United Bancorp Inc (UBCP)

United Bancorp, Inc. Reports 2026 First Quarter Earnings PerformanceMay 7, 2026 11:00 AM
ACCESS NewswireMARTINS FERRY, OH / ACCESS Newswire / May 7, 2026 / United Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBCP) reported diluted earnings per share of $0.33 and net income of $1,911,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2026.Randall M. Greenwood, Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer remarked, "We are happy to report on the earnings performance of United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP) for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. For the quarter, our Company achieved solid net income and diluted earnings per share results of $1,911,000 and $0.33, which were respective increases of $39,000, or 2.1%, and $0.01, or 3.1%, over the results achieved for each metric during the first quarter of last year. We are very pleased that our first quarter results are higher than those achieved for the same period of time in 2025 considering that... as we have previously mentioned... our Company is focused on the future and has undertaken several transformative projects that have created additional expense for UBCP and are somewhat dilutive to earnings at present. In addition, even though there has been a tremendous level of uncertainty permeating our economy in recent years... that level has increased in the most recent quarter with a new realm of uncertainty created by geopolitical concerns that escalated over the course of the first quarter of this year. Regardless, we are satisfied with our increasing earnings and content with how our investment in our infrastructure and growth is developing in accordance with our visions and projections. We firmly believe that over the course of the next twelve to twenty-four months, we will see a very nice return on these investments in our Company's infrastructure, which should lead to higher levels of earnings and help ensure the relevancy of UBCP for many years to come."Greenwood further remarked, "Many thought that the economic uncertainty with which our country has been dealing for the past several years was finally going to be in the rear-view mirror in 2026. Even though inflation had stagnated at a level a little bit higher than the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve Bank liked, it was getting closer to their established target of two percent. In addition, they were mostly satisfied with current employment-related data within our economy. As we entered 2026, forecasts called for solid economic growth as the impact of the tariffs implemented last year was thought to also be behind us and the anticipated increase in tax refund payouts under our new tax policy were anticipated to fuel consumption and growth, driving our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) higher to levels rarely seen. In addition, forecasts for interest rates projected two to three cuts for the fed funds target rate, which would align our country's monetary policy with a more neutral position. How quickly things can change! With the United States and Israel commencing military action on Iran in late February, the economic uncertainty that we thought was finally behind us heightened to levels even greater than before. Even with all of this concern and uncertainty, our Company was able to achieve growth in its balance sheet in the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. Year-over-year, total assets increased by $27.8 million, or 3.6%, to a level of $858.5 million. This increase in total assets is attributed to year-over-year increases in gross loans by $3.5 million to a level of $500.3 million; securities by $6.0 million to a level of $239.9 million; and, bank owned life insurance by $18.3 million to a level of $38.2 million. Overall, the increase in the level of interest earning assets on our balance sheet helped our Company achieve an increase in the total interest income that it generated by $172,000, or 1.8%, over the level achieved in the first quarter of last year." Greenwood continued, "Driving the increase in our Company's total assets in the first quarter was the growth that we experienced in our total deposits. For the quarter, total deposits grew by $42.6 million, or 6.8%, to a level of $666.7 million. Much of this increase in our total deposits came from growth in our lower-cost funding--- consisting of noninterest bearing demand, interest bearing demand and savings--- with balances increasing by $27.4 million to a level of $474.6 million (which is 71.2% of total deposits). In addition, higher-cost time deposits increased by $15.2 million to a level of $192.0 million (which is 28.8% of total deposits). Remarkably, even with this increase in the total deposits of our Company, total interest expense as of March 31, 2026 decreased by ($93,000), or (2.6%), on a year-over-year basis. This decrease in total interest expense can be attributed to both the continued downward repricing of our core deposits, along with the maturity of a $20.0 million Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) Advance during the first quarter on which we were paying a rate of 4.39%. With this year-over-year increase in total interest income and decrease in total interest expense, our Company was able to continue the trend of having increasing net interest income and an expanding net interest margin. As of the most recently ended quarter, net interest income increased by $265,000, or 4.2%, and the net interest margin increased by twelve basis points (12bps) to a level of 3.72%, both year-over-year. We anticipate that these positive trends with our net interest income and net interest margin will continue over the course of 2026."Lastly, Greenwood stated, "Relating to the credit-quality metrics for our Company, our combined delinquency and