United Bankshares - UBSI Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Bankshares in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" UBSI shares.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for United Bankshares' shares. Their UBSI share price forecasts range from $38.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $39.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.2%.
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United Bankshares' stock was trading at $36.28 at the beginning of the year. Since then, UBSI shares have increased by 18.4% and is now trading at $42.96.
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United Bankshares saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,810,000 shares, a drop of 24.1% from the October 31st total of 5,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 670,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.7 days. Currently, 2.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 26th 2023.
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United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBSI) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.66 by $0.10. United Bankshares had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.76% and a net margin of 33.19%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.71 EPS.

United Bankshares announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 9th will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Tuesday, January 3rd. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.35%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 8th.
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United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.35%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 46 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 54.75%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UBSI will have a dividend payout ratio of 49.15% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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.

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

United Bankshares' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.88%), State Street Corp (11.41%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.19%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.17%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.32%) and ProShare Advisors LLC (0.72%). Insiders that own company stock include Craige L Smith, Gary G White, Gary G White, J Paul Mcnamara, Jerry L Rexroad, Mark R Nesselroad, Peter A Converse and Richard M Sr Adams Sr.
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Shares of UBSI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of UBSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.96.

United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) has a market capitalization of $5.78 billion and generates $1.07 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $367.74 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.63 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,966 workers across the globe.

United Bankshares' mailing address is 300 UNITED CTR 500 VIRGINIA ST E, CHARLESTON WV, 25301. The official website for the company is www.ubsi-inc.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (304) 424-8716 or via fax at 304-424-8800.