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 yield of 2.98%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 25th. View United Community Financial's Dividend History.

United Community Financial Corp (NASDAQ:UCFC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 17th. The savings and loans company reported $0.19 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.00. The savings and loans company had revenue of $27.77 million for 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 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for United Community Financial's stock. Their predictions range from $12.00 to $12.00. On average, they expect United Community Financial's share price to reach $12.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.7% 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 trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Community Financial earned a news impact score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

United Community Financial saw a drop in short interest during the month of 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 daily trading volume, of 199,601 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days. Approximately 0.4% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), Home Bancorp (HBCP), PCSB Financial (PCSB), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), First Northwest BanCorp (FNWB), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Entegra Financial (ENFC), Prudential Bancorp (PBIP) and Wellesley Bancorp (WEBK).

United Community Financial's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.51%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.45%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (4.45%), Elizabeth Park Capital Advisors Ltd. (2.12%), Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (1.62%) and Foundry Partners LLC (1.20%). 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 bought 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 GSA Capital Partners LLP. 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 $9.40.

United Community Financial has a market capitalization of $467.84 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 [email protected]