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, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Monday, April 6th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. View United Community Banks' Dividend History.

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

United Community Banks is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for United Community Banks.

4 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for United Community Banks' shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $35.00. On average, they anticipate United Community Banks' share price to reach $32.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Community Banks.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Community Banks in the last year. There are currently 4 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 been trending negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Community Banks earned a news impact score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely 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 drop in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 1,950,000 shares, a drop of 10.1% from the January 30th total of 2,170,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 376,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.2 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View United Community Banks' Current Options Chain.

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United Community Banks' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (5.23%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (4.31%), State Street Corp (3.61%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.79%), Schroder Investment Management Group (2.67%) and Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (2.43%). 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 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Bank of America Corp DE, Stifel Financial Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Arizona State Retirement System and Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Community Banks.

UCBI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Man Group plc and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. 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 $26.77.

United Community Banks has a market capitalization of $2.11 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 2,312 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.