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 Tuesday, July 23rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 5th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Tuesday, August 13th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.99%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 2nd. This is a boost from United Community Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.07. View United Community Financial's Dividend History.

United Community Financial Corp (NASDAQ:UCFC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.01. The savings and loans company earned $28.71 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $28.63 million. United Community Financial had a net margin of 27.00% and a return on equity of 12.25%. View United Community Financial's Earnings History.

United Community Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 15th 2019. 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 articles about UCFC stock have been trending negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United Community Financial earned a daily sentiment score of -2.9 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 company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for United Community Financial.

United Community Financial saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 237,300 shares, an increase of 18.8% from the July 31st total of 199,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 91,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 0.5% 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), United Financial Bancorp (UBNK), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS), PCSB Financial (PCSB), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), FS Bancorp (FSBW), 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 shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.15%), Vanguard Group Inc. (4.63%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (4.06%), Maltese Capital Management LLC (2.47%), Northern Trust Corp (1.46%) and Foundry Partners LLC (1.30%). 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 Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Systematic Financial Management LP, Maltese Capital Management LLC, Wedbush Securities Inc., Bank of Montreal Can and WINTON GROUP Ltd. 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Morgan Stanley, Victory Capital Management Inc. and Vanguard Group Inc.. 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 $10.70.

United Community Financial has a market capitalization of $514.56 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]