American Campus Communities Stock Forecast, Price & News

American Campus Communities' stock was trading at $37.81 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ACC stock has increased by 7.1% and is now trading at $40.49.
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6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Campus Communities in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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American Campus Communities is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 16th 2021.
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American Campus Communities, Inc. (NYSE:ACC) issued its earnings results on Saturday, October, 31st. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.15) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.45. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $202.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $190.07 million. American Campus Communities had a return on equity of 2.50% and a net margin of 8.14%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.46 EPS.
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American Campus Communities announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 16th will be given a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, November 27th. This represents a $1.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.64%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 13th.
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6 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for American Campus Communities' shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $49.00. On average, they expect American Campus Communities' stock price to reach $38.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.2%.
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American Campus Communities saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,230,000 shares, an increase of 15.7% from the October 15th total of 4,520,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,150,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.5 days. Currently, 3.8% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to American Campus Communities include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Sun Communities (SUI), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), UDR (UDR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV) and UMH Properties (UMH).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other American Campus Communities investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Simon Property Group (SPG), Iron Mountain (IRM), Realty Income (O), AbbVie (ABBV), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), W. P. Carey (WPC) and Enterprise Products Partners (EPD).

American Campus Communities trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ACC."

American Campus Communities' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.51%), State Street Corp (4.26%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.30%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.08%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.18%) and Lasalle Investment Management Securities LLC (1.64%). Company insiders that own American Campus Communities stock include Cardenas Jorge De, Oliver Luck and William C Bayless Jr.
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ACC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley, State Street Corp, BlackRock Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., US Bancorp DE, and Sarasin & Partners LLP.
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ACC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Principal Financial Group Inc., Land & Buildings Investment Management LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Sei Investments Co., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco LLC, and Lasalle Investment Management Securities LLC.
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Shares of ACC 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of ACC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.49.

American Campus Communities has a market capitalization of $5.57 billion and generates $943.04 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $84.97 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.42 on an earnings per share basis. American Campus Communities employs 3,096 workers across the globe.

The official website for American Campus Communities is www.americancampus.com.

American Campus Communities' mailing address is 12700 Hill Country Blvd. Suite T-200, Austin TX, 78738. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 512-732-1000 or via email at [email protected]