NASDAQ:UFPI - Universal Forest Products Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Universal Forest Products trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "UFPI."

Universal Forest Products declared a semiannual dividend on Friday, April 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 31st. This is an increase from Universal Forest Products's previous semiannual dividend of $0.17. View Universal Forest Products' Dividend History.

Shares of Universal Forest Products split on Wednesday, November 15th 2017. The 3-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 18th 2017. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Tuesday, November 14th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of Universal Forest Products stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFPI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 18th. The construction company reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.02. The construction company earned $1.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.19 billion. Universal Forest Products had a net margin of 3.29% and a return on equity of 13.07%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 20.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.64 earnings per share. View Universal Forest Products' Earnings History.

Universal Forest Products is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Universal Forest Products.

2 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Universal Forest Products' stock. Their predictions range from $37.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate Universal Forest Products' stock price to reach $42.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Universal Forest Products.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Universal Forest Products in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Universal Forest Products.

Universal Forest Products saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 950,451 shares, an increase of 33.9% from the July 13th total of 709,921 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 470,761 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Universal Forest Products' Current Options Chain.

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Press coverage about UFPI stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Universal Forest Products earned a news impact score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the construction company an impact score of 46.63 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Universal Forest Products.

Universal Forest Products' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (17.16%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.38%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.56%), PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (1.50%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.28%) and Voya Investment Management LLC (1.12%). Company insiders that own Universal Forest Products stock include Allen T Peters, Charles Scott Greene, Jonathan E West, Mary E Tuuk, Matthew J Missad, Michael F Mordell, Michael G Wooldridge, Michael R Cole, Patrick M Benton, Patrick M Webster and Robert D Coleman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Universal Forest Products.

UFPI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Federated Investors Inc. PA, GSA Capital Partners LLP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. Company insiders that have sold Universal Forest Products company stock in the last year include Allen T Peters, Charles Scott Greene, Jonathan E West, Matthew J Missad, Michael R Cole, Patrick M Webster and Robert D Coleman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Universal Forest Products.

UFPI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., SG Capital Management LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., LSV Asset Management, Boston Partners, Zacks Investment Management and James Investment Research Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Universal Forest Products stock in the last two years include Mary E Tuuk and Michael G Wooldridge. View Insider Buying and Selling for Universal Forest Products.

Shares of UFPI 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UFPI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.48.

Universal Forest Products has a market capitalization of $2.27 billion and generates $3.94 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $119.51 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.84 on an earnings per share basis. Universal Forest Products employs 10,000 workers across the globe.

Universal Forest Products' mailing address is 2801 East Beltline NE, Grand Rapids MI, 49525. The construction company can be reached via phone at 616-364-6161.