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. Shareholders 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 yield of 3.58%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 12th. View United Bankshares' Dividend History.

United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBSI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.02. The financial services provider earned $190.35 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $183.29 million. United Bankshares had a net margin of 29.01% and a return on equity of 7.90%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.63 earnings per share. 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.

Headlines about UBSI stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Bankshares earned a media sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for United Bankshares.

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

Some companies that are related to United Bankshares include Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Deutsche Bank (DB), 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), First Hawaiian (FHB), Wintrust Financial (WTFC) and Glacier Bancorp (GBCI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other United Bankshares investors own include Mylan (MYL), Olin (OLN), Store Capital (STOR), Mondi (MNDI), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Village Farms International (VFF), United Bancorp (UBCP), Home Depot (HD), 3M (MMM) and Shopify (SHOP).

United Bankshares' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional 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 $37.94.

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.