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. 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 dividend yield of 5.34%. 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 for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.05 by $0.02. The real estate investment trust earned $35.97 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $38.53 million. Easterly Government Properties had a net margin of 3.23% and a return on equity of 0.58%. Easterly Government Properties's quarterly revenue was up 20.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous 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 earnings per share estimate of $1.34.

2 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Easterly Government Properties' shares. 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. This suggests a possible upside of 20.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Easterly Government Properties.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Easterly Government Properties in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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

(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.

Press coverage about DEA stock has trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, Accern reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Easterly Government Properties earned a media sentiment score of 0.03 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.61 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Easterly Government Properties' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.73%), Westpac Banking Corp (0.15%), Pendal Group Ltd (0.15%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.05%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Westpac Banking Corp, Pendal Group Ltd, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $19.46.

Easterly Government Properties has a market capitalization of $920.46 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]