nonaccrual loan levels have increased somewhat year-over-year from the uncharacteristically and historically low levels that we had maintained for several years... but, they did decline slightly from the levels that we reported at December 31, 2025. At quarter-end, March 31, 2026, our Company's nonaccrual loans and loans past due thirty-plus days totaled $6.8 million (or, 1.36% of gross loans), which was an increase of $4.0 million year-over-year. On a linked-quarter basis, our level of nonaccrual loans and loans past due thirty-plus days declined by $416,000, or 5.7%, from $7.2 million. Regarding these metrics increasing on a year-over-year basis--- we had one commercial loan relationship with an outstanding balance of approximately $4.2 million go from being current last year to being classified as nonaccrual during the first quarter of 2026. This single relationship, which is presently not impaired, accounts for an overwhelming majority of the year-over-year increase in our nonaccrual loans. On the flip-side, our loans past due thirty plus days decreased by ($560,000) year-over-year to a level of $344,000 or 0.07% of gross loans. Accordingly, we believe that our overall credit quality is extremely sound and this single relationship is not indicative of a systemic increase of risk within our loan portfolio." Greenwood ended by stating, "Further highlighting the overall quality and soundness of our loan portfolio, our Company had net loans charged off (excluding overdrafts) of ($16,000) in the first quarter of this year, which on an annualized basis is (0.01%) of average loans and in-line with both the previous year and peer. In addition, our Company remains very well capitalized by regulatory standards with regulatory capital (stockholders' equity plus accumulated other comprehensive loss) of $75.3 million or 8.8% of average assets, which is an increase of $2.0 million, or 2.7%, year-over-year."Scott A. Everson, Chairman, President and CEO stated, "With a committed and long-term focus of growing our balance sheet in a profitable fashion by investing in the infrastructure of our Company, we are very pleased with the financial results that we achieved in the first quarter ending March 31, 2026. In addition, we are very satisfied with the progress that we are making on the execution of our plan relating to our investment in infrastructural improvements that will help ensure our relevancy for many years to come and help us achieve our vision of becoming a community financial institution with assets of $1.0 billion or greater in the very near term." Everson continued, "I am very happy to report that we opened our newest banking center, a regional hub in the appealing market of Wheeling, West Virginia, on December 9, 2025. As of the end of the first quarter, this office has already exceeded our first-year forecast for loan growth and is roughly two-thirds of the way to achieving our first-year forecast for deposit growth... all within the first three months of operation! We firmly believe that within five years, this new banking center will be a top performer for United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP)."Everson also stated, "Relating to other infrastructural investments that we have undertaken within the past year or two, our Company's Unified Mortgage Division continues to contribute meaningfully to fee income. As we continue to scale this function with the addition of mortgage loan originators and with the positive operating leverage that presently exits within this developing division... we strongly believe that Unified Mortgage will continue to produce increasingly positive results and become more lucrative for our Company. Unified Mortgage is definitely becoming a known entity amongst the realtors within the markets that we serve. We also continue to invest in and develop our Treasury Management capabilities that help our small business customers with cash management, merchant services and payments. This function not only generates fee income for United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP); but, also is a key driver of low or no cost deposits and strengthens relationship depth with our commercial customers. No doubt, both of these areas contributed to the increasing levels of noninterest income that we generated during the first quarter of this year--- with the latter also contributing to the growth in our low-cost deposits, which helped lead to the increase in deposit totals and decrease in our interest expense level as of March 31, 2026."Everson continued, "Over the course of 2025 and into the current year, we have and continue to make a tremendous investment in technology. With our enhanced technological product offering, we now have more customers than ever utilizing our consumer and commercial online and mobile platforms and benefitting from these advanced solutions that we offer-- which has and will continue to lead to more relationship building and revenue generating opportunities for UBCP. Importantly, we have begun developing and are soon to implement an AI solution designed to help us better serve customers by answering inquiries more efficiently and effectively... guiding customers to the best financial solutions and supporting a more modern, customer-centric approach to delivery. To further supplement this aforementioned AI solution, we are presently in the process of implementing a system specializing in omnichannel account opening, that will allow our Company to fully digitize the account opening process through online, mobile and in-branch platforms--- enabling customers, both business and consumer, to open all deposit accounts and most services--- both in person and virtually. These enhanced systems will be housed in our soon-to-open Unified Center (which is located in St. Clairsville, Ohio) and will help support