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 announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 11th will be given a dividend of $0.26 per share on Thursday, June 28th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.24%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 8th. View Easterly Government Properties' Dividend History.

Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE:DEA) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.03 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.05 by $0.02. The real estate investment trust earned $35.97 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.53 million. Easterly Government Properties had a return on equity of 0.58% and a net margin of 3.23%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 20.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.31 earnings per share. View Easterly Government Properties' Earnings History.

Easterly Government Properties updated 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 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Easterly Government Properties' shares. Their predictions 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 CoreSite (COR), LaSalle Hotel Properties (LHO), Uniti Group (UNIT), Weingarten Realty (WRI), Paramount Group (PGRE), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Chimera Investment (CIM), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), PS Business Parks (PSB), Taubman Centers (TCO), EastGroup Properties (EGP), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), MFA Financial (MFA) and Keppel REIT (KREVF).

(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 been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Easterly Government Properties earned a media sentiment score of 0.23 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 47.29 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Easterly Government Properties' stock is owned by a variety of 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 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., American International Group Inc. and Natixis Advisors L.P.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Easterly Government Properties.

DEA stock was purchased 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 $19.86.

Easterly Government Properties has a market capitalization of $907.52 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]