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

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essential Properties Realty Trust in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" EPRT shares.
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6 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Essential Properties Realty Trust's stock. Their EPRT share price forecasts range from $22.00 to $28.50. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $24.94 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.2% from the stock's current price.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust's stock was trading at $23.47 at the beginning of the year. Since then, EPRT stock has increased by 6.1% and is now trading at $24.89.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,100,000 shares, a decline of 14.1% from the December 31st total of 3,610,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 905,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 15th 2023.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 16th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 412-317-6671 with passcode "13735903".

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EPRT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 16th. The company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.02. Essential Properties Realty Trust had a net margin of 46.32% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.68%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.27 EPS.

Essential Properties Realty Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 30th. Investors of record on Friday, December 30th will be given a dividend of $0.275 per share on Friday, January 13th. This represents a $1.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 29th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.27.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.46%. EPRT has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 112.25%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, EPRT will have a dividend payout ratio of 70.06% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.52-$1.54 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.61. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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(EPRT) raised $499 million in an 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.12%), Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.12%), Strs Ohio (0.10%), Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.06%), Comerica Bank (0.06%) and Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.04%). Insiders that own company stock include Gregg A Seibert, Mark E Patten, Peter M Mavoides, Scott A Estes, Stephen D Sautel and Timothy J Earnshaw.
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Shares of EPRT stock 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 $24.89.

Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) has a market capitalization of $3.54 billion and generates $230.23 million in revenue each year. The company earns $95.72 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.98 on an earnings per share basis.

Essential Properties Realty Trust's mailing address is 902 CARNEGIE CENTER BLVD. SUITE 520, PRINCETON NJ, 08540. The official website for the company is www.essentialproperties.com. The company can be reached via phone at (609) 436-0619 or via email at info@essentialproperties.com.