United Community Banks - UCBI Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities 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 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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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4 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for United Community Banks' stock. Their UCBI share price forecasts range from $34.00 to $36.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $35.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.6% 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 stock has decreased by 5.5% and is now trading at $31.94.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 18th 2023.
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United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCBI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 17th. The financial services provider reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.83 by $0.08. The financial services provider had revenue of $243.24 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $239.50 million. United Community Banks had a net margin of 29.18% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.37%.

United Community Banks announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 15th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Thursday, January 5th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.76%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 14th.
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United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCBI) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.78%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 34.92%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UCBI will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.57% 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.

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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 Ziegler Capital Management LLC (0.33%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.28%), Natixis Advisors L.P. (0.13%), Hunter Perkins Capital Management LLC (0.12%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%) and Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.06%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan H Kumler, H Lynn Harton, Jefferson L Harralson, Kenneth L Daniels, Kenneth L Daniels, Richard Bradshaw, Robert A Edwards, Robert H Blalock and Thomas A Richlovsky.
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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 $31.94.

United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCBI) has a market capitalization of $3.39 billion and generates $868.13 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $277.47 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.52 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,921 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.