NASDAQ:UCBI - United Community Banks Stock Price, Forecast & News

United Community Banks trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "UCBI."

United Community Banks declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Investors of record on Monday, December 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Monday, January 6th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. This is a positive change from United Community Banks's previous quarterly dividend of $0.17. View United Community Banks' Dividend History.

United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCBI) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The financial services provider reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.05. The financial services provider earned $148.37 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $143.91 million. United Community Banks had a return on equity of 12.24% and a net margin of 27.87%. The company's revenue was up 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.55 EPS. View United Community Banks' Earnings History.

United Community Banks is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 21st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for United Community Banks.

United Community Banks will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 21st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for United Community Banks' shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $35.00. On average, they anticipate United Community Banks' stock price to reach $32.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Community Banks.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Community Banks in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for United Community Banks.

Press coverage about UCBI stock has trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Community Banks earned a coverage optimism score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for United Community Banks.

United Community Banks saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,930,000 shares, an increase of 22.9% from the December 15th total of 1,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 366,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.3 days. Approximately 2.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View United Community Banks' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United Community Banks include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), TCF Financial (TCF) and East West Bancorp (EWBC).

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United Community Banks' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Nachman Norwood & Parrott Inc (0.20%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Family Legacy Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own United Community Banks stock include Alan H Kumler, Bill M Gilbert, Bradley J Miller, Kenneth L Daniels and L Cathy Cox. View Institutional Ownership Trends for United Community Banks.

UCBI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold United Community Banks company stock in the last year include Alan H Kumler, Bill M Gilbert and Bradley J Miller. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Community Banks.

UCBI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Family Legacy Inc. and Nachman Norwood & Parrott Inc. Company insiders that have bought United Community Banks stock in the last two years include Kenneth L Daniels and L Cathy Cox. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Community Banks.

Shares of UCBI 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 UCBI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.31.

United Community Banks has a market capitalization of $2.39 billion and generates $593.04 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $166.11 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.14 on an earnings per share basis. United Community Banks employs 2,312 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About United Community Banks.

The official website for United Community Banks is http://www.ucbi.com/.

United Community Banks' mailing address is 125 HIGHWAY 515 EAST, BLAIRSVILLE GA, 30512. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 706-781-2265.