United Bankshares

UBSI

Market cap $5.19B

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.

WASHINGTON & CHARLESTON, W.Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Bankshares, Inc. Announces Record Earnings for the Third Quarter of 2025.

This October's Dividend Kings list features 56 stocks, with Kenvue and United Bankshares meeting the ideal "fair price" yield criteria. Analysts project the top-ten Dividend Kings could deliver 19.2% to 41.5% net gains by October 2026, with KVUE offering the highest upside. Only two of the top-ten Kings, KVUE and UBSI, are considered "safer" with sufficient free cash flow to cover their dividends at current prices.