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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be given a dividend of $0.68 per share on Friday, March 22nd. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.32%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 7th. View Gaming and Leisure Properties' Dividend History.

Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc (NASDAQ:GLPI) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 13th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.84 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.82 by $0.02. The real estate investment trust earned $303.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $306.12 million. Gaming and Leisure Properties had a net margin of 32.16% and a return on equity of 14.42%. Gaming and Leisure Properties's quarterly revenue was up 26.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.55 EPS. View Gaming and Leisure Properties' Earnings History.

Gaming and Leisure Properties is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

Gaming and Leisure Properties updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 13th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.40-$3.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.17. The company issued revenue guidance of $1154.1-$1159.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.27 billion.Gaming and Leisure Properties also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $3.40-3.45 EPS.

8 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Gaming and Leisure Properties' shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $48.00. On average, they anticipate Gaming and Leisure Properties' stock price to reach $39.5556 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

8 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 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

Headlines about GLPI stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Gaming and Leisure Properties earned a coverage optimism score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Gaming and Leisure Properties investors own include Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Sirius XM (SIRI), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), AT&T (T), Ladder Capital (LADR), EPR Properties (EPR), Ares Capital (ARCC), Pinnacle Entertainment (PNK), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET) and New Residential Investment (NRZ).

Gaming and Leisure Properties' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.14%), PGGM Investments (2.09%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (1.77%), Harris Associates L P (1.55%), Gates Capital Management Inc. (1.54%) and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (1.46%). Company insiders that own Gaming and Leisure Properties stock include Barry F Schwartz, David A Handler, E Scott Urdang, Joseph W Marshall III, Matthew Demchyk, 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 Gates Capital Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Caxton Associates LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Employees Retirement System of Texas and Mackay Shields LLC. 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 PGGM Investments, Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Cohen & Steers Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Fortress Investment Group LLC, LSV Asset Management, Two Sigma Investments LP and BlackRock Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Gaming and Leisure Properties stock in the last two years include Barry F Schwartz, David A Handler, E Scott Urdang, Joseph W Marshall III, Matthew Demchyk, 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 $37.14.

Gaming and Leisure Properties has a market capitalization of $7.97 billion and generates $1.06 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $339.51 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.18 on an earnings per share basis. Gaming and Leisure Properties employs 644 workers across the globe.

The official website for Gaming and Leisure Properties is http://www.glpropinc.com.

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]