NYSE:DEA - Easterly Government Properties Stock Price, Price Target & More

Easterly Government Properties trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DEA."

Easterly Government Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 7th. Investors of record on Monday, June 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Thursday, June 28th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 8th. View Easterly Government Properties' Dividend History.

Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE:DEA) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.03 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.05 by $0.02. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $35.97 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $38.53 million. Easterly Government Properties had a net margin of 3.23% and a return on equity of 0.58%. The business's revenue was up 20.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.31 EPS. View Easterly Government Properties' Earnings History.

Easterly Government Properties issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.27-$1.31 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.34.

2 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Easterly Government Properties' stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate Easterly Government Properties' share price to reach $23.50 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Easterly Government Properties.

Some companies that are related to Easterly Government Properties include CoreSite (COR), LaSalle Hotel Properties (LHO), Uniti Group (UNIT), Weingarten Realty (WRI), Paramount Group (PGRE), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), CHIMERA Invt Co/SH NEW (CIM), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), PS Business Parks (PSB), Taubman Centers (TCO), EastGroup Properties (EGP), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), MFA Financial (MFA) and Keppel REIT (KREVF).

(DEA) raised $180 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, February 6th 2015. The company issued 12,000,000 shares at a price of $14.00-$16.00 per share. Citigroup, Raymond James and RBC Capital Markets acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Piper Jaffray, PNC Capital Markets and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey were co-managers.

News headlines about DEA stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Easterly Government Properties earned a media sentiment score of 0.19 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.99 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Easterly Government Properties' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.77%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (9.96%), Westwood Holdings Group Inc. (3.06%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2.42%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (2.14%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.62%). Company insiders that own Easterly Government Properties stock include Alison M Bernard, Cynthia A Fisher and James E Mead. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Easterly Government Properties.

DEA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Punch & Associates Investment Management Inc., American International Group Inc. and Natixis Advisors L.P.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Easterly Government Properties.

DEA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, GW&K Investment Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and Millennium Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Easterly Government Properties stock in the last two years include Alison M Bernard, Cynthia A Fisher and James E Mead. View Insider Buying and Selling for Easterly Government Properties.

Shares of DEA 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DEA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.99.

Easterly Government Properties has a market capitalization of $907.51 million and generates $130.67 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $4.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.26 on an earnings per share basis. Easterly Government Properties employs 30 workers across the globe.

Easterly Government Properties' mailing address is 2101 L STREET NW SUITE 650, WASHINGTON DC, 20037. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 202-595-9500 or via email at [email protected]