United Bankshares, Inc (NASDAQ: UBSI) is -15.45% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $30.50 and a high of $44.43 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The UBSI stock was last observed hovering at around $33.44 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.69%.
Currently trading at $31.75, the stock is -6.53% and -10.83% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.16 million and changing -5.05% at the moment leaves the stock -14.68% off its SMA200. UBSI registered -8.82% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -11.58%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $35.6048 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $37.2114.
The stock witnessed a -7.22% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -14.00%, and is -1.82% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 7.56% over the week and 3.47% over the month.
United Bankshares, Inc (UBSI) has around 2553 employees, a market worth around $4.56B and $1.61B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.55 and Fwd P/E is 10.33. Profit margin for the company is 23.16%. Distance from 52-week low is 4.08% and -28.54% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.97%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -2.97% this year
436.0 institutions hold shares in United Bankshares, Inc (UBSI), with institutional investors hold 72.31% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 143.47M, and float is at 140.08M with Short Float at 1.79%. Institutions hold 70.82% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 19.35 million shares valued at $627.68 million. The investor’s holdings represent 14.318 of the UBSI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 14.13 million shares valued at $458.22 million to account for 10.4779 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 8.06 million shares representing 5.9665 and valued at over $264.51 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 5.8658 of the shares totaling 7.91 million with a market value of $256.52 million.
United Bankshares, Inc (UBSI) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by DuMond Sara, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that DuMond Sara bought 2,600 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 24 ’25 at a price of $35.01 per share for a total of $91026.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 5054.0 shares.
United Bankshares, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 18 ’24 that NESSELROAD MARK R (Director) sold a total of 6,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 18 ’24 and was made at $39.16 per share for $0.23 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 35424.0 shares of the UBSI stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 18 ’24, NESSELROAD MARK R (Member of immediate family of ) Proposed Sale 6,000 shares at an average price of $40.05 for $0.24 million. The insider now directly holds shares of United Bankshares, Inc (UBSI).
