United Bankshares, Inc (NASDAQ:UBSI) shares, rose in value on Friday, July 11, with the stock price down by -1.73% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $37.58.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $38.24, falling within a range of $37.56 and $37.98. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.79 whereas the PE ratio was 13.94 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $44.43, and the low was $30.50. On the whole, UBSI has fluctuated by 1.40% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of United Bankshares, Inc currently standing at about $5.34 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Apr-24. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 1.48, with its dividend yield at 3.94%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 1.2B, with a low estimate of 296.9M and a high estimate of 299.07M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 297.99M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that UBSI’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of Hold while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of UBSI currently trading nearly 2.56% and 3.39% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 56.39, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.72% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.91%. Furthermore, United Bankshares, Inc (UBSI)’s beta value is 0.81.
A comparison of United Bankshares, Inc (UBSI) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. UBSI showed an intraday change of -1.73% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 0.08%%.
Data on historical trading for United Bankshares, Inc (NASDAQ:UBSI) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.93 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 768.53K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 142.89 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 2.36% of United Bankshares, Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 70.87% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 3.69 million shares as on 2025-06-13, resulting in a short ratio of 6.99. According to the data, the short interest in United Bankshares, Inc (UBSI) stood at 306.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-06-13; the number of short shares registered in 2025-05-15 reached 3.61 million. The stock has risen by 17.36% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the UBSI stock heading into the next quarter.
