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

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

United Community Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Friday, November 8th. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 31st. This is a positive change from United Community Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. View United Community Financial's Dividend History.

United Community Financial Corp (NASDAQ:UCFC) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 21st. The savings and loans company reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.02. The savings and loans company earned $28.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $29 million. United Community Financial had a net margin of 27.34% and a return on equity of 12.77%. View United Community Financial's Earnings History.

United Community Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 21st 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.

News coverage about UCFC stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing 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 media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for United Community Financial.

United Community Financial saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 356,900 shares, a decrease of 5.2% from the November 28th total of 376,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 132,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 0.8% of the shares of the company 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), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS), Home Bancorp (HBCP), PCSB Financial (PCSB), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), Entegra Financial (ENFC), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA), First Northwest BanCorp (FNWB), Prudential Bancorp (PBIP) and Rhinebeck Bancorp (RBKB).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other United Community Financial investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AT&T (T), Ford Motor (F), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), SandRidge Permian Trust (PER), Southern (SO), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), THL Credit (TCRD) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM).

United Community Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.32%) and Wedbush Securities Inc. (0.16%). 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 Wedbush Securities Inc.. Company insiders that have sold United Community Financial company stock in the last year include Jude J Nohra, 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. 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 $11.71.

United Community Financial has a market capitalization of $563.15 million and generates $144.35 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $37.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.84 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]