United Bankshares Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 3 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for United Bankshares stock have an average target of 43.17, with a low estimate of 42.5 and a high estimate of 44. The average target predicts an increase of 9.57% from the current stock price of 39.40.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$42.5	$43.17	$43	$44
Change	+7.87%	+9.57%	+9.14%	+11.68%

* Price targets were last updated on Jan 26, 2026.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for United Bankshares stock from 3 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	1	1	1	1	1
Hold	4	2	2	2	3	2
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	3	3	3	4	3

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Catherine Mealor Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $40 → $43	Hold	Maintains	$40 → $43	+9.14%	Jan 26, 2026
Brody Preston Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Hold Maintains $40 → $44	Hold	Maintains	$40 → $44	+11.68%	Jan 23, 2026
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold → Buy Upgrades $40 → $43	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$40 → $43	+7.87%	Oct 24, 2025
Catherine Mealor Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $42 → $40	Hold	Maintains	$42 → $40	+1.52%	Apr 28, 2025
Stephen Scouten Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Initiates $39	Hold	Initiates	$39	-2.28%	Mar 12, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.32B

from 1.20B

10.14%

from 1.20B

Revenue Next Year

1.40B

from 1.32B

5.36%

from 1.32B

EPS This Year

3.59

from 3.27

9.73%

from 3.27

EPS Next Year

3.83

from 3.59

6.61%

from 3.59

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	1.04B	1.03B	1.02B	1.01B	1.20B	1.32B	1.40B
Revenue Growth	11.39%	-1.34%	-0.66%	-1.41%	19.07%	10.14%	5.36%
EPS	2.83	2.80	2.71	2.75	3.27	3.59	3.83
EPS Growth	17.92%	-1.06%	-3.21%	1.48%	18.91%	9.73%	6.61%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	10.98	10.30
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	1.4B	1.5B
Avg	1.3B	1.4B
Low	1.3B	1.3B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	14.2%	9.9%
Avg	10.1%	5.4%
Low	5.4%	0.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	3.78	4.04
Avg	3.59	3.83
Low	3.40	3.58

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	15.6%	12.7%
Avg	9.7%	6.6%
Low	4.0%	-0.3%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.