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 declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 30th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 12th. View Easterly Government Properties' Dividend History.

Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE:DEA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.04. The real estate investment trust earned $39.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $39.59 million. Easterly Government Properties had a return on equity of 0.70% and a net margin of 4.30%. The company's revenue was up 16.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.32 earnings per share. 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 updated its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Easterly Government Properties' stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect Easterly Government Properties' stock price to reach $23.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 35.3% 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.

Press coverage about DEA stock has trended negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Easterly Government Properties earned a media sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

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(DEA) raised $180 million in an initial public offering 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%). 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 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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 $17.00.

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]