Dividend Power Score
A single, comprehensive score designed to measure the true strength of a company’s dividend.
This score combines three essential pillars of dividend quality:
Consistency – Measures how reliable the dividend has been over time, focusing on payment history, stability, and the absence of cuts or suspensions.
Payability – Assesses the company’s financial ability to sustain its dividend, taking into account cash flow, earnings coverage, balance sheet strength, and overall financial health.
Growth – Evaluates the long-term growth of both the dividend and the company’s share price, highlighting businesses that consistently increase payouts while creating shareholder value.
Higher scores identify companies that have historically delivered dependable income alongside sustained dividend growth and long-term capital appreciation.
Company Overview
BankUnited, Inc. is a U.S.-based bank holding company that operates primarily through its wholly owned subsidiary, BankUnited, N.A., a national commercial bank. The company provides a broad range of banking and financial services to businesses and consumers, with a strategic focus on commercial and industrial lending, commercial real estate finance, and relationship-driven banking services. BankUnited operates within the U.S. banking and financial services industry, competing primarily with regional and super-regional banks.
The company’s core revenue drivers include interest income from commercial loans, residential mortgages, and securities, as well as fee-based income from deposit services and treasury management. BankUnited is positioned as a relationship-focused commercial bank with a strong emphasis on middle-market and upper-middle-market clients. The company was established in its current form in 2009 following the FDIC-assisted acquisition of the failed BankUnited FSB, marking a strategic reset that allowed it to rebuild as a well-capitalized, commercially oriented institution.
Business Operations
BankUnited generates revenue primarily through Commercial Lending, Consumer Banking, and Corporate & Treasury Services activities conducted by BankUnited, N.A. Its loan portfolio is heavily weighted toward commercial and industrial loans, owner-occupied and income-producing commercial real estate, and select residential mortgage products. Deposit gathering from business and retail customers supports its lending operations and net interest margin.
Operations are conducted across both domestic and limited international channels, with no material foreign retail banking presence. The bank controls proprietary credit underwriting platforms, risk management systems, and digital banking infrastructure to support its relationship-based model. BankUnited does not operate through major joint ventures but maintains correspondent banking relationships and capital markets counterparties to support liquidity management and loan syndication activities.
Strategic Position & Investments
BankUnited’s strategic direction centers on disciplined loan growth, prudent credit risk management, and expanding fee-generating services to deepen client relationships. Growth initiatives emphasize scaling commercial banking franchises in core metropolitan markets while maintaining conservative capital and liquidity profiles. The company has historically favored organic growth over large-scale acquisitions, with selective portfolio purchases and branch consolidations used to optimize market presence.
Investments have focused on technology modernization, digital banking capabilities, and data-driven credit analytics rather than diversification into non-banking sectors. BankUnited’s principal subsidiary remains BankUnited, N.A., and no material non-banking portfolio companies have been disclosed in public filings. Exposure to emerging technologies is primarily indirect, through lending relationships with technology-enabled businesses rather than proprietary product development.
Geographic Footprint
BankUnited is headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida, and maintains a strong presence in Florida, its largest market by deposits and loans. The bank also operates significant commercial banking offices in New York, Texas, and California, targeting major metropolitan areas with dense middle-market business activity.
While operations are concentrated within the United States, BankUnited’s lending activities support clients with international operations, providing trade finance and treasury services on a limited basis. The company does not maintain foreign branches, and its international exposure is primarily credit-related rather than operational.
Leadership & Governance
BankUnited is led by an experienced executive team with deep backgrounds in commercial banking, risk management, and capital markets. Leadership emphasizes disciplined growth, conservative underwriting, and shareholder value creation, guided by regulatory compliance and strong corporate governance standards typical of publicly traded U.S. banks.
Key executives include:
- Rajinder P. Singh – President & Chief Executive Officer
- Leslie D. Lunak – Chief Financial Officer
- Thomas M. Cornish – Chief Operating Officer
- Roberto R. Perez – Chief Credit Officer
- Jorge L. Gonzalez – Vice Chairman & Chief Risk Officer
The board of directors provides oversight consistent with SEC filings and U.S. banking regulations, with committees focused on audit, risk, compensation, and governance.