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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.95%. 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The savings and loans company reported $0.22 EPS 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 analysts' expectations 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 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 positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United Community Financial earned a news impact score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press 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 stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for United Community Financial.

United Community Financial saw a increase in short interest during 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 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), 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).

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United Community Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 bought 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]