NASDAQ:UNITUniti Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Uniti Group's stock was trading at $8.88 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, UNIT stock has increased by 3.5% and is now trading at $9.1950. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Uniti Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 1 buy rating and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Uniti Group.

Uniti Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Uniti Group.

Uniti Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, August 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Uniti Group Inc (NASDAQ:UNIT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.41) EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.81. The real estate investment trust earned $266.16 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $262.85 million. Uniti Group had a negative net margin of 6.69% and a negative return on equity of 0.60%. View Uniti Group's earnings history.

Uniti Group announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 26th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, July 10th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 25th. View Uniti Group's dividend history.

Uniti Group updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, May, 11th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.73-1.76 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.05-1.058 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.1 billion.

3 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Uniti Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $13.00. On average, they anticipate Uniti Group's stock price to reach $11.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Uniti Group.

Press coverage about UNIT stock has been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Uniti Group earned a news impact score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Uniti Group.

Uniti Group saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 15,720,000 shares, a drop of 13.6% from the June 15th total of 18,200,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,540,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.2 days. Approximately 9.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Uniti Group's Current Options Chain.

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Uniti Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "UNIT."

Uniti Group's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.12%) and Corrado Advisors LLC (0.01%). View institutional ownership trends for Uniti Group.

UNIT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Corrado Advisors LLC, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View insider buying and selling activity for Uniti Group.

Shares of UNIT 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 UNIT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.20.

Uniti Group has a market capitalization of $1.78 billion and generates $1.06 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $10.58 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.08 on an earnings per share basis. Uniti Group employs 798 workers across the globe.

The official website for Uniti Group is www.uniti.com.

Uniti Group's mailing address is 10802 EXECUTIVE CENTER DRIVE BENTON BUILDING SUITE 300, LITTLE ROCK AR, 72211. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 501-850-0820 or via email at [email protected]