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 Thursday, April 18th. Investors of record on Monday, April 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.54 per share on Thursday, May 16th. This represents a $2.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 26th. This is a positive change from Hospitality Properties Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. View Hospitality Properties Trust's Dividend History.

Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT) released its earnings results on Friday, May, 10th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.87 by $0.01. The real estate investment trust earned $524.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $529.66 million. Hospitality Properties Trust had a negative net margin of 5.25% and a negative return on equity of 4.42%. The business's revenue was down .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.94 earnings per share. View Hospitality Properties Trust's Earnings History.

Hospitality Properties Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 9th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Hospitality Properties Trust.

Hospitality Properties Trust will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, August 9th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8773293720.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Hospitality Properties Trust's shares. Their predictions range from $25.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect Hospitality Properties Trust's share price to reach $28.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Hospitality Properties Trust.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hospitality Properties Trust in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Hospitality Properties Trust.

News stories about HPT stock have been trending positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press 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 negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hospitality Properties Trust earned a media sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Hospitality Properties Trust.

Hospitality Properties Trust saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totalling 5,438,700 shares, an increase of 10.4% from the May 30th total of 4,928,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 742,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.3 days. Approximately 3.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Hospitality Properties Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Hospitality Properties Trust include HCP (HCP), WP Carey (WPC), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), UDR (UDR), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Sun Communities (SUI), Duke Realty (DRE), Regency Centers (REG), Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), SINO LD LTD/S (SNLAY), Gecina (GECFF) and Camden Property Trust (CPT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hospitality Properties Trust investors own include AT&T (T), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Pfizer (PFE), Ford Motor (F), General Electric (GE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Alibaba Group (BABA), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Starwood Property Trust (STWD) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Hospitality Properties Trust's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Community Bank of Raymore (0.85%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.40%), RPG Investment Advisory LLC (0.15%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.04%) and Fagan Associates Inc. (0.04%).

HPT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Community Bank of Raymore and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System.

HPT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Welch & Forbes LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Forte Capital LLC ADV, RPG Investment Advisory LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Fagan Associates Inc. and NEXT Financial Group Inc.

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 $24.87.

Hospitality Properties Trust has a market capitalization of $4.09 billion and generates $2.29 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $185.73 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.69 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About Hospitality Properties Trust.

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]