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Sector: Financial > Industry: S&Ls/Savings Banks

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BKUNA: Bull or Bear?

Ailing Florida Bank at a big discount BKUNA

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OK, so this company has plenty of mortgage exposure and their loan loss provision is viewed as being too small. If prices continue to drop, and I think they will, loss provisions may increase. How much further can it drop though? It is trading at a P/E of 3.6 and a p/b of 0.33. Other things of note:

-No subprime exposure

-Zero document loans have a FICO of 720

-weighted average FICO of all mortgage exposure is over 700

-60% of loan portfolio is either full document or stated income and verified assets

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By binkinator (-45.42% risk: aggressive) 11/06/07

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BankUnited: Getting a bit Testy! BKUNA

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BankUnited Financial (bkuna), best known for ARM loans in Florida, apparently has had it with critics. Here's what Raymond James analyst John Pandle, who rates the stock an underperform, told his clients today:

<> <> "BankUnited is hosting and analyst/investor meeting today and tomorrow. However, we were not invited to attend and executive management continues to ignore our phone calls and e-mail messages seeking information about several areas where we have fundamental concerns , including rapidly deteriorating asset quality, an acceleration of negative amortization growth on option A...

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By Herb Greenberg (+5.46% risk: aggressive) 02/27/07

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StreetInsider.com on BKUNA

Form 8-K BANKUNITED FINANCIAL For: Jun 02

Notice to All BankUnited Financial Corporation Shareholders From the Securities Law Firm of Tramont Guerra & Nunez, PA

Form 8-K BANKUNITED FINANCIAL For: May 22

BankUnited Financial Corporation Commences Chapter 11 Process

Top 10 News Items 5/18-5/22: S&P Places UK Ratings on Negative Outlook, Creating Fears That US Could Be Next; BankUnited Closed by Office of Thrift Supervision; 2 IPO's Hit the Market

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