United Community Financial Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NASDAQ:UCFC)

United Community Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "UCFC."

United Community Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.08 per share on Friday, November 8th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 31st. This is an increase from United Community Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. View United Community Financial's Dividend History.

United Community Financial Corp (NASDAQ:UCFC) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.22. The savings and loans company had revenue of $28.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $29.25 million. United Community Financial had a return on equity of 12.49% and a net margin of 27.17%. View United Community Financial's Earnings History.

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

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

Press coverage about UCFC stock has trended very negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of press 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 closest to five being the most favorable. United Community Financial earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for United Community Financial.

United Community Financial saw a decrease in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 526,100 shares, a decrease of 12.5% from the September 30th total of 601,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 145,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.6 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View United Community Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United Community Financial include Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Heritage Financial (HFWA), United Financial Bancorp (UBNK), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Home Bancorp (HBCP), PCSB Financial (PCSB), Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), Entegra Financial (ENFC), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), First Northwest BanCorp (FNWB) and Prudential Bancorp (PBIP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other United Community Financial investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Ford Motor (F), SandRidge Permian Trust (PER), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM), Government Properties Income Trust (GOV) and Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP).

United Community Financial's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Foundry Partners LLC (1.24%), Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC (0.55%), Wedbush Securities Inc. (0.39%), ARP Americas LP (0.30%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.29%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.28%). Company insiders that own United Community Financial stock include Jude J Nohra, Marty E Adams, Matthew T Garrity, Patrick W Bevack, Richard J Schiraldi and Timothy Esson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for United Community Financial.

UCFC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundry Partners LLC, Wedbush Securities Inc., Dupont Capital Management Corp, Strs Ohio, Beese Fulmer Investment Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold United Community Financial company stock in the last year include Richard J Schiraldi and Timothy Esson. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Community Financial.

UCFC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ARP Americas LP, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, Alberta Investment Management Corp, First Trust Advisors LP, California Public Employees Retirement System, SG Americas Securities LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Rhumbline Advisers. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Community Financial.

Shares of UCFC 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 UCFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.28.

United Community Financial has a market capitalization of $542.41 million and generates $133.97 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $37.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.74 on an earnings per share basis. United Community Financial employs 504 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About United Community Financial.

The official website for United Community Financial is http://www.ucfconline.com/.

United Community Financial's mailing address is 275 WEST FEDERAL STREET, YOUNGSTOWN OH, 44503. The savings and loans company can be reached via phone at 330-742-0500 or via email at [email protected]