United Bankshares Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:UBSI)

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Bankshares in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" UBSI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in UBSI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for United Bankshares' shares. Their UBSI share price targets range from $32.00 to $42.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $36.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.1% from the stock's current price.
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United Bankshares' stock was trading at $40.49 at the beginning of the year. Since then, UBSI shares have decreased by 13.1% and is now trading at $35.17.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 25th 2024.
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United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBSI) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.06. The financial services provider had revenue of $262.11 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $256.20 million. United Bankshares had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.40% and a net margin of 26.26%. United Bankshares's revenue for the quarter was down 4.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.76 earnings per share.

United Bankshares declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 8th will be given a dividend of $0.37 per share on Tuesday, January 2nd. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 7th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36.
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United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.10%. UBSI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 51.75%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UBSI will have a dividend payout ratio of 57.59% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) stock in their portfolio include First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA), ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (REGL), Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), ProShares Russell US Dividend Growers ETF (TMDV), Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF (XMLV), iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT), Invesco S&P MidCap Value with Momentum ETF (XMVM) and SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE).

42 employees have rated United Bankshares Chief Executive Officer Richard M. Adams on Glassdoor.com. Richard M. Adams has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other United Bankshares investors own include Mylan (MYL), Olin (OLN), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Altria Group (MO), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), AT&T (T), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) and International Business Machines (IBM).

United Bankshares' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Earnest Partners LLC (2.50%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (1.44%), Northern Trust Corp (1.21%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.21%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.06%) and Morgan Stanley (0.60%). Insiders that own company stock include Gary G White, J Paul Mcnamara, Jerry L Rexroad, Lacy I Rice III, Mark R Nesselroad, Peter A Converse and Richard M Sr Adams Sr.
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