NYSE:EPRTEssential Properties Realty Trust Stock Price, Forecast & News

Essential Properties Realty Trust's stock was trading at $21.62 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EPRT shares have decreased by 37.8% and is now trading at $13.44. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 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 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Essential Properties Realty Trust.

Essential Properties Realty Trust is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Essential Properties Realty Trust.

Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (NYSE:EPRT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.02. The firm earned $41.49 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $41.38 million. Essential Properties Realty Trust had a return on equity of 4.24% and a net margin of 33.17%. View Essential Properties Realty Trust's earnings history.

Essential Properties Realty Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 30th. View Essential Properties Realty Trust's dividend history.

Essential Properties Realty Trust issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, March, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.27-1.30 for the period.

10 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Essential Properties Realty Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Essential Properties Realty Trust's stock price to reach $20.10 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 49.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Essential Properties Realty Trust.

News coverage about EPRT stock has trended very negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Essential Properties Realty Trust earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutEssential Properties Realty Trust.

Some companies that are related to Essential Properties Realty Trust include CubeSmart (CUBE), Store Capital (STOR), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), American Campus Communities (ACC), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), CoreSite Realty (COR), Eastgroup Properties (EGP), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Life Storage (LSI), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Stag Industrial (STAG), Starwood Property Trust (STWD) and Highwoods Properties (HIW). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Essential Properties Realty Trust investors own include CROWN CASTLE IN/SH SH (CCI), General Electric (GE), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), AT&T (T), DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Visa (V), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Paypal (PYPL).

(EPRT) raised $499 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, June 21st 2018. The company issued 32,200,000 shares at $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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.25%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (11.78%), Invesco Ltd. (8.86%), Wellington Management Group LLP (4.91%), Deutsche Bank AG (4.83%) and State Street Corp (4.18%). 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, Scott A Estes, Stephen D Sautel and Timothy J Earnshaw. View institutional ownership trends for Essential Properties Realty Trust.

EPRT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Westpac Banking Corp, Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd., UBS Group AG, and Wells Fargo & Company MN. 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 activity for Essential Properties Realty Trust.

EPRT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Principal Financial Group Inc., Wellington Management Group LLP, Deutsche Bank AG, State Street Corp, BlackRock Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and Eaton Vance Management. 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, Scott A Estes, Stephen D Sautel, and Timothy J Earnshaw. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $13.44.

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a market capitalization of $1.24 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 18 workers across the globe.

The official website for Essential Properties Realty Trust is 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]