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

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

United Community Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 23rd. Investors 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 2.95%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 2nd. This is a positive change from United Community Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.07. View United Community Financial's Dividend History.

United Community Financial Corp (NASDAQ:UCFC) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 return on equity of 12.25% and a net margin of 27.00%. View United Community Financial's Earnings History.

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

United Community Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 22nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

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.

Media coverage about UCFC stock has been trending somewhat negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the savings and loans company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for United Community Financial.

United Community Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 601,100 shares, an increase of 95.1% from the August 30th total of 308,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 132,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.5 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the stock 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), United Financial Bancorp (UBNK), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Home Bancorp (HBCP), PCSB Financial (PCSB), Pioneer Bancorp (PBFS), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), Entegra Financial (ENFC), First Northwest BanCorp (FNWB), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA) 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 a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wedbush Securities Inc. (0.39%) and Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.01%). 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 Richard J Schiraldi and Timothy Esson. View Insider Buying and Selling for United Community Financial.

UCFC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Meeder Asset Management 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 $10.84.

United Community Financial has a market capitalization of $521.30 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]