Equity Commonwealth Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:EQC)

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 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 plan on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $150,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.06. The real estate investment trust earned $46.87 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $48.78 million. Equity Commonwealth had a return on equity of 15.53% and a net margin of 303.78%. View Equity Commonwealth's Earnings History.

Equity Commonwealth is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Equity Commonwealth.

Equity Commonwealth will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 29th 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.

News coverage about EQC stock has trended neutral on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Equity Commonwealth earned a media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media 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 drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,080,000 shares, a drop of 26.2% from the August 30th total of 2,820,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 532,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Equity Commonwealth's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Equity Commonwealth include Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Extra Space Storage (EXR), UDR (UDR), Sun Communities (SUI), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), Gecina (GECFF), Duke Realty (DRE), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), Regency Centers (REG), Camden Property Trust (CPT), VICI Properties (VICI), Klepierre (KLPEF) and Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Equity Commonwealth investors own include Portola Pharmaceuticals (PTLA), Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (DRNA), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), CVS Health (CVS), Nike (NKE), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), United Parcel Service (UPS), Ares Capital (ARCC), Celgene (CELG) and Masimo (MASI).

Equity Commonwealth's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Resolution Capital Ltd (1.57%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.10%), Perpetual Ltd (0.07%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.00%) and Carroll Financial Associates Inc. (0.00%). 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 Resolution Capital Ltd, Perpetual Ltd and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pacer Advisors Inc. and Carroll Financial Associates Inc.. 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 $31.08.

Equity Commonwealth has a market capitalization of $3.79 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]