United Community Banks - UCBI Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street 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 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 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for United Community Banks' stock. Their UCBI share price forecasts range from $30.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $33.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.5% from the stock's current price.
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United Community Banks' stock was trading at $33.80 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, UCBI shares have decreased by 16.2% and is now trading at $28.32.
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United Community Banks saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,170,000 shares, an increase of 46.1% from the February 28th total of 2,170,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 661,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.8 days.
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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 earnings results on Tuesday, January, 17th. The financial services provider reported $0.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.08. The financial services provider earned $243.24 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 22nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, April 5th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.25%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22.
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ETFs with the largest weight of United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCBI) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF), SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), Invesco S&P SmallCap Low Volatility ETF (XSLV), Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3x Shares (DPST) and FlexShares US Quality Low Volatility Index Fund (QLV).

United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCBI) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.26%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 36.51%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UCBI will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.07% 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other United Community Banks investors own include Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Energy Transfer (ET), Harley-Davidson (HOG), AT&T (T), Enbridge (ENB), Invesco (IVZ), KeyCorp (KEY), Realty Income (O), Royal Bank of Canada (RY) and Southern (SO).

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

United Community Banks' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Earnest Partners LLC (3.27%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (3.26%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.08%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.90%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.91%) and Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.81%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan H Kumler, H Lynn Harton, Jefferson L Harralson, 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 $28.32.

United Community Banks (NASDAQ:UCBI) has a market capitalization of $3.26 billion and generates $950.86 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 3,046 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.