our Customer Care Center that will also be housed at this facility. The Customer Care Center will centralize the customer service function of our Company with team members that are highly skilled and more capable of providing a complete and satisfying "Unified Experience" to customers from any technology platform... via a live video interface. In addition, the Unified Customer Care Center will have a "sales oriented" function, which is anticipated to lead to additional business for our Company by routing inbound banking inquiries and requests from any banking channel to our Customer Care Center, for "in person" consultations with our skilled team members. By having a centralized customer support function staffed with skilled sales and service professionals who are truly "subject matter experts," we believe that we will be able to more effectively and efficiently attract, develop and retain customer relationships with more productive on-boarding and cross-selling practices--- which is anticipated to lead to a higher level of customer satisfaction and overall profitability for UBCP. We anticipate that all of these new technology and support functions will be fully implemented by year-end and believe that the Unified Customer Care Center has the potential to develop into a bona-fide "digital bank" for our Company, which will more readily support our growth and profitability objectives in the coming years!"Everson further stated, "As always, our primary focus is protecting the investment of our shareholders in our Company and rewarding them in a balanced fashion by growing the value of their investment and paying an attractive cash dividend. In these areas, our shareholders have been nicely rewarded. In the first quarter of this year, UBCP, once again, paid both a regular cash dividend and a special cash dividend to our valued owners. With these first quarter payouts, the regular cash dividend increased year-over-year by $0.01, or 5.5%, to a level of $0.1925. In addition, the special cash dividend paid in the first quarter was $0.175. On a combined basis, the total dividend payment to our shareholders in the first quarter of this year totaled $0.3675 and was paid on March 20th. At these current dividend payout levels, the forward yield produced by our regular cash dividend is 5.1% and, inclusive of the special dividend, the forward yield is 6.2%, considering our quarter-ending fair market value as of March 31, 2026 of $15.21. On a year-over-year basis, the fair market value of our Company's stock increased by $1.79 or 13.3%."Lastly, Everson concluded, "As you can see, we are currently heavily investing in the infrastructure of our Company to set the stage for future growth and ensure that UBCP remains relevant in the ever-more competitive financial services industry. We firmly believe that within the next twelve to twenty-four months, we will see the return on these investments that we are currently making to improve our operations and delivery. Obviously, such expenditures do have a dilutive impact on the earnings that we produce in the short-term. But, even with this reality, we are very happy with the present performance of our Company. We are grateful that we have produced increasing earnings and have grown our balance sheet in the first quarter of 2026. Over the course of 2026, we anticipate these positive trends will continue. We are truly excited about UBCP's direction and the potential that it brings. With an ongoing focus on continual process improvement, product development and delivery, we strongly believe that the future for our Company is exceedingly bright."As of March 31, 2026, United Bancorp, Inc. has total assets of $858.5 million and total shareholders' equity of $67.5 million. Through its single bank charter, Unified Bank, the Company currently has nineteen banking centers that serve the Ohio Counties of Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Fairfield, Harrison, Jefferson and Tuscarawas and Ohio and Marshall Counties in West Virginia. United Bancorp, Inc. trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market tier of the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol UBCP, Cusip #909911109.Certain statements contained herein are not based on historical facts and are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements, which are based on various assumptions (some of which are beyond the Company's control), may be identified by reference to a future period or periods, or by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "may," "will," "believe," "expect," "estimate," "anticipate," "continue," or similar terms or variations on those terms, or the negative of these terms. Actual results could differ materially from those set forth in forward-looking statements, due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, those related to the economic environment, particularly in the market areas in which the company operates, competitive products and pricing, fiscal and monetary policies of the U.S. Government, changes in government regulations affecting financial institutions, including regulatory fees and capital requirements, changes in prevailing interest rates, acquisitions and the integration of acquired businesses, credit risk management, asset/liability management, changes in the financial and securities markets, including changes with respect to the market value of our financial assets, and the availability of and costs associated with sources of liquidity. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or carry forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.Contacts:Scott A. EversonRandall M. Greenwood Chairman, President and CEOSenior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer (740) 633-0445, ext. 6154(740) 633-0445, ext. 6181 ceo@unitedbancorp.comcfo@unitedbancorp.comUnited Bancorp, Inc.
