Univest Financial (UVSP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Univest Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" UVSP shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in UVSP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Univest Financial's stock. Their UVSP share price targets range from $19.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $19.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.7% from the stock's current price.
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Univest Financial's stock was trading at $22.03 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, UVSP stock has decreased by 16.3% and is now trading at $18.44.
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Univest Financial saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 217,700 shares, a decrease of 19.8% from the March 15th total of 271,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 108,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2024.
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Univest Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 866-813-9403 with passcode "450536".

Univest Financial Co. (NASDAQ:UVSP) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.10. The financial services provider earned $71.38 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $70.32 million. Univest Financial had a net margin of 15.85% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.89%.

Univest Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 24th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, February 21st. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 6th.
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Univest Financial (NASDAQ:UVSP) pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.48%. UVSP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 34.85%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, UVSP will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.58% 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.

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