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 given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Monday, November 19th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 18.96%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 26th. View Government Properties Income Trust's Dividend History.

Government Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:GOV) posted its earnings results on Thursday, November, 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.53 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.04. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $106.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $103.90 million. Government Properties Income Trust had a return on equity of 0.64% and a net margin of 4.14%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 51.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.41 earnings per share. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Government Properties Income Trust's shares. Their predictions range from $10.00 to $15.00. On average, they expect Government Properties Income Trust's stock price to reach $13.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 45.5% 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.

News stories about GOV stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Government Properties Income Trust earned a coverage optimism score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Government Properties Income Trust saw a increase in short interest in 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 daily trading volume, of 4,175,471 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Currently, 17.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View Government Properties Income Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Government Properties Income Trust include Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Terreno Realty (TRNO), Shanghai Industrial (SGHIY), 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) and Forestar Group (FOR).

Government Properties Income Trust's stock is owned by a variety 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%), Prudential Financial Inc. (0.42%), Alpine Associates Management Inc. (0.33%) and Rhumbline Advisers (0.25%). 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., Garner Asset Management Corp, Prudential Financial Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Forsta AP Fonden, Systematic Financial Management LP, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Northern Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Government Properties Income Trust.

GOV stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Alpine Associates Management Inc., Opera Trading Capital, LSV Asset Management, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Creative Planning and Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado. 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 $9.07.

Government Properties Income Trust has a market capitalization of $923.60 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]