NYSE:EPRT - Essential Properties Realty Trust Stock Price, Forecast & News

Essential Properties Realty Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EPRT."

Essential Properties Realty Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.58%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. This is a positive change from Essential Properties Realty Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. View Essential Properties Realty Trust's Dividend History.

Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (NYSE:EPRT) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.11. The company earned $36.29 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $34.78 million. Essential Properties Realty Trust had a return on equity of 3.33% and a net margin of 25.70%. View Essential Properties Realty Trust's Earnings History.

Essential Properties Realty Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, March 2nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Essential Properties Realty Trust.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Essential Properties Realty Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $16.70 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Essential Properties Realty Trust's share price to reach $22.61 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Essential Properties Realty Trust.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essential Properties Realty Trust in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Essential Properties Realty Trust.

News articles about EPRT stock have trended very negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Essential Properties Realty Trust earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Essential Properties Realty Trust.

Essential Properties Realty Trust saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,700,000 shares, an increase of 51.2% from the December 31st total of 3,770,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,210,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.7 days. Currently, 7.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View Essential Properties Realty Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Essential Properties Realty Trust include Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Store Capital (STOR), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), Kimco Realty (KIM), CyrusOne (CONE), Douglas Emmett (DEI), SL Green Realty (SLG), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Healthcare Trust Of America (HTA), American Campus Communities (ACC), AmeriCold Realty Trust (COLD) and CubeSmart (CUBE).

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(EPRT) raised $499 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, June 21st 2018. The company issued 32,200,000 shares at a price of $14.00-$17.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse acted as the underwriters for the IPO and RBC Capital Markets, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Evercore ISI and Ladenburg Thalmann were co-managers.

Essential Properties Realty Trust's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (8.41%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (7.19%), FMR LLC (3.56%), State Street Corp (3.30%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (2.88%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (1.63%). Company insiders that own Essential Properties Realty Trust stock include Daniel P Donlan, Eldridge Industries, Llc, Gregg A Seibert, Hillary P Hai, Paul T Bossidy, Peter M Mavoides and Scott A Estes. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Essential Properties Realty Trust.

EPRT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen & Steers Inc., FMR LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Penserra Capital Management LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Baird Financial Group Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Essential Properties Realty Trust company stock in the last year include Eldridge Industries, Llc, Gregg A Seibert and Peter M Mavoides. View Insider Buying and Selling for Essential Properties Realty Trust.

EPRT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Eaton Vance Management, Principal Financial Group Inc., State Street Corp, Citigroup Inc., Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Bank of America Corp DE. Company insiders that have bought Essential Properties Realty Trust stock in the last two years include Daniel P Donlan, Eldridge Industries, Llc, Gregg A Seibert, Hillary P Hai, Paul T Bossidy, Peter M Mavoides and Scott A Estes. View Insider Buying and Selling for Essential Properties Realty Trust.

Shares of EPRT 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 EPRT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.70.

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a market capitalization of $2.36 billion and generates $96.22 million in revenue each year. Essential Properties Realty Trust employs 18 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Essential Properties Realty Trust.

The official website for Essential Properties Realty Trust is http://www.essentialproperties.com/.

Essential Properties Realty Trust's mailing address is 902 CARNEGIE CENTER BLVD. SUITE 520, PRINCETON NJ, 08540. The company can be reached via phone at 609-436-0619 or via email at [email protected]