United Community Banks (UCBI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Community Banks in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" UCBI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in UCBI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for United Community Banks' shares. Their UCBI share price targets range from $28.00 to $34.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $31.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.5% from the stock's current price.
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United Community Banks' stock was trading at $29.26 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, UCBI shares have decreased by 14.9% and is now trading at $24.90.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2024.
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United Community Banks will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 24th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCBI) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.53 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.52 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $165.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $226.07 million. United Community Banks had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.32% and a net margin of 14.29%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 25.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.75 earnings per share.

United Community Banks declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Friday, April 5th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th.
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United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCBI) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.71%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 59.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UCBI will have a dividend payout ratio of 38.66% 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 Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCBI) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV), SPDR S&P 600 Small CapValue ETF (SLYV) and SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (SLY).JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (BBSC).

11 employees have rated United Community Banks Chief Executive Officer Lynn Harton on Glassdoor.com. Lynn Harton has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other United Community Banks investors own include Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Energy Transfer (ET), Harley-Davidson (HOG), AT&T (T), Enbridge (ENB), Invesco (IVZ), KeyCorp (KEY), Realty Income (O), Royal Bank of Canada (RY) and Southern (SO).

United Community Banks' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include H Lynn Harton, Jefferson L Harralson, Kenneth L Daniels, Richard Bradshaw, Robert A Edwards and Robert H Blalock.
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