Equity Commonwealth - EQC Stock Forecast, Price & News

Equity Commonwealth's stock was trading at $24.97 at the start of the year. Since then, EQC stock has decreased by 18.1% and is now trading at $20.45.
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Equity Commonwealth saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,640,000 shares, an increase of 70.6% from the February 28th total of 2,720,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,320,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 4.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.04) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.03) by $0.01. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $13.88 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.47 million. Equity Commonwealth had a net margin of 59.02% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.34%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 15.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.03 earnings per share.

Equity Commonwealth announced a dividend on Sunday, February 19th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 23rd will be paid a dividend of $4.25 per share on Thursday, March 9th. This represents a dividend yield of 20.22%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 22nd. This is a positive change from the stock's previous dividend of $1.00.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) stock in their portfolio include Absolute Select Value ETF (ABEQ), SPDR SSGA US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF (SMLV), Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF (VFMV), Cambria Global Real Estate ETF (BLDG), Invesco MSCI Green Building ETF (GBLD), VictoryShares US Small Mid Cap Value Momentum ETF (USVM), iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF (SMMV) and U.S. Diversified Real Estate ETF (PPTY).

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Ariel Investments LLC (5.51%), Nuance Investments LLC (4.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.97%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.96%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.86%) and Resolution Capital Ltd (1.65%).
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Shares of EQC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EQC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.45.

Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) has a market capitalization of $2.24 billion and generates $63.14 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $37.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.26 on an earnings per share basis.

Equity Commonwealth's mailing address is TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA SUITE 2100, CHICAGO IL, 60606. The official website for the company is www.eqcre.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (312) 646-2800, via email at ir@eqcre.com, or via fax at 617-796-8376.