NASDAQ:UMPQ - Umpqua Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Umpqua trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "UMPQ."

Umpqua declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Monday, October 15th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 27th. This is an increase from Umpqua's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View Umpqua's Dividend History.

Umpqua Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:UMPQ) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 17th. The bank reported $0.41 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.05. The bank earned $313.76 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $309.37 million. Umpqua had a net margin of 24.23% and a return on equity of 7.74%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.28 earnings per share. View Umpqua's Earnings History.

Umpqua is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Umpqua.

11 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Umpqua's stock. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $27.00. On average, they anticipate Umpqua's stock price to reach $24.0833 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Umpqua.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Umpqua in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Umpqua.

News articles about UMPQ stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Umpqua earned a media sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Umpqua saw a decrease in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,373,336 shares, a decrease of 27.7% from the September 28th total of 4,668,425 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,577,748 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Umpqua's Current Options Chain.

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Umpqua's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.81%), Capital World Investors (5.79%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.92%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.72%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.56%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.60%). Company insiders that own Umpqua stock include Raymond P Davis and Ron L Farnsworth. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Umpqua.

UMPQ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Capital World Investors, Deutsche Bank AG, Teachers Advisors LLC, Nordea Investment Management AB, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and AXA. View Insider Buying and Selling for Umpqua.

UMPQ stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, BlackRock Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, First Quadrant L P CA, Scout Investments Inc. and SG Americas Securities LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Umpqua.

Shares of UMPQ 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 UMPQ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.50.

Umpqua has a market capitalization of $4.20 billion and generates $1.22 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $246.01 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.07 on an earnings per share basis. Umpqua employs 4,380 workers across the globe.

The official website for Umpqua is http://www.umpquabank.com.

Umpqua's mailing address is ONE SW COLUMBIA STREET SUITE 1200, PORTLAND OR, 97258. The bank can be reached via phone at 503-727-4100 or via email at [email protected]