Cerity Partners LLC Has $1.02 Million Position in Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR)

Cerity Partners LLC lessened its position in Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR - Free Report) by 25.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 57,644 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 19,901 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC's holdings in Healthcare Realty Trust were worth $1,018,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 130.3% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,635 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 925 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its position in Healthcare Realty Trust by 59.0% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,650 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 612 shares in the last quarter. Synergy Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in Healthcare Realty Trust during the 4th quarter valued at about $36,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its position in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 68.7% during the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 3,067 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $52,000 after buying an additional 1,249 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new stake in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $78,000.

Healthcare Realty Trust Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of HR traded up $0.05 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $15.77. The stock had a trading volume of 145,278 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,281,291. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $16.36 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $16.92. The firm has a market cap of $5.53 billion, a P/E ratio of -8.86 and a beta of 0.85. Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated has a fifty-two week low of $13.94 and a fifty-two week high of $18.90.

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 19th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $309.77 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $303.81 million. Healthcare Realty Trust had a negative net margin of 51.60% and a negative return on equity of 11.20%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.39 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated will post 1.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Healthcare Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 19th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.31 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.87%. Healthcare Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -69.66%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

HR has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group cut Healthcare Realty Trust from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $19.00 to $17.00 in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on Healthcare Realty Trust from $17.00 to $16.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 10th. Wedbush upgraded shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 7th. Scotiabank reduced their price objective on shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 25th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Thursday, March 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and four have assigned a hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Healthcare Realty Trust presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $17.00.

Healthcare Realty Trust Profile

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc provides real estate investment services. It owns, leases, manages, acquires, finances, develops, and redevelops income-producing real estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of outpatient healthcare services throughout the United States of America. The company was founded by David R.