"UBCP" At or for the Quarter Ended March 31, March 31, % $ 2026 2025 Change Change Earnings Interest income on loans $7,269,752 $7,104,476 2.33% $165,276 Loan fees 254,962 222,722 14.48% $32,240 Interest income on securities 2,489,903 2,514,990 -1.00% $(25,087)Total interest income 10,014,617 9,842,188 1.75% $172,429 Total interest expense 3,503,434 3,596,003 -2.57% $(92,569)Net interest income 6,511,183 6,246,185 4.24% $264,998 Provision for credit losses 30,000 96,000 $(66,000)Net interest income after provision for credit losses 6,481,183 6,150,185 5.38% $330,998 Service charge on deposit account 792,188 732,651 8.13% $59,537 Net realized gains on sale of loans 98,200 84,387 16.37% $13,813 Net realized gain (loss) on sale of available-for-sale securities - 143,625 $(143,625)Other noninterest income 534,424 320,747 66.62% $213,677 Total noninterest income 1,424,812 1,281,410 11.19% $143,402 Total noninterest expense 6,155,243 5,586,076 10.19% $569,167 Income tax (benefit) expense (160,064) (26,353) 507.38% $(133,711)Net income $1,910,816 $1,871,872 2.08% $38,944 Key performance data Earnings per common share - Basic $0.33 $0.32 3.13% $0.010 Earnings per common share - Diluted 0.33 0.32 3.13% $0.010 Cash dividends paid 0.3675 0.3575 2.80% $0.01000 Stock data Dividend payout ratio (without special dividend) 58.33% 57.03% 1.30% Price earnings ratio 11.52x 10.48x 9.90% Market price to book value 135% 132% 2.30% Annualized yield based on quarter end close (without special dividend) 5.06% 5.44% -6.99% Market value - last close (end of period) 15.21 13.42 13.34% Book value (end of period) 11.29 10.19 10.79% Tangible book value (end of period) 11.18 10.06 11.13% Shares Outstanding Average - Basic 5,497,474 5,566,428 -------- Average - Diluted 5,497,474 5,566,428 -------- Common stock, shares issued 6,263,141 6,203,141 -------- Shares held as treasury stock 287,140 240,544 -------- Return on average assets (ROA) 0.89% 0.91% -0.02% Return on average equity (ROE) 11.32% 12.31% -0.99% At quarter end Total assets $858,499,135 $830,681,164 3.35% $27,817,971 Total assets (average) 856,687,000 822,424,000 4.17% $34,263,000 Cash and due from Federal Reserve Bank 27,239,806 36,402,686 -25.17% $(9,162,880)Average cash and due from Federal Reserve Bank 27,118,000 26,036,000 4.16% $1,082,000 Securities and other restricted stock 239,893,178 233,868,149 2.58% $6,025,029 Average securities and other restricted stock 243,578,000 241,013,000 1.06% $2,565,000 Bank-owned life insurance 38,238,704 19,954,627 91.63% $18,284,077 Other real estate and repossessions (OREO) 2,540,000 3,327,610 -23.67% $(787,610)Gross loans 500,339,204 496,866,008 0.70% $3,473,196 Allowance for credit losses 4,250,241 4,094,556 3.80% $155,685 Net loans 496,088,963 492,771,452 0.67% $3,317,511 Average loans 501,784,000 493,056,000 1.77% $8,728,000 Net loans recovered (charged-off) (16,214) (3,070) 428.14% $(13,144)Net overdrafts (charged-off ) (24,855) (24,632) 0.91% $(223)Total net (charge offs ) (41,069) (27,702) 48.25% $(13,367)Nonaccrual loans 6,478,613 1,937,543 234.37% $4,541,070 Loans past due 30+ days (excludes non accrual loans) 344,222 903,909 -61.92% $(559,687)Total Deposits Noninterest bearing demand 155,398,881 138,243,804 12.41% $17,155,077 Interest bearing demand 193,415,825 184,786,353 4.67% $8,629,472 Savings 125,818,547 124,244,385 1.27% $1,574,162 Time < $250,000 147,321,096 135,551,749 8.68% $11,769,347 