Equity Commonwealth (EQC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

Equity Commonwealth's stock was trading at $24.97 at the beginning of the year. Since then, EQC stock has decreased by 16.6% and is now trading at $20.8150.
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Equity Commonwealth saw a decline in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,710,000 shares, a decline of 20.1% from the April 15th total of 3,390,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,270,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 7th 2023.
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Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.04) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.03) by $0.01. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $13.88 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $14.47 million. Equity Commonwealth had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.24% and a net margin of 94.54%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 15.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.03 EPS.

Equity Commonwealth announced a dividend on Sunday, February 19th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 23rd will be paid a dividend of $4.25 per share on Thursday, March 9th. This represents a yield of 20.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 22nd. This is an increase from the stock's previous dividend of $1.00.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) stock in their portfolio include Absolute Select Value ETF (ABEQ), SPDR SSGA US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF (SMLV), Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF (VFMV), Cambria Global Real Estate ETF (BLDG), Invesco MSCI Green Building ETF (GBLD), Global X Green Building ETF (GRNR), iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF (SMMV) and U.S. Diversified Real Estate ETF (PPTY).

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

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

Equity Commonwealth's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC (4.19%), State Street Corp (3.31%), FMR LLC (3.17%), Nuance Investments LLC (3.04%), Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. (2.44%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.06%).
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Shares of EQC 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 EQC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.82.

Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) has a market capitalization of $2.28 billion and generates $63.14 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $37.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.46 on an earnings per share basis.

Equity Commonwealth's mailing address is TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA SUITE 2100, CHICAGO IL, 60606. The official website for the company is www.eqcre.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (312) 646-2800, via email at ir@eqcre.com, or via fax at 617-796-8376.