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

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

Easterly Government Properties announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 31st. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 13th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, December 27th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 12th. This is a positive change from Easterly Government Properties's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. View Easterly Government Properties' Dividend History.

Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE:DEA) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.28. The real estate investment trust earned $57.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.96 million. The company's revenue was up 46.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.24 earnings per share. View Easterly Government Properties' Earnings History.

Easterly Government Properties is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Easterly Government Properties.

Easterly Government Properties will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

4 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Easterly Government Properties' stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate Easterly Government Properties' share price to reach $22.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.9%. 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 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Easterly Government Properties.

Media stories about DEA stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Easterly Government Properties earned a daily sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Easterly Government Properties.

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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 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' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (5.18%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.95%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (2.41%), Westwood Holdings Group Inc. (1.82%), Jefferies Group LLC (1.78%) and Tributary Capital Management LLC (1.69%). Company insiders that own Easterly Government Properties stock include Alison M Bernard, Darrell W Crate, Ronald E Kendall 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 State Street Corp, TD Asset Management Inc., Westwood Holdings Group Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Tributary Capital Management LLC, Securian Asset Management Inc and Arizona State Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Easterly Government Properties company stock in the last year include Alison M Bernard, Darrell W Crate, Ronald E Kendall 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 Jefferies Group LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, FMR LLC, GW&K Investment Management LLC, Penn Capital Management Co. Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. View Insider Buying and Selling for Easterly Government Properties.

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One share of DEA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.24.