NASDAQ:UCFC - United Community Financial Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

United Community Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 17th. Investors of record on Friday, October 26th will be given a dividend of $0.07 per share on Friday, November 9th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.95%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 25th. View United Community Financial's Dividend History.

United Community Financial Corp (NASDAQ:UCFC) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 17th. The savings and loans company reported $0.19 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.00. The savings and loans company earned $27.77 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $28.12 million. United Community Financial had a return on equity of 11.87% and a net margin of 24.80%. View United Community Financial's Earnings History.

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

2 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for United Community Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $12.00. On average, they expect United Community Financial's stock price to reach $12.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets 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 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United Community Financial.

Press coverage about UCFC stock has been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Community Financial earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

United Community Financial saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 182,911 shares, a drop of 63.8% from the September 28th total of 505,012 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 199,601 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.9 days. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the 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), Beneficial Bancorp (BNCL), United Financial Bancorp (UBNK), PCSB Financial (PCSB), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), FS Bancorp (FSBW), First Northwest BanCorp (FNWB), Entegra Financial (ENFC), Prudential Bancorp (PBIP) and Wellesley Bancorp (WEBK).

United Community Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.51%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.45%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (4.45%), Maltese Capital Management LLC (2.48%), Elizabeth Park Capital Advisors Ltd. (2.12%) and Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (1.62%). 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 Elizabeth Park Capital Advisors Ltd., Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Clover Partners L.P., Citadel Advisors LLC and Wedbush Securities Inc.. Company insiders that have sold United Community Financial company stock in the last year include Jude J Nohra, Marty E Adams, Matthew T Garrity and Patrick W Bevack. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Community Financial.

UCFC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., BlackRock Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Systematic Financial Management LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Bridgeway Capital Management Inc. and Maltese Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought United Community Financial stock in the last two years include Marty E Adams and Richard J Schiraldi. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UCFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.48.

United Community Financial has a market capitalization of $471.43 million and generates $118.75 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $21.78 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.57 on an earnings per share basis. United Community Financial employs 503 workers across the globe.

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 www.ucfconline.com.