NYSE:ACC - American Campus Communities Stock Price, Forecast & 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 shares have decreased by 25.5% and is now trading at $28.16. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

American Campus Communities is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 20th 2020. View our earnings forecast for American Campus Communities.

American Campus Communities will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, April 20th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

American Campus Communities, Inc. (NYSE:ACC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 18th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.54. The real estate investment trust earned $255.84 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $239.82 million. American Campus Communities had a net margin of 9.01% and a return on equity of 2.77%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.72 earnings per share. View American Campus Communities' earnings history.

American Campus Communities announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 20th. Shareholders 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 dividend yield of 6.68%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 29th. View American Campus Communities' dividend history.

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

6 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for American Campus Communities' stock. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate American Campus Communities' share price to reach $51.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 83.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for American Campus Communities.

Media headlines about ACC stock have been trending very positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. American Campus Communities earned a coverage optimism score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutAmerican Campus Communities.

American Campus Communities saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 2,163,000 shares, a decline of 5.5% from the February 27th total of 2,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 777,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's stock are short sold. View American Campus Communities' Current Options Chain.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 Geode Capital Management LLC (1.61%). Company insiders that own American Campus Communities stock include Cardenas Jorge De, James Clarence Hopke Jr 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., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Sei Investments Co., Mackay Shields LLC, and Panagora Asset Management 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 activity for American Campus Communities.

ACC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FIL Ltd, Norges Bank, Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Marshall Wace North America L.P., UBS Group AG, and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $28.16.

American Campus Communities has a market capitalization of $3.87 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. 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]