Univest Financial (UVSP) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Univest Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" UVSP shares.
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3 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Univest Financial's shares. Their UVSP share price forecasts range from $22.00 to $30.50. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $27.88 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 52.0% from the stock's current price.
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Univest Financial's stock was trading at $26.13 at the beginning of the year. Since then, UVSP stock has decreased by 29.8% and is now trading at $18.34.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 26th 2023.
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Univest Financial Co. (NASDAQ:UVSP) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 26th. The financial services provider reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.12. The financial services provider earned $69.24 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $65.60 million. Univest Financial had a net margin of 21.82% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.19%. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.62 EPS.

Univest Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 10th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, May 24th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 9th.
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Univest Financial (NASDAQ:UVSP) pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.58%. UVSP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 31.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UVSP will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.55% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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17 employees have rated Univest Financial Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey M. Schweitzer on Glassdoor.com. Jeffrey M. Schweitzer has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Jeffrey M. Schweitzer in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Univest Financial investors own include Marathon Petroleum (MPC), AbbVie (ABBV), British American Tobacco (BTI), Carnival Co. & (CCL), General Mills (GIS), Invesco (IVZ), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), Shaw Communications (SJR) and Southern (SO).

Univest Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "UVSP."

Univest Financial's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.54%), FMR LLC (7.99%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (7.51%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (5.31%), State Street Corp (2.83%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.30%). Insiders that own company stock include Jeffrey M Schweitzer, Joseph P Beebe, K Leon Moyer, Martin P Connor, Michael S Keim, Natalye Paquin, Robert C Wonderling, Roger H Ballou, Thomas M Petro, Todd S Benning and William S Aichele.
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Shares of UVSP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of UVSP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.34.

Univest Financial (NASDAQ:UVSP) has a market capitalization of $539.75 million and generates $330.08 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $78.12 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.68 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 920 workers across the globe.

Univest Financial's mailing address is 14 NORTH MAIN STREET, SOUDERTON PA, 18964. The official website for the company is www.univest.net. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (215) 721-2400, via email at richardsonb@univest.net, or via fax at 215-721-2402.