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 declared 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 has initiated a share buyback program 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. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors 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 (EPS) 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 return on equity of 15.19% and a net margin of 339.90%. Equity Commonwealth's quarterly revenue was down 42.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.18 earnings per share. 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.

News coverage about EQC stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Equity Commonwealth earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned 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 next several days. View News Stories for Equity Commonwealth.

Equity Commonwealth saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,380,000 shares, a decrease 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 shares of the company 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), SL Green Realty (SLG), 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), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alphabet (GOOG), Intel (INTC), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Corning (GLW), eBay (EBAY) and Illumina (ILMN).

Equity Commonwealth's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Beacon Financial Group (0.03%), CenturyLink Investment Management Co (0.02%), Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.02%) and Huntington National Bank (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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and CenturyLink Investment Management Co. 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 Beacon Financial Group, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC 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 $32.83.

Equity Commonwealth has a market capitalization of $4.00 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]