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 Thursday, July 19th. Investors of record on Monday, July 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.53 per share on Thursday, August 16th. This represents a $2.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 27th. View Hospitality Properties Trust's Dividend History.

Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 9th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.48. The real estate investment trust earned $612 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $601.86 million. Hospitality Properties Trust had a net margin of 13.08% and a return on equity of 8.19%. Hospitality Properties Trust's revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $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, November, 14th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Hospitality Properties Trust.

5 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Hospitality Properties Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $35.00. On average, they expect Hospitality Properties Trust's stock price to reach $30.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.0% 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.

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Media coverage about HPT stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Hospitality Properties Trust earned a coverage optimism score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Hospitality Properties Trust.

Hospitality Properties Trust's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.59%), LSV Asset Management (4.59%), Northern Trust Corp (1.72%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.57%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.53%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.53%).

HPT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisors Capital Management LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, LSV Asset Management, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio, KAMES CAPITAL plc, RPG Investment Advisory LLC, Meeder Asset Management Inc. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue.

HPT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., J. L. Bainbridge & Co. Inc., Welch & Forbes LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Meadow Creek Investment Management LLC, Employees Retirement System of Texas, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. and Royal London Asset Management Ltd..

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 $28.84.

Hospitality Properties Trust has a market capitalization of $4.69 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.

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]