NYSE:EQCEquity Commonwealth Stock Price, Forecast & News

Equity Commonwealth's stock was trading at $29.31 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EQC shares have increased by 6.6% and is now trading at $31.25. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity Commonwealth in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Equity Commonwealth.

Equity Commonwealth is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Equity Commonwealth.

Equity Commonwealth will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 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.

Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 4th. The real estate investment trust reported $3.35 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.10 by $3.25. The real estate investment trust earned $18.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $27.45 million. Equity Commonwealth had a return on equity of 21.30% and a net margin of 673.78%. The company's revenue was down 54.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.19 EPS. View Equity Commonwealth's earnings history.

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 is Friday, October 4th. View Equity Commonwealth's dividend history.

2 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Equity Commonwealth's shares. Their forecasts range from $33.00 to $33.00. On average, they expect Equity Commonwealth's share price to reach $33.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Equity Commonwealth.

News articles about EQC stock have trended very negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Equity Commonwealth earned a news impact score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines 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 few days. View the latest news about Equity Commonwealth.

Equity Commonwealth saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,870,000 shares, an increase of 25.5% from the June 15th total of 1,490,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,010,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Equity Commonwealth's Current Options Chain.

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

Equity Commonwealth's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.04%) and Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Equity Commonwealth stock include Adam Scott Markman, Gerald A Spector 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 Chesley Taft & Associates LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Equity Commonwealth.

EQC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $31.25.

Equity Commonwealth has a market capitalization of $3.80 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.

The official website for Equity Commonwealth is 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]