NASDAQ:HPT - Hospitality Properties Trust Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Hospitality Properties Trust trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HPT."

Hospitality Properties Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.53 per share on Thursday, February 21st. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 25th. View Hospitality Properties Trust's Dividend History.

Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 9th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.48. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $612 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $601.86 million. Hospitality Properties Trust had a return on equity of 9.32% and a net margin of 14.31%. Hospitality Properties Trust's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.37 earnings per share. View Hospitality Properties Trust's Earnings History.

Hospitality Properties Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 27th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Hospitality Properties Trust.

Hospitality Properties Trust will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 27th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8773293720.

5 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Hospitality Properties Trust's shares. Their predictions range from $25.00 to $35.00. On average, they anticipate Hospitality Properties Trust's stock price to reach $30.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Hospitality Properties Trust.

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

Media headlines about HPT stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of news 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. Hospitality Properties Trust earned a coverage optimism score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Some companies that are related to Hospitality Properties Trust include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), HCP (HCP), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Extra Space Storage (EXR), WP Carey (WPC), UDR (UDR), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), SINO LD LTD/S (SNLAY), Regency Centers (REG), Klepierre (KLPEF), Duke Realty (DRE), Gecina (GECFF) and Iron Mountain (IRM).

Hospitality Properties Trust's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.21%), LSV Asset Management (4.53%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.59%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.52%), Northern Trust Corp (1.49%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.48%).

HPT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, LPL Financial LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Uniplan Investment Counsel Inc. and Capital Management Corp VA.

HPT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, BlackRock Inc., Affinity Investment Advisors LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Highland Capital Management LLC, Rhumbline Advisers, Convergence Investment Partners LLC and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta as represented by Alberta Investment Management Corp.

Shares of HPT 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 HPT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.40.

Hospitality Properties Trust has a market capitalization of $4.51 billion and generates $2.17 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $215.14 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.57 on an earnings per share basis. Hospitality Properties Trust employs 450 workers across the globe.

The official website for Hospitality Properties Trust is http://www.hptreit.com.

Hospitality Properties 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 617-964-8389 or via email at [email protected]