Time > $250,000 44,702,815 41,254,902 8.36% $3,447,913 Total Deposits 666,657,164 624,081,193 6.82% $42,575,971 Average total deposits 652,552,000 615,678,000 5.99% $36,874,000 Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank 55,000,000 75,000,000 N/A $(20,000,000)Term advances 55,000,000 75,000,000 -26.67% $(20,000,000)Repurchase Agreements 35,596,181 37,564,822 -5.24% $(1,968,641)Shareholders' equity 67,498,833 60,801,220 11.02% $6,697,613 Common Stock, Additional Paid in Capital 33,512,368 32,745,743 2.34% $766,625 Retained Earnings 48,290,856 46,045,586 4.88% $2,245,270 Shares held by Deferred Plan and Treasury Stock (6,496,002) (5,455,374) 19.08% $(1,040,628)Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes (7,808,389) (12,534,735) -37.71% $4,726,346 Goodwill and intangible assets (impact on Shareholders' equity (682,493) (767,293) -11.05% $84,800 Tangible shareholders' equity 66,816,340 60,033,927 11.30% $6,782,413 Shareholders' equity (average) 67,499,000 60,801,000 11.02% $6,698,000 Key performance ratios Net interest margin (Federal tax equivalent) 3.72% 3.60% 0.12% Interest expense to average assets 1.64% 1.75% -0.11% Total allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans 65.60% 211.33% -145.72% Total allowance for credit losses to total loans 0.85% 0.82% 0.03% Total past due and nonaccrual loans to gross loans 1.36% 0.57% 0.79% Nonperforming assets to total assets 1.05% 0.68% 0.37% Net charge-offs to average loans -0.03% -0.02% -0.01% Equity to assets at period end 7.86% 7.32% 0.54% SOURCE: United Bancorp, Inc. 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United Bancorp, Inc. Increases its Second Quarter Cash Dividend Payment to $0.1950 per Share, which produces a Forward Yield of 5.13%, and Reports on Annual Shareholder MeetingApril 23, 2026 11:00 AM
ACCESS NewswireMARTINS FERRY, OH / ACCESS Newswire / April 23, 2026 / On April 22, 2026, the Board of Directors of United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP) declared a second quarter dividend payment of $0.1950 per share for shareholders of record on June 10, 2026 with a payment date of June 19, 2026. This is an increase of $0.01, or 5.4%, over the regular cash dividend paid in the second quarter of last year. In the first two quarters of the current year, UBCP has paid total cash dividends of $0.5625 (inclusive of a special cash dividend of $0.1750 paid in the first quarter). At the second quarter payment level, the regular cash dividend produces a forward yield of 5.13% based on UBCP's market value of $15.21 at the most recent quarter-end.Scott A. Everson, Chairman, President and CEO announced at the annual meeting held that date, the Shareholders of UBCP elected Directors for the following year including himself; Erin S. Ball, Vice President, Carenbauer Distributing Corporation, Wheeling, West Virginia; Jonathan C. Clark, Attorney at Law, Lancaster, Ohio; Gary W. Glessner, CPA and Managing Member of Glessner and Associates, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia and John M. Hoopingarner, Of Counsel, McMahon, DeGulis LLP, Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio.United Bancorp, Inc. is headquartered in Martins Ferry, Ohio and has total assets of $857.4 million and total shareholder's equity of $70.5 million as of December 31, 2025. Through its single bank charter, Unified Bank, the Company has nineteen banking offices that serve the Ohio Counties of Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Fairfield, Harrison, Jefferson and Tuscarawas and Ohio and Marshall Counties in West Virginia. United Bancorp, Inc. trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market tier of the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol UBCP, Cusip #909911109.Contact:Scott A. Everson
