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

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

United Community Financial announced 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.87%. The ex-dividend date 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) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 21st. The savings and loans company reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.02. The savings and loans company earned $28.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $29 million. United Community Financial had a return on equity of 12.77% and a net margin of 27.34%. 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 stories about UCFC stock have been trending very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Community Financial earned a news impact score of 3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for United Community Financial.

United Community Financial saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 356,900 shares, a decline of 5.2% from the November 28th total of 376,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 132,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 0.8% of the shares of the company 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), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS), PCSB Financial (PCSB), Home Bancorp (HBCP), 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Strs Ohio (0.66%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.32%), SG Americas Securities LLC (0.27%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.23%) 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 Strs Ohio, SG Americas Securities LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 $11.15.

United Community Financial has a market capitalization of $536.43 million and generates $144.35 million in revenue each year. The savings and loans company earns $39.47 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]