NYSE:DEA - Easterly Government Properties Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Easterly Government Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Thursday, December 27th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 12th. View Easterly Government Properties' Dividend History.

Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE:DEA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.04 EPS for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.04. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $39.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $39.59 million. Easterly Government Properties had a return on equity of 0.70% and a net margin of 4.30%. The firm's revenue was up 16.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.32 EPS. View Easterly Government Properties' Earnings History.

Easterly Government Properties is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Easterly Government Properties.

Easterly Government Properties issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.16-1.20 for the period. Easterly Government Properties also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $1.17-1.20 EPS.

4 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Easterly Government Properties' shares. Their predictions range from $23.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect Easterly Government Properties' share price to reach $23.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Easterly Government Properties.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Easterly Government Properties in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Easterly Government Properties.

Media headlines about DEA stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Easterly Government Properties earned a daily sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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

Easterly Government Properties' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.83%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%) and Virtu Financial LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Easterly Government Properties stock include Alison M Bernard, Darrell W Crate and William C Trimble. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Easterly Government Properties.

DEA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Easterly Government Properties company stock in the last year include Alison M Bernard, Darrell W Crate and William C Trimble. View Insider Buying and Selling for Easterly Government Properties.

DEA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Virtu Financial LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $17.18.

Easterly Government Properties has a market capitalization of $1.03 billion 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.

The official website for Easterly Government Properties is http://www.easterlyreit.com.

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]