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 year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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3 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for United Bankshares' stock. Their UBSI share price forecasts range from $38.00 to $39.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $38.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.5%.
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United Bankshares' stock was trading at $36.28 at the start of the year. Since then, UBSI stock has increased by 10.0% and is now trading at $39.90.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 25th 2022.
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United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBSI) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 28th. The financial services provider reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.08. United Bankshares had a net margin of 33.26% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.53%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.73 EPS.

United Bankshares declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Friday, July 1st. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.61%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 9th.
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United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.69%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 47 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 55.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UBSI will have a dividend payout ratio of 48.81% 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 ProShare Advisors LLC (0.71%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.43%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.39%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.34%), Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.30%) and M&T Bank Corp (0.27%). Insiders that own company stock include Craige L Smith, Gary G White, Gary G White, J Paul Mcnamara, Jerry L Rexroad, Mark R Nesselroad, Mary K Weddle, 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 $39.90.

United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) has a market capitalization of $5.37 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 $2.58 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,966 workers across the globe.

United Bankshares was founded in 1982.

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.