Zacks Research Has Optimistic View of ARE FY2025 Earnings

Key Points

• Zacks Research has raised its FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimate for Alexandria Real Estate Equities to $9.20, up from $9.18, while the consensus estimate is $9.32 per share.
• The company's stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" from analysts, with an average price target of $97.17.
• Alexandria Real Estate Equities recently announced a quarterly dividend of $1.32, yielding 7.2%, despite its payout ratio being highly negative at -4,061.54%.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research boosted their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research note issued to investors on Monday, August 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the real estate investment trust will post earnings of $9.20 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $9.18. The consensus estimate for Alexandria Real Estate Equities' current full-year earnings is $9.32 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Alexandria Real Estate Equities' Q4 2026 earnings at $2.15 EPS.

Several other research firms have also issued reports on ARE. Wedbush reduced their target price on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $104.00 to $76.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Evercore ISI reduced their price objective on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $103.00 to $91.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. Mizuho cut their price target on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $121.00 to $91.00 in a report on Thursday, June 12th. Citigroup decreased their price objective on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $110.00 to $74.00 in a research note on Monday, June 2nd. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane reduced their target price on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $111.00 to $85.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 29th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $97.17.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Trading Up 2.5%

Shares of ARE stock opened at $73.66 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a current ratio of 0.23. The company has a market capitalization of $12.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -566.62, a PEG ratio of 6.05 and a beta of 1.24. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a 52-week low of $67.37 and a 52-week high of $125.63. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $75.54 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $82.42.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $2.33 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.29 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $737.28 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $748.02 million. Alexandria Real Estate Equities had a negative return on equity of 0.05% and a negative net margin of 0.33%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities's quarterly revenue was down .6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.36 EPS.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Monday, June 30th were given a $1.32 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 30th. This represents a $5.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.2%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities's payout ratio is -4,061.54%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Colonial Trust Co SC grew its stake in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 514.3% during the fourth quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 301 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 252 shares during the last quarter. Tsfg LLC purchased a new position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities in the 1st quarter worth approximately $30,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities during the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Avalon Trust Co bought a new position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in the first quarter worth approximately $32,000. Finally, TruNorth Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities during the 1st quarter valued at $34,000. Institutional investors own 96.54% of the company's stock.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Company Profile

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc NYSE: ARE, an S&P 500 company, is a best-in-class, mission-driven life science REIT making a positive and lasting impact on the world. As the pioneer of the life science real estate niche since our founding in 1994, Alexandria is the preeminent and longest-tenured owner, operator, and developer of collaborative life science, agtech, and advanced technology mega campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, including Greater Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, San Diego, Seattle, Maryland, and Research Triangle.

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