American Campus Communities - ACC Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Campus Communities in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" ACC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ACC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for American Campus Communities' stock. Their ACC share price forecasts range from $57.00 to $65.50. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $61.59 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.8%.
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American Campus Communities' stock was trading at $57.29 at the start of the year. Since then, ACC shares have increased by 14.2% and is now trading at $65.42.
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American Campus Communities saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 11,520,000 shares, an increase of 23.3% from the June 15th total of 9,340,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,130,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Currently, 8.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 24th 2022.
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American Campus Communities, Inc. (NYSE:ACC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.70 by $0.43. The real estate investment trust earned $273.75 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $255.17 million. American Campus Communities had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.21% and a net margin of 7.14%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 17.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.57 earnings per share.

American Campus Communities announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 4th will be given a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, February 25th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 3rd.
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American Campus Communities (NYSE:ACC) pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.87%. The dividend payout ratio is 376.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, ACC will have a dividend payout ratio of 70.94% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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369 employees have rated American Campus Communities Chief Executive Officer William C. Bayless Jr. on Glassdoor.com. William C. Bayless Jr. has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees.

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

American Campus Communities' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.43%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.69%), Soros Fund Management LLC (2.24%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.16%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.73%) and Westchester Capital Management LLC (1.57%). Insiders that own company stock include Cardenas Jorge De, James Clarence Hopke Jr, James E Wilhelm III, Jennifer Beese, John T Rippel, Oliver Luck and William C Bayless Jr.
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Shares of ACC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of ACC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $65.42.

American Campus Communities (NYSE:ACC) has a market capitalization of $9.12 billion and generates $942.41 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $35.49 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.50 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,006 workers across the globe.

American Campus Communities was founded in 1993.

American Campus Communities' mailing address is 12700 Hill Country Blvd. Suite T-200, Austin TX, 78738. The official website for the company is www.americancampus.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (512) 732-1000, via email at rdennison@americancampus.com, or via fax at 512-732-2450.