NASDAQ:UCBIUnited Community Banks Stock Price, Forecast & News

United Community Banks' stock was trading at $19.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, UCBI shares have increased by 5.1% and is now trading at $20.12. View which stocks have been most 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, July 21st 2020. View our earnings forecast for United Community Banks.

United Community Banks will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 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.

United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCBI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 21st. The financial services provider reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $144.42 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $141.58 million. United Community Banks had a net margin of 25.98% and a return on equity of 11.07%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.56 earnings per share. View United Community Banks' earnings history.

United Community Banks declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Monday, July 6th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View United Community Banks' dividend history.

4 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for United Community Banks' shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $33.00. On average, they anticipate United Community Banks' stock price to reach $26.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for United Community Banks.

News coverage about UCBI stock has been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. United Community Banks earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about United Community Banks.

United Community Banks saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,380,000 shares, a decline of 13.2% from the May 31st total of 1,590,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 618,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View United Community Banks' Current Options Chain.

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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 $20.12.

United Community Banks has a market capitalization of $1.58 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.

The official website for United Community Banks is 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.