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

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

United Community Banks announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 9th. Shareholders of record on Saturday, December 15th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Monday, January 7th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 13th. This is an increase from United Community Banks's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. View United Community Banks' Dividend History.

United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCBI) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.55 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.55. The financial services provider earned $134.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $136.53 million. United Community Banks had a net margin of 19.16% and a return on equity of 11.64%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 23.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.41 earnings per share. View United Community Banks' Earnings History.

United Community Banks is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United Community Banks.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for United Community Banks' stock. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $34.00. On average, they anticipate United Community Banks' stock price to reach $27.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United Community Banks.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Community Banks in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Community Banks.

Press coverage about UCBI stock has trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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 media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

United Community Banks saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,507,255 shares, an increase of 54.9% from the October 31st total of 972,875 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 455,881 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View United Community Banks' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United Community Banks include East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), Popular (BPOP), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Investors Bancorp (ISBC), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), IBERIABANK (IBKC), Glacier Bancorp (GBCI), Associated Banc (ASB), United Bankshares (UBSI) and First Hawaiian (FHB).

United Community Banks' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.58%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.50%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.80%), Schroder Investment Management Group (3.15%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (2.94%) and FMR LLC (2.58%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for United Community Banks.

UCBI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Systematic Financial Management LP, FMR LLC, BlackRock Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Nordea Investment Management AB and Banc Funds Co. LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Community Banks.

UCBI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Vanguard Group Inc., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, EJF Capital LLC, Piermont Capital Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Trexquant Investment LP and Engineers Gate Manager LP. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UCBI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.02.

United Community Banks has a market capitalization of $1.89 billion and generates $477.98 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $67.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.63 on an earnings per share basis. United Community Banks employs 2,137 workers across the globe.

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.