island Continue reading.....
The US president seems to have turned his attention to Cuba in recent weeks, saying that it was 'next'. Officials from both countries have reportedly been in negotiations since February however the content of the discussions remains unclear. The Guardian spoke with professor emeritus of international relations Dr Philip Brenner about what the US might really want with the Island Continue reading...