Preferred Apartment Communities Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Preferred Apartment Communities in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Preferred Apartment Communities stock.
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Preferred Apartment Communities is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 9th 2021.
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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS) issued its earnings results on Sunday, May, 9th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.73) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.97. Preferred Apartment Communities had a negative net margin of 0.83% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 0.26%.
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Preferred Apartment Communities' stock was trading at $9.01 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, APTS shares have increased by 13.0% and is now trading at $10.18.
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Preferred Apartment Communities announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 12th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.175 per share on Thursday, July 15th. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.88%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 14th.
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Preferred Apartment Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.65%. APTS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Preferred Apartment Communities does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Preferred Apartment Communities is 65.42%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, Preferred Apartment Communities will have a dividend payout ratio of 80.46% in the coming year. This indicates that Preferred Apartment Communities may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Preferred Apartment Communities issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.730-0.830 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Preferred Apartment Communities' stock. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $11.00. On average, they expect Preferred Apartment Communities' stock price to reach $11.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price.
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1 employees have rated Preferred Apartment Communities CEO Joel Murphy on Glassdoor.com. Joel Murphy has an approval rating of 100% among Preferred Apartment Communities' employees. This puts Joel Murphy in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Preferred Apartment Communities include MFA Financial (MFA), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Columbia Property Trust (CXP), Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRE), Monmouth Real Estate Investment (MNR), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações (CYRBY), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), Global Net Lease (GNL), Easterly Government Properties (DEA), InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIPZF), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT) and Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (ILPT).
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Preferred Apartment Communities trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "APTS."

Preferred Apartment Communities' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.57%), LSV Asset Management (3.40%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.59%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.96%), UBS Group AG (1.04%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.02%). Company insiders that own Preferred Apartment Communities stock include Daniel M Dupree, Gary B Coursey, Jeffrey R Sprain, Joel T Murphy, John M Cannon, Sara Finley and Steve Bartkowski.
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APTS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Concorde Asset Management LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Claraphi Advisory Network LLC, Morgan Stanley, and IndexIQ Advisors LLC.
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APTS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Amundi Asset Management US Inc., Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, and Neuberger Berman Group LLC. Company insiders that have bought Preferred Apartment Communities stock in the last two years include Daniel M Dupree, Jeffrey R Sprain, Joel T Murphy, John M Cannon, Sara Finley, and Steve Bartkowski.
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Shares of APTS 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 APTS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.18.

Preferred Apartment Communities has a market capitalization of $509.97 million and generates $502.20 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $-177,790,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.07 on an earnings per share basis.

Preferred Apartment Communities employs 402 workers across the globe.

The official website for Preferred Apartment Communities is www.pacapts.com.

Preferred Apartment Communities is headquartered at 3284 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY NW SUITE 150, ATLANTA GA, 30327.

Preferred Apartment Communities' mailing address is 3284 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY NW SUITE 150, ATLANTA GA, 30327. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 770-818-4100 or via email at [email protected]