Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for UCB Q2 Earnings

United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCB - Free Report) - Equities researchers at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for United Community Banks in a research report issued on Thursday, April 24th. DA Davidson analyst G. Tenner forecasts that the company will earn $0.60 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a "Buy" rating and a $33.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for United Community Banks' current full-year earnings is $2.52 per share.

Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the company. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their price target on United Community Banks from $35.00 to $32.00 and set a "market perform" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Hovde Group raised United Community Banks from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $32.00 to $31.00 in a research note on Monday, April 7th. Stephens reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $36.00 target price on shares of United Community Banks in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their price target on United Community Banks from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $33.14.

United Community Banks Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:UCB traded down $0.33 during trading on Friday, hitting $27.44. 131,327 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 789,902. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 0.78 and a quick ratio of 0.78. United Community Banks has a 52-week low of $22.93 and a 52-week high of $35.38. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $27.62 and its 200 day simple moving average is $30.53. The company has a market cap of $3.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.45 and a beta of 0.80.

United Community Banks Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th were given a dividend of $0.24 per share. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 14th. United Community Banks's payout ratio is 45.50%.

Insider Buying and Selling at United Community Banks

In other news, Director Sally Pope Davis acquired 1,800 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 11th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $28.19 per share, for a total transaction of $50,742.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 3,264 shares in the company, valued at approximately $92,012.16. The trade was a 122.95 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO H Lynn Harton sold 31,679 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.84, for a total transaction of $1,072,017.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 112,444 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,805,104.96. This trade represents a 21.98 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.54% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of UCB. Farther Finance Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of United Community Banks in the fourth quarter worth about $80,000. Great Lakes Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of United Community Banks during the 4th quarter worth about $3,050,000. Swiss National Bank acquired a new position in shares of United Community Banks during the 4th quarter worth about $7,573,000. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of United Community Banks during the 4th quarter worth about $273,000. Finally, Natixis Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of United Community Banks during the 4th quarter worth about $498,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.29% of the company's stock.

About United Community Banks

United Community Banks, Inc operates as the financial holding company for United Community Bank that provides financial products and services to commercial, retail, government, education, energy, health care, and real estate sectors. It accepts various deposit products, including checking, savings, money market, and other deposit accounts.