Easterly Government Properties - DEA Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Easterly Government Properties in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" DEA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in DEA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Easterly Government Properties' stock. Their DEA share price forecasts range from $17.00 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $19.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.9% from the stock's current price.
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Easterly Government Properties' stock was trading at $22.92 at the start of the year. Since then, DEA stock has decreased by 33.1% and is now trading at $15.33.
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Easterly Government Properties saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,810,000 shares, a drop of 11.7% from the October 31st total of 7,710,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 810,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 27th 2023.
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Easterly Government Properties, Inc. (NYSE:DEA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 3rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.26. The real estate investment trust earned $72.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $74.73 million. Easterly Government Properties had a net margin of 7.56% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.54%. The firm's revenue was up 11.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.33 EPS.

Easterly Government Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 27th. Investors of record on Friday, November 11th will be given a dividend of $0.265 per share on Wednesday, November 23rd. This represents a $1.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.91%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 9th.
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Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA) pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.90%. DEA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 424.02%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, DEA will have a dividend payout ratio of 89.08% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Easterly Government Properties issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.26-$1.28 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.31. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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

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

Easterly Government Properties' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (18.11%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.72%), State Street Corp (6.28%), Federated Hermes Inc. (3.05%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.57%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.57%). Insiders that own company stock include Alison M Bernard, Darrell W Crate, Darrell W Crate, James E Mead and William C Trimble.
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Shares of DEA stock 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 DEA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.33.

Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA) has a market capitalization of $1.39 billion and generates $274.86 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $30.06 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.25 on an earnings per share basis.

Easterly Government Properties' mailing address is 2101 L STREET NW SUITE 650, WASHINGTON DC, 20037. The official website for the company is www.easterlyreit.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (202) 595-9500 or via email at ir@easterlyreit.com.