American Campus Communities Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for American Campus Communities in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" American Campus Communities stock. 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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American Campus Communities is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 19th 2021.
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American Campus Communities, Inc. (NYSE:ACC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Sunday, April, 18th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.03. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $232.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $217.18 million. American Campus Communities had a net margin of 8.14% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.50%. American Campus Communities's revenue was down 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.70 earnings per share.
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American Campus Communities' stock was trading at $37.81 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ACC stock has increased by 20.3% and is now trading at $45.48.
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American Campus Communities declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, February 19th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 27th. This is a positive change from American Campus Communities's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42.
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American Campus Communities pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.19%. ACC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. American Campus Communities does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of American Campus Communities is 77.69%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, American Campus Communities will have a dividend payout ratio of 91.26% in the coming year. This indicates that American Campus Communities may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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American Campus Communities issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Monday, April, 19th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.35-0.38 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.37.

4 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for American Campus Communities' shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $46.00. On average, they anticipate American Campus Communities' stock price to reach $42.83 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.8%.
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369 employees have rated American Campus Communities CEO William C. Bayless Jr. on Glassdoor.com. William C. Bayless Jr. has an approval rating of 85% among American Campus Communities' 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.13%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.12%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.03%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.02%). 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 Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Pensionfund Sabic, Teamwork Financial Advisors LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Aurora Investment Managers LLC., and Pacer Advisors Inc..
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ACC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Community Trust & Investment Co., Real Estate Management Services LLC, Legacy Wealth Asset Management LLC, Motco, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, and Presima Inc..
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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 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 $45.48.

American Campus Communities has a market capitalization of $6.26 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 2,988 workers across the globe.

American Campus Communities was founded in 1993.

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

American Campus Communities is headquartered at 12700 Hill Country Blvd. Suite T-200, Austin TX, 78738.

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]