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United Bankshares, Inc (NASDAQ: UBSI) closed the day trading at $36.59 down -0.73% from the previous closing price of $36.86. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.73 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.07 million shares were traded. UBSI stock price reached its highest trading level at $37.47 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $36.4502.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of UBSI, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.15 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.07.
On April 04, 2023, Stephens started tracking the stock assigning a Equal-Weight rating and target price of $32.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 24 ’25 when DuMond Sara bought 2,600 shares for $35.01 per share. The transaction valued at 91,026 led to the insider holds 5,054 shares of the business.
NESSELROAD MARK R sold 6,000 shares of UBSI for $234,965 on Dec 18 ’24. The Director now owns 35,424 shares after completing the transaction at $39.16 per share. On Dec 18 ’24, another insider, NESSELROAD MARK R, who serves as the Member of immediate family of of the company, bought 6,000 shares for $40.05 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, UBSI now has a Market Capitalization of 5197975552 and an Enterprise Value of 3722814720. As of this moment, United’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.57, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.38. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.15 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.98. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.476.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for UBSI is 0.81, which has changed by -0.06943029 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16564083 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, UBSI has reached a high of $44.43, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $30.50. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.22%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.45%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, UBSI traded about 762.42K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, UBSI traded about 1023850 shares per day. A total of 142.89M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 138.74M. Insiders hold about 2.34% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 70.89% stake in the company. Shares short for UBSI as of 1751241600 were 4419773 with a Short Ratio of 5.80, compared to 1748563200 on 3125611. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4419773 and a Short% of Float of 3.66.
Dividends & Splits
UBSI’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.48, up from 0.74 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.020075964The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.16. The current Payout Ratio is 53.78% for UBSI, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-13 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-06-13. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-03-30 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
