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 declared 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 19.46%. The ex-dividend date 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 the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 51.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Government Properties Income Trust's shares. Their predictions range from $10.00 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate Government Properties Income Trust's share price to reach $13.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 49.3% 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 headlines about GOV stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Government Properties Income Trust saw a increase in short interest in 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Approximately 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 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), Forestar Group (FOR) and Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (CRESY).

Government Properties Income Trust's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.71%), LSV Asset Management (1.76%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.71%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.51%), Huber Capital Management LLC (1.19%) and Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (0.87%). 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., Alpine Associates Management Inc., Opera Trading Capital, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Advisors Asset Management Inc., LSV Asset Management and Chicago Equity Partners LLC. 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 $8.84.

Government Properties Income Trust has a market capitalization of $895.82 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]