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

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

Hospitality Properties Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 28th will be given 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 7.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 25th. View Hospitality Properties Trust's Dividend History.

Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 9th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.48. The real estate investment trust earned $612 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $601.86 million. Hospitality Properties Trust had a net margin of 14.31% and a return on equity of 9.32%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.37 EPS. 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 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Hospitality Properties Trust's stock. Their forecasts 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 8.4% 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.

News coverage about HPT stock has trended somewhat positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hospitality Properties Trust earned a coverage optimism score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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), UDR (UDR), WP Carey (WPC), SINO LD LTD/S (SNLAY), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Regency Centers (REG), Duke Realty (DRE), Gecina (GECFF), Iron Mountain (IRM) and Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hospitality Properties Trust investors own include AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Bank of America (BAC), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Starwood Property Trust (STWD).

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, Millennium Management LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Highland Capital Management LLC, Rhumbline Advisers and Convergence Investment Partners LLC.

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 $27.67.

Hospitality Properties Trust has a market capitalization of $4.55 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]