NYSE:ACC - American Campus Communities Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

American Campus Communities declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, January 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a $1.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.91%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 29th. View American Campus Communities' Dividend History.

American Campus Communities, Inc. (NYSE:ACC) posted its earnings results on Monday, October, 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.32. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $211.08 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $213.30 million. American Campus Communities had a return on equity of 2.73% and a net margin of 11.55%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.44 EPS. View American Campus Communities' Earnings History.

American Campus Communities is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 18th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for American Campus Communities.

American Campus Communities issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 18th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.41-2.51 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.49.

6 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for American Campus Communities' shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect American Campus Communities' stock price to reach $52.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for American Campus Communities.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Campus Communities in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for American Campus Communities.

News articles about ACC stock have trended very positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores 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. American Campus Communities earned a media sentiment score of 3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media 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 immediate future. View News Stories for American Campus Communities.

American Campus Communities saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,800,000 shares, a decline of 9.1% from the December 31st total of 1,980,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 612,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View American Campus Communities' Current Options Chain.

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American Campus Communities' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.80%), Capital Research Global Investors (3.38%), FIL Ltd (2.28%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.15%), Lasalle Investment Management Securities LLC (1.92%) and Ceredex Value Advisors LLC (1.58%). Company insiders that own American Campus Communities stock include Cardenas Jorge De, James Clarence Hopke Jr, John T Rippel and Oliver Luck. View Institutional Ownership Trends for American Campus Communities.

ACC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, State Street Corp, AJO LP, Prudential Financial Inc., Sei Investments Co., Mackay Shields LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold American Campus Communities company stock in the last year include Cardenas Jorge De and Oliver Luck. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Campus Communities.

ACC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FIL Ltd, Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Marshall Wace North America L.P., UBS Group AG, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Alliancebernstein L.P.. View Insider Buying and Selling for American Campus Communities.

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 $48.09.

American Campus Communities has a market capitalization of $6.61 billion and generates $880.81 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $117.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.31 on an earnings per share basis. American Campus Communities employs 3,098 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About American Campus Communities.

The official website for American Campus Communities is http://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]