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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Investors 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 yield of 3.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. This is a boost 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) issued its earnings results 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 business had revenue of $36.29 million for 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 Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Essential Properties Realty Trust.

13 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Essential Properties Realty Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $16.70 to $29.00. On average, they expect Essential Properties Realty Trust's share price to reach $21.88 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.8%. 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.

Media stories about EPRT stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Essential Properties Realty Trust earned a news sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect 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 December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,700,000 shares, an increase of 51.2% from the December 15th total of 3,770,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,460,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 7.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Essential Properties Realty Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Essential Properties Realty Trust include National Retail Properties (NNN), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Iron Mountain (IRM), Store Capital (STOR), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Kimco Realty (KIM), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), Douglas Emmett (DEI), SL Green Realty (SLG), CyrusOne (CONE), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), New Residential Investment (NRZ) and AmeriCold Realty Trust (COLD).

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(EPRT) raised $499 million in an initial public offering (IPO) 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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include PGGM Investments (8.41%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.24%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.10%), Brasada Capital Management LP (0.07%), Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.07%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). 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 Carroll Financial Associates Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Brasada Capital Management LP. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Winslow Evans & Crocker Inc. and Manning & Napier Group LLC. 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 $26.64.

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a market capitalization of $2.45 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]