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

United Community Banks' stock was trading at $19.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, UCBI shares have decreased by 1.0% and is now trading at $18.95. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Community Banks in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for United Community Banks.

United Community Banks is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for United Community Banks.

United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCBI) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 21st. The financial services provider reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.03. The financial services provider earned $143.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $143.29 million. United Community Banks had a return on equity of 12.10% and a net margin of 28.04%. United Community Banks's revenue for the quarter was up 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.57 earnings per share. View United Community Banks' earnings history.

United Community Banks announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Monday, April 6th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.80%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. View United Community Banks' dividend history.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for United Community Banks' stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $33.00. On average, they expect United Community Banks' share price to reach $26.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 41.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for United Community Banks.

News articles about UCBI stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutUnited Community Banks.

United Community Banks saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 1,872,900 shares, a drop of 10.8% from the February 27th total of 2,100,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 573,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days. Currently, 2.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View United Community Banks' Current Options Chain.

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

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

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One share of UCBI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.95.

United Community Banks has a market capitalization of $1.50 billion and generates $657.42 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $185.72 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.38 on an earnings per share basis. United Community Banks employs 2,309 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.