NYSE:EQC - Equity Commonwealth Stock Price, Forecast & News

Equity Commonwealth trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EQC."

Equity Commonwealth announced a -- dividend on Thursday, September 26th. Investors of record on Monday, October 7th will be given a dividend of $3.50 per share on Wednesday, October 23rd. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 4th. View Equity Commonwealth's Dividend History.

Equity Commonwealth announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $150,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.03. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $26.74 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $30.94 million. Equity Commonwealth had a net margin of 339.90% and a return on equity of 15.19%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 42.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.18 EPS. View Equity Commonwealth's Earnings History.

Equity Commonwealth is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Equity Commonwealth.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity Commonwealth in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Equity Commonwealth.

Media headlines about EQC stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Equity Commonwealth earned a news sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Equity Commonwealth.

Equity Commonwealth saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,790,000 shares, an increase of 15.3% from the September 30th total of 2,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 563,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.9 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's stock are short sold. View Equity Commonwealth's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Equity Commonwealth include DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR), Boston Properties (BXP), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Douglas Emmett (DEI), CyrusOne (CONE), SL Green Realty (SLG), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Highwoods Properties (HIW), CoreSite Realty (COR), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Mack Cali Realty (CLI) and Franklin Street Properties (FSP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Equity Commonwealth investors own include Portola Pharmaceuticals (PTLA), Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (DRNA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alphabet (GOOG), Illumina (ILMN), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), eBay (EBAY), Intel (INTC) and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B).

Equity Commonwealth's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.46%), Resolution Capital Ltd (1.57%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.89%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.60%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.53%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.52%). Company insiders that own Equity Commonwealth stock include Adam Scott Markman and James Lloyd Lozier Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Equity Commonwealth.

EQC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Resolution Capital Ltd, First Quadrant L P CA, Boston Partners, Perpetual Ltd, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. Company insiders that have sold Equity Commonwealth company stock in the last year include Adam Scott Markman and James Lloyd Lozier Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equity Commonwealth.

EQC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, State Street Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Forward Management LLC and California Public Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equity Commonwealth.

Shares of EQC 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 EQC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.70.

Equity Commonwealth has a market capitalization of $3.99 billion and generates $197.02 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $272.81 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.69 on an earnings per share basis. Equity Commonwealth employs 41 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Equity Commonwealth.

The official website for Equity Commonwealth is http://www.eqcre.com/.

Equity Commonwealth's mailing address is TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA SUITE 2100, CHICAGO IL, 60606. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 312-646-2800 or via email at [email protected]