Chairman, President and CEO
(740) 633-0445 Ext. 6154
ceo@unitedbancorp.comRandall M. Greenwood
Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer
(740) 633-0445 Ext. 6181
cfo@unitedbancorp.comSOURCE: United Bancorp, Inc. (Ohio)View the original press release on ACCESS NewswireOriginal: United Bancorp, Inc. Increases its Second Quarter Cash Dividend Payment to $0.1950 per Share, which produces a Forward Yield of 5.13%, and Reports on Annual Shareholder Meeting

United Bancorp, Inc. Declares a Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.1925 per Common Share Producing a Forward Yield of 5.6% and Announces a Special Dividend Payment of $0.1750 per Common ShareFebruary 19, 2026 11:00 AM
ACCESS NewswireMARTINS FERRY, OH / ACCESS Newswire / February 19, 2026 / On February 18, 2026, the Board of Directors of United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP) declared a first quarter cash dividend of $0.1925, which is payable on March 20, 2026 to shareholders of record on March 10, 2026. This is an increase of $0.01, or 5.5%, over the cash dividend paid in the first quarter of last year. At this new level and on a forward basis, the regular cash dividend is $0.77, which produces a forward yield of 5.4% based on the market value at the most recent quarter-end.In addition to this regular cash dividend payment, the Board of Directors of United Bancorp, Inc. also approved a one-time, special dividend of $0.1750 per common share, which is payable on March 20, 2026 to shareholders of record on March 10, 2026. The Board of Directors approved this special cash dividend based on the Company's continued solid earnings, ample liquidity and strong capital position as of year-end 2025. At the current quarterly cash dividend payment level on a forward basis and inclusive of this special dividend payment, United Bancorp, Inc. is projected to pay cash dividends of $0.9450 in the current year.United Bancorp, Inc. is headquartered in Martins Ferry, Ohio and has total assets of $857.4 million and total shareholder's equity of $70.5 million as of December 31, 2025. Through its single bank charter, Unified Bank, the Company currently has nineteen banking centers that serve the Ohio Counties of Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Fairfield, Harrison, Jefferson and Tuscarawas and Marshall and Ohio Counties in West Virginia. United Bancorp, Inc. trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market tier of the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol UBCP, Cusip #909911109.Contacts:Scott A. Everson
Chairman, President and CEO
(740) 633-0445, ext. 6154
ceo@unitedbancorp.comRandall M. Greenwood
Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer
(740) 633-0445, ext. 6181
cfo@unitedbancorp.comSOURCE: United Bancorp, Inc. (Ohio)View the original press release on ACCESS NewswireOriginal: United Bancorp, Inc. Declares a Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.1925 per Common Share Producing a Forward Yield of 5.6% and Announces a Special Dividend Payment of $0.1750 per Common Share