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 5.24%. 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.53 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 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 business's revenue for the quarter was up 51.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Government Properties Income Trust's stock. Their predictions range from $7.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect Government Properties Income Trust's stock price to reach $12.8333 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 60.9%. 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.

Press coverage about GOV stock has been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks 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 negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Government Properties Income Trust earned a media sentiment score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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

Government Properties Income Trust's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Diligent Investors LLC (0.14%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%) and Virtu Financial LLC (0.01%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Government Properties Income Trust.

GOV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virtu Financial LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 Diligent Investors LLC 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 $32.82.

Government Properties Income Trust has a market capitalization of $681.54 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]