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 declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 7th. Shareholders 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 5.29%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 8th. View Easterly Government Properties' Dividend History.

Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE:DEA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.03 earnings per share (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 analyst estimates of $38.53 million. Easterly Government Properties had a net margin of 3.23% and a return on equity of 0.58%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 20.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.31 earnings per share. View Easterly Government Properties' Earnings History.

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

2 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Easterly Government Properties' shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $24.00. On average, they expect Easterly Government Properties' share price to reach $23.50 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Easterly Government Properties.

Some companies that are related to Easterly Government Properties include Paramount Group (PGRE), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), CHIMERA Invt Co/SH NEW (CIM), Taubman Centers (TCO), PS Business Parks (PSB), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Eastgroup Properties (EGP), DDR (DDR), Potlatchdeltic (PCH), MFA Finl Inc/SH (MFA), AmeriCold Realty Trust (COLD), Colony NorthStar (CLNS), The GEO Group (GEO), National Health Investors (NHI) and Education Realty Trust (EDR).

(DEA) raised $180 million in an 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 acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Piper Jaffray, PNC Capital Markets and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey were co-managers.

Media headlines about DEA stock have been trending positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Easterly Government Properties earned a daily sentiment score of 0.26 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 42.91 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Easterly Government Properties' stock is owned by many different 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, Darrell W Crate 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., Brasada Capital Management LP and American International Group Inc.. 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 $19.65.

Easterly Government Properties has a market capitalization of $921.68 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]