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 Tuesday, October 16th. Investors of record on Friday, December 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.68 per share on Friday, December 28th. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 13th. This is a positive change from Gaming and Leisure Properties's previous quarterly dividend of $0.63. View Gaming and Leisure Properties' Dividend History.

Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc (NASDAQ:GLPI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.26. The real estate investment trust earned $254.14 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $255.55 million. Gaming and Leisure Properties had a net margin of 38.95% and a return on equity of 16.10%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.45 EPS. View Gaming and Leisure Properties' Earnings History.

Gaming and Leisure Properties is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

11 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Gaming and Leisure Properties' stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect Gaming and Leisure Properties' stock price to reach $39.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

11 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, 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

Press coverage about GLPI stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Gaming and Leisure Properties earned a news impact score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Gaming and Leisure Properties' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc (14.33%), BlackRock Inc. (7.02%), Bamco Inc. NY (4.87%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (4.71%), Capital World Investors (3.68%) and Putnam Investments LLC (2.16%). Company insiders that own Gaming and Leisure Properties stock include Barry F Schwartz, David A Handler, E Scott Urdang, Joseph W Marshall III, 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 Cohen & Steers Inc., Marshall Wace North America L.P., FMR LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Daiwa Securities Group Inc., TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, Capital World Investors and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gaming and Leisure Properties.

GLPI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc, Marshall Wace LLP, American Century Companies Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Waterfront Capital Partners LLC, Scopus Asset Management L.P. and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. 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, 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 $34.86.

Gaming and Leisure Properties has a market capitalization of $7.37 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.

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]