NYSE:EGP - Eastgroup Properties Stock Price, Forecast & News

Eastgroup Properties trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EGP."

Eastgroup Properties declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 10th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.75 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 27th. This is an increase from Eastgroup Properties's previous quarterly dividend of $0.72. View Eastgroup Properties' Dividend History.

Eastgroup Properties Inc (NYSE:EGP) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.65. The real estate investment trust earned $83.94 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $83.24 million. Eastgroup Properties had a net margin of 28.07% and a return on equity of 9.16%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 11.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.17 earnings per share. View Eastgroup Properties' Earnings History.

Eastgroup Properties is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Eastgroup Properties.

Eastgroup Properties will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 6th 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 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Eastgroup Properties' stock. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect Eastgroup Properties' stock price to reach $129.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Eastgroup Properties.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eastgroup 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 Eastgroup Properties.

Media coverage about EGP stock has trended extremely positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Eastgroup Properties earned a news sentiment score of 5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Eastgroup Properties.

Some companies that are related to Eastgroup Properties include Prologis (PLD), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Stag Industrial (STAG), Terreno Realty (TRNO) and Monmouth R.E. Inv. (MNR).

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Eastgroup Properties' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Strs Ohio (0.14%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.03%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.02%). Company insiders that own Eastgroup Properties stock include Brent Wood, David H Hoster II, Fredric H Gould, H C Bailey Jr and John F Coleman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Eastgroup Properties.

EGP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pensionfund Sabic, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , First Hawaiian Bank, AE Wealth Management LLC and Somerset Trust Co. Company insiders that have sold Eastgroup Properties company stock in the last year include Brent Wood, David H Hoster II, H C Bailey Jr and John F Coleman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Eastgroup Properties.

EGP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Diversified Trust Co, Strs Ohio, Peddock Capital Advisors LLC, Huntington National Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd, State of Michigan Retirement System and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Eastgroup Properties.

Shares of EGP 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EGP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $137.17.

Eastgroup Properties has a market capitalization of $5.34 billion and generates $300.39 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $88.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.67 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About Eastgroup Properties.

The official website for Eastgroup Properties is http://www.eastgroup.net/.

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]