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. Stockholders of record on Monday, October 7th will be paid a dividend of $3.50 per share on Wednesday, October 23rd. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 4th. View Equity Commonwealth's Dividend History.

Equity Commonwealth announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $150,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.03. The real estate investment trust earned $26.74 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $30.94 million. Equity Commonwealth had a net margin of 339.90% and a return on equity of 15.19%. Equity Commonwealth's revenue for the quarter was down 42.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last 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.

Equity Commonwealth will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 12th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

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 coverage about EQC stock has been trending somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Equity Commonwealth earned a news sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Equity Commonwealth.

Equity Commonwealth saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,380,000 shares, a decline of 15.3% from the December 15th total of 2,810,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 549,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.3 days. Approximately 2.0% of the company's stock are sold short. 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), SL Green Realty (SLG), Douglas Emmett (DEI), CyrusOne (CONE), 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), Alphabet (GOOG), Intel (INTC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Corning (GLW), eBay (EBAY) and Illumina (ILMN).

Equity Commonwealth's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Strs Ohio (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Beacon Financial Group (0.03%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.02%) and CenturyLink Investment Management Co (0.02%). 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, CenturyLink Investment Management Co and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, Beacon Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, NEXT Financial Group Inc and Huntington National Bank. 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]