NASDAQ:GOV - Government Properties Income Trust Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Government Properties Income Trust trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GOV."

Government Properties Income Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 18th. Investors of record on Monday, October 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Monday, November 19th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 20.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 26th. View Government Properties Income Trust's Dividend History.

Government Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:GOV) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.04. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $106.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $103.90 million. Government Properties Income Trust had a return on equity of 0.64% and a net margin of 4.14%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 51.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.41 EPS. View Government Properties Income Trust's Earnings History.

Government Properties Income Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Government Properties Income Trust.

6 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Government Properties Income Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $15.00. On average, they expect Government Properties Income Trust's stock price to reach $12.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 41.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Government Properties Income Trust.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Government Properties Income Trust in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Government Properties Income Trust.

Media coverage about GOV stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Government Properties Income Trust earned a news sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Government Properties Income Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 17,173,101 shares, an increase of 39.0% from the September 28th total of 12,351,429 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,175,471 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.1 days. Approximately 17.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Government Properties Income Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Government Properties Income Trust include Kennedy-Wilson (KW), FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Terreno Realty (TRNO), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Yangtze River Port and Logistics (YRIV), Gazit Globe (GZT), Seritage Growth Properties (SRG), Getty Realty (GTY), Five Point (FPH), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), HomeFed (HOFD), BBX Capital (BBX), Forestar Group (FOR) and Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (CRESY).

Government Properties Income Trust's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.71%), LSV Asset Management (1.76%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.71%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.51%), Morgan Stanley (1.25%) and Huber Capital Management LLC (1.19%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Government Properties Income Trust.

GOV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Huber Capital Management LLC, Garner Asset Management Corp, Prudential Financial Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Credit Suisse AG and TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Government Properties Income Trust.

GOV stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., Morgan Stanley, Alpine Associates Management Inc., Opera Trading Capital, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Advisors Asset Management Inc. and LSV Asset Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Government Properties Income Trust.

Shares of GOV 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 GOV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $8.46.

Government Properties Income Trust has a market capitalization of $878.96 million and generates $316.53 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $12.09 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.02 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for Government Properties Income Trust is http://www.govreit.com.

Government Properties Income Trust's mailing address is TWO NEWTON PLACE 255 WASHINGTON STREET SUITE 300, NEWTON MA, 02458. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 617-219-1440 or via email at [email protected]