United Bankshares

UBSI

Market cap $5.65B

Dividend Kings underperformed SPY in 2025, up 4.47% vs. SPY's 17.7%, but select Kings outperformed the index. Twenty-two Dividend Kings are identified as both potentially undervalued and offering long-term expected annualized returns of at least 10%. Dividend growth for the Kings remains subdued at 5.81% for 2025, trailing the 2024 rate of 6.32%.

Dividend Kings remain largely overvalued, but six—including MO, UVV, HRL, KVUE, CDUAF, and UBSI—are now fairly priced with yields (from $1k invested) exceeding share prices. Analyst forecasts project net gains of 19.89% to 93.08% for select high-yield Dividend Kings by December 2026, with an average net gain of 34.89%. Only three Dividend Kings—MO, KVUE, UBSI—currently meet both the 'safer' dividend and fair price criteria, supported by positive free cash flow yields.

A group of dividend raisers OBT, UBSI, DDS, PATK and A stand out as investors seek stability amid volatile markets, rate-cut hopes and mixed economic signals.

OBT, DDS and UBSI roll out fresh dividend hikes as investors seek steady income in a volatile market.

WASHINGTON & CHARLESTON, W.Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--52nd Consecutive Year of Dividend Increases for United Bankshares, Inc.

United Bankshares is upgraded from "Hold" to a soft "Buy" due to improved fundamentals and attractive valuation. The acquisition of Piedmont Bancorp significantly boosted UBSI's assets, deposits, and loan portfolio, supporting future growth. UBSI demonstrates strong asset quality, with low non-performing loan and asset ratios, and trades at a discount to book value.

“Hi-Yield S&P Aristocrats... in the S&PComposite1500Index… combine two key-traits: (1) a long track-record of consistently-raising-dividends (typically at-least 20–25 consecutive-years, but not-always); (2) above-average dividend-yields relative to the market.”—YCharts.com.

United Bankshares (UBSI) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for United Bankshares (UBSI) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended September 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

United Bankshares (UBSI) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.92 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.82 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.7 per share a year ago.