EastGroup Properties Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for EastGroup Properties in the last twelve months. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" EastGroup Properties stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EGP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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EastGroup Properties is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 27th 2021.
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EastGroup Properties, Inc. (NYSE:EGP) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.39 by $0.70. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $97.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $94.62 million. EastGroup Properties had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.89% and a net margin of 30.19%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.31 EPS.
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EastGroup Properties' stock was trading at $107.15 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EGP shares have increased by 57.4% and is now trading at $168.64.
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EastGroup Properties declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 28th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.79 per share on Thursday, July 15th. This represents a $3.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 29th.
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EastGroup Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.87%. EastGroup Properties has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of EastGroup Properties is 58.74%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EastGroup Properties will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.55% next year. This indicates that EastGroup Properties will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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EastGroup Properties issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of 5.740-5.840 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

9 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for EastGroup Properties' stock. Their forecasts range from $139.00 to $168.00. On average, they anticipate EastGroup Properties' stock price to reach $153.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.0%.
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3 employees have rated EastGroup Properties CEO David H. Hoster II on Glassdoor.com. David H. Hoster II has an approval rating of 100% among EastGroup Properties' employees. This puts David H. Hoster II in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to EastGroup Properties include Prologis (PLD), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), STAG Industrial (STAG), Terreno Realty (TRNO) and Monmouth Real Estate Investment (MNR).
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EastGroup Properties trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EGP."

EastGroup Properties' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.24%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (6.77%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.08%), Brown Advisory Inc. (2.44%), Eaton Vance Management (2.42%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.91%). Company insiders that own EastGroup Properties stock include Brent Wood, David H Hoster II, H C Bailey Jr and John F Coleman.
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EGP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Carlson Capital L P, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Kempen Capital Management N.V., Morgan Stanley, Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., and UBS Group AG.
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EGP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eaton Vance Management, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citadel Advisors LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, BlackRock Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Employees Retirement System of Texas, and Geode Capital Management LLC.
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One share of EGP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $168.64.

EastGroup Properties has a market capitalization of $6.75 billion and generates $363.02 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $108.36 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.38 on an earnings per share basis.

EastGroup Properties employs 79 workers across the globe.

The official website for EastGroup Properties is www.eastgroup.net.

EastGroup Properties is headquartered at 400 W PARKWAY PLACE SUITE 100, RIDGELAND MS, 39157.

EastGroup Properties' mailing address is 400 W PARKWAY PLACE SUITE 100, RIDGELAND MS, 39157. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 601-354-3555 or via email at [email protected]