Essential Properties Realty Trust Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essential Properties Realty Trust in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Essential Properties Realty Trust stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EPRT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 10th 2021.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EPRT) released its earnings results on Monday, February, 22nd. The company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.10. Essential Properties Realty Trust had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.73% and a net margin of 31.54%.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust's stock was trading at $21.62 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EPRT stock has increased by 7.3% and is now trading at $23.20.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, January 15th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.14%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 30th. This is a boost from Essential Properties Realty Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.07%. EPRT has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Essential Properties Realty Trust does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Essential Properties Realty Trust is 152.38%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, Essential Properties Realty Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 77.42% in the coming year. This indicates that Essential Properties Realty Trust may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust issued an update on its FY 2021 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.22-1.26 for the period.

10 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Essential Properties Realty Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $15.00 to $24.00. On average, they expect Essential Properties Realty Trust's share price to reach $19.45 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.2%.
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(EPRT) raised $499 million in an 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 served 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EPRT."

Essential Properties Realty Trust's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (16.30%), Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (3.08%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (2.12%), Northern Trust Corp (1.82%), Brown Advisory Inc. (1.73%) and Eaton Vance Management (1.64%). Company insiders that own Essential Properties Realty Trust stock include Eldridge Industries, Llc, Gregg A Seibert, Paul T Bossidy, Peter M Mavoides, Scott A Estes, Stephen D Sautel and Timothy J Earnshaw.
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EPRT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Cypress Capital Management LLC WY, Credit Suisse AG, and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Essential Properties Realty Trust company stock in the last year include Gregg A Seibert, Peter M Mavoides, and Timothy J Earnshaw.
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EPRT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brookfield Asset Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Eaton Vance Management, Carlson Capital L P, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, B&I Capital AG, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Company insiders that have bought Essential Properties Realty Trust stock in the last two years include Gregg A Seibert, Paul T Bossidy, Scott A Estes, Stephen D Sautel, and Timothy J Earnshaw.
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Shares of EPRT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EPRT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.20.

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a market capitalization of $2.43 billion and generates $139.36 million in revenue each year. The company earns $41.84 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.63 on an earnings per share basis.

Essential Properties Realty Trust employs 27 workers across the globe.

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

Essential Properties Realty Trust is headquartered at 902 CARNEGIE CENTER BLVD. SUITE 520, PRINCETON NJ, 08540.

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]