Company Analysis

United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP)

Nasdaq: UBCP · State Commercial Banks · Martins Ferry, OH · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade4.3
◀ Past 3.7● Present 4.7▶ Future 4.7

The grade of United Bancorp, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.3/10
◀ Past3.740% of the headline
● Present4.735% of the headline
▶ Future4.725% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-04-19.

weight 45% of this tense · 8th percentile among 165 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

United Bancorp, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2024-04-19); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2022-09-30) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

United Bancorp, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $17 million in fiscal 2016 to $41 million in fiscal 2025, up 10.7% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 11% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.7%bottom 28% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 39% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak10.6%bottom 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.1% a year. 60% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 8 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, United Bancorp, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 60% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 8 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $170 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 43% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.7/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 92%: owes 92¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 161 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, United Bancorp, Inc. earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 92 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 13% of its family
  • return on equitytop 37% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 24% of 155 in its family; net margin 18.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 24th percentile among 155 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

United Bancorp, Inc.'s standing among 155 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $41 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 3% by size; a net margin of 18.7% ranks in the bottom 38%; revenue growth of 14.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 30% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$41.5Mbottom 3% of its family
  • net margin18.7%bottom 38% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth14.5%bottom 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 28% of 150 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

United Bancorp, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Everson, Scott A (Chairman Pres and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-11-01, 7 years (bottom 43% of its family); the 8 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 12.7 years (top 10%); 1 officer or director change was reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 8 people in charge now (top 17%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge1 in three years among 8 peopletop 17% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed12.7 yearstop 10% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.0 yearsbottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 37% of 142 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 142 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

United Bancorp, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $47 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 5.4% of its assets as net cash, top 30% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -3.2% of revenue (bottom 4%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets5.4%top 30% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-3.2%bottom 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 33% of 152 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

United Bancorp, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 14.5% a year over the last three filed years against 10.7% over all 10, speeding up (bottom 49% of its family); the newest year grew 5% (top 48%); capital spending grew 184.5% a year (top 1%) (its annual reports). United Bancorp, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+3.8 points a yearbottom 49% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.0%top 48% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending184.5%top 1% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 36% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

United Bancorp, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $41 million in fiscal 2025 came in 12.2% below the $47 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 38% of its family); net income of $8 million against a prior three-year average of $8 million (bottom 19%); a net margin of 18.7% against 24.8% before (bottom 27%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-12.2%top 38% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-7%bottom 19% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-6.1 pointsbottom 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton UBCP · research, not advice