United Bankshares, Inc.

NasdaqGS:UBSI Stock Report

Market Cap: US$5.7b

United Bankshares Valuation

Is UBSI undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of UBSI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: UBSI ($41.98) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($56.91)

Significantly Below Fair Value: UBSI is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for UBSI?

Key metric: As UBSI is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for UBSI. This is calculated by dividing UBSI's market cap by their current earnings.
What is UBSI's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio15.9x
EarningsUS$357.17m
Market CapUS$5.70b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does UBSI's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for UBSI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.3x
FFIN First Financial Bankshares
28.3x7.5%US$5.9b
HWC Hancock Whitney
12.8x5.9%US$5.0b
GBCI Glacier Bancorp
35.1x30.9%US$6.4b
SFBS ServisFirst Bancshares
25x21.3%US$5.2b
UBSI United Bankshares
15.9x8.4%US$5.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UBSI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.9x) compared to the peer average (25.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does UBSI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Banks Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FRCB First Republic Bank
0.02xn/aUS$27.98m
BKGM BankGuam Holding
1xn/aUS$18.48m
SBNY Signature Bank
0.002xn/aUS$2.18m
BCBH.F Caribbean Investment Holdings
0.00001xn/aUS$132.00
No more companies available in this PE range
UBSI 15.9xIndustry Avg. 12.9xNo. of Companies79PE0612182430+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UBSI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.9x) compared to the US Banks industry average (12.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is UBSI's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

UBSI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio15.9x
Fair PE Ratio14.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: UBSI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst UBSI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$42.22
US$40.60
-3.8%
2.5%US$42.00US$39.00n/a5
Nov ’25US$37.61
US$40.60
+8.0%
2.5%US$42.00US$39.00n/a5
Oct ’25US$36.02
US$41.00
+13.8%
4.1%US$44.00US$39.00n/a5
Sep ’25US$38.87
US$41.00
+5.5%
4.1%US$44.00US$39.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$37.27
US$41.00
+10.0%
4.1%US$44.00US$39.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$32.29
US$37.00
+14.6%
5.4%US$41.00US$35.00n/a6
Jun ’25US$32.44
US$37.33
+15.1%
4.8%US$41.00US$36.00n/a6
May ’25US$33.27
US$37.83
+13.7%
5.6%US$41.00US$35.00n/a6
Apr ’25US$35.15
US$37.00
+5.3%
9.6%US$41.00US$30.00n/a6
Mar ’25US$34.18
US$37.33
+9.2%
9.7%US$41.00US$30.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$35.72
US$37.33
+4.5%
9.7%US$41.00US$30.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$37.55
US$34.95
-6.9%
8.4%US$38.00US$30.00n/a6
Dec ’24US$34.53
US$31.17
-9.7%
10.9%US$38.00US$28.00n/a6
Nov ’24US$28.40
US$31.17
+9.7%
10.9%US$38.00US$28.00US$37.616
Oct ’24US$27.59
US$33.67
+22.0%
7.2%US$38.00US$31.00US$36.026
Sep ’24US$30.74
US$34.33
+11.7%
6.2%US$38.00US$31.00US$38.876
Aug ’24US$33.08
US$34.33
+3.8%
6.2%US$38.00US$31.00US$37.276
Jul ’24US$29.67
US$33.67
+13.5%
7.4%US$38.00US$30.00US$32.296
Jun ’24US$30.06
US$34.33
+14.2%
7.3%US$38.00US$30.00US$32.446
May ’24US$31.93
US$34.33
+7.5%
7.3%US$38.00US$30.00US$33.276
Apr ’24US$35.20
US$40.60
+15.3%
5.1%US$44.00US$38.00US$35.155
Mar ’24US$40.45
US$41.20
+1.9%
4.7%US$44.00US$38.00US$34.185
Feb ’24US$40.62
US$41.20
+1.4%
4.7%US$44.00US$38.00US$35.725
Jan ’24US$40.49
US$42.20
+4.2%
4.6%US$45.00US$40.00US$37.555
Dec ’23US$42.80
US$40.67
-5.0%
1.2%US$41.00US$40.00US$34.533
Nov ’23US$43.16
US$40.67
-5.8%
1.2%US$41.00US$40.00US$28.403

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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