NASDAQ:GLPI - Gaming and Leisure Properties Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Gaming and Leisure Properties trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GLPI."

Gaming and Leisure Properties declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 1st. Investors of record on Friday, September 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.63 per share on Friday, September 21st. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 6th. View Gaming and Leisure Properties' Dividend History.

Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc (NASDAQ:GLPI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.77 by $0.34. The real estate investment trust earned $254.22 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $254.40 million. Gaming and Leisure Properties had a net margin of 38.54% and a return on equity of 15.56%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.45 earnings per share. View Gaming and Leisure Properties' Earnings History.

Gaming and Leisure Properties is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

Gaming and Leisure Properties updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.92 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.48. The company issued revenue guidance of $1018.9, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.02 billion.Gaming and Leisure Properties also updated its Q3 guidance to $0.49 EPS.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Gaming and Leisure Properties' shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate Gaming and Leisure Properties' stock price to reach $39.1429 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gaming and Leisure Properties in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

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Press coverage about GLPI stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Gaming and Leisure Properties earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.72 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

Gaming and Leisure Properties' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.87%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (4.24%), FMR LLC (2.51%), Putnam Investments LLC (2.21%), Millennium Management LLC (1.44%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.40%). Company insiders that own Gaming and Leisure Properties stock include Barry F Schwartz, E Scott Urdang, Peter M Carlino, Steven T Snyder and William J Clifford. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

GLPI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Voya Investment Management LLC, Cbre Clarion Securities LLC, Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Systematic Financial Management LP, Putnam Investments LLC and Bank of America Corp DE. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

GLPI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, FMR LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, BlackRock Inc., LSV Asset Management and Martingale Asset Management L P. Company insiders that have bought Gaming and Leisure Properties stock in the last two years include Barry F Schwartz, E Scott Urdang, Peter M Carlino and William J Clifford. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

Shares of GLPI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GLPI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.44.

Gaming and Leisure Properties has a market capitalization of $7.40 billion and generates $971.31 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $380.59 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.15 on an earnings per share basis. Gaming and Leisure Properties employs 714 workers across the globe.

Gaming and Leisure Properties' mailing address is 845 Berkshire Blvd. Suite200, Wyomissing PA, 19610. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 610-401-2900 or via email at [email protected]