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

United Bankshares trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "UBSI."

United Bankshares announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.59%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 12th. View United Bankshares' Dividend History.

United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBSI) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.64 by $0.02. The financial services provider had revenue of $190.35 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $183.29 million. United Bankshares had a return on equity of 7.90% and a net margin of 29.01%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.63 EPS. View United Bankshares' Earnings History.

United Bankshares is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United Bankshares.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Bankshares in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for United Bankshares.

News headlines about UBSI stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Bankshares earned a daily sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for United Bankshares.

United Bankshares saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 7,840,000 shares, a decline of 6.4% from the August 30th total of 8,380,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 395,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 19.8 days. Approximately 7.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View United Bankshares' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United Bankshares include Citizens Financial Group (CFG), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Popular (BPOP), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), IBERIABANK (IBKC), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Bank Ozk (OZK), First Hawaiian (FHB) and Glacier Bancorp (GBCI).

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United Bankshares' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Cerebellum GP LLC (0.09%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.09%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.04%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own United Bankshares stock include Mary K Weddle, Michael P Fitzgerald, P Clinton Winter, Peter A Converse and Richard M Adams Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for United Bankshares.

UBSI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pacer Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Bankshares.

UBSI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cerebellum GP LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought United Bankshares stock in the last two years include Mary K Weddle and P Clinton Winter. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Bankshares.

Shares of UBSI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UBSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.89.

United Bankshares has a market capitalization of $3.86 billion and generates $846.43 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $256.34 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.45 on an earnings per share basis. United Bankshares employs 2,230 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About United Bankshares.

The official website for United Bankshares is http://www.ubsi-inc.com/.

United Bankshares' mailing address is 300 UNITED CTR 500 VIRGINIA ST E, CHARLESTON WV, 25301. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 304-424-8716.