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

United Community Banks' stock was trading at $19.15 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, UCBI stock has 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 21st. The financial services provider reported $0.61 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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%. United Community Banks's quarterly revenue was up 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.57 EPS. View United Community Banks' earnings history.

United Community Banks declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.80%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. View United Community Banks' dividend history.

4 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for United Community Banks' shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $33.00. On average, they anticipate United Community Banks' stock price to reach $26.88 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 41.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for United Community Banks.

News stories about UCBI stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Community Banks earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutUnited Community Banks.

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

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

United Community Banks' stock is owned by a variety 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, Kennedy Capital Management Inc., 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, and Arizona State Retirement System. View insider buying and selling activity for United Community Banks.

UCBI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, FMR LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Macquarie Group Ltd., Macquarie Group Ltd., Victory Capital Management Inc., and Victory Capital Management 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 activity 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 $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.