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. Shareholders 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 5.34%. 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) announced 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 consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.04. The real estate investment trust earned $106.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 was up 51.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company 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.

7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Government Properties Income Trust's shares. Their predictions range from $7.00 to $23.00. On average, they anticipate Government Properties Income Trust's share price to reach $12.8333 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 60.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Government Properties Income Trust.

7 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 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Government Properties Income Trust.

News articles about GOV stock have trended very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Government Properties Income Trust earned a news sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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

Government Properties Income Trust's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Opera Trading Capital (0.24%), Capital Investment Advisors LLC (0.22%), Diligent Investors LLC (0.14%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.03%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Government Properties Income Trust.

GOV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Investment Advisors LLC, Virtu Financial LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 Diligent Investors LLC, Opera Trading Capital, Bank of Montreal Can and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $32.22.

Government Properties Income Trust has a market capitalization of $3.20 billion 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]