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

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Community Banks in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" UCBI shares.
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6 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for United Community Banks' stock. Their UCBI share price forecasts range from $30.00 to $33.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $30.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.6% from the stock's current price.
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United Community Banks' stock was trading at $33.80 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, UCBI shares have decreased by 26.9% and is now trading at $24.71.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 17th 2023.
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United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCBI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 19th. The financial services provider reported $0.55 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.08. The financial services provider earned $332.16 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $240.15 million. United Community Banks had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.79% and a net margin of 24.81%. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.66 earnings per share.

United Community Banks announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Thursday, October 5th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.72%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 14th.
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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), ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF (SMDV), Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF (XJR) and SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (SLY).

United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCBI) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.72%. 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 36.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UCBI will have a dividend payout ratio of 38.33% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "UCBI."

United Community Banks' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.58%), State Street Corp (4.59%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.11%), Earnest Partners LLC (2.85%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.16%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.04%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan H Kumler, H Lynn Harton, Jefferson L Harralson, Kenneth L Daniels, Richard Bradshaw, Robert A Edwards and Robert H Blalock.
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Shares of UCBI 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 UCBI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.71.

United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCBI) has a market capitalization of $2.94 billion and generates $950.86 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $277.47 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.53 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,046 workers across the globe.

United Community Banks' mailing address is 125 HIGHWAY 515 EAST, BLAIRSVILLE GA, 30512. The official website for the company is www.ucbi.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (706) 781-2265 or via fax at 706-745-8960.