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 stock buyback program on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $150,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.11 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.01. The real estate investment trust earned $25.99 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $23.84 million. Equity Commonwealth had a net margin of 385.36% and a return on equity of 15.13%. Equity Commonwealth's quarterly revenue was down 39.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.21 EPS. View Equity Commonwealth's Earnings History.

Equity Commonwealth is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 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.

News coverage about EQC stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Equity Commonwealth.

Equity Commonwealth saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,120,000 shares, a drop of 10.9% from the January 15th total of 2,380,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 521,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.1 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's shares 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), 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), Intel (INTC), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Corning (GLW), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Ford Motor (F) and eBay (EBAY).

Equity Commonwealth's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Jackson Square Partners LLC (5.74%), Nuance Investments LLC (5.12%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (4.71%), State Street Corp (4.02%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.21%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.05%). 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., State Street Corp, Bessemer Group Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Resolution Capital Ltd and Guggenheim Capital LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equity Commonwealth.

EQC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuance Investments LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, FMR LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Jackson Square Partners LLC, St. James Investment Company LLC, Assetmark Inc. and AXA. 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 $33.02.

Equity Commonwealth has a market capitalization of $4.03 billion and generates $127.85 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $492.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.78 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]