NYSE:EQCEquity Commonwealth Stock Price, Forecast & News

Equity Commonwealth's stock was trading at $29.31 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EQC shares have increased by 11.5% and is now trading at $32.68. 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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May, 4th. The real estate investment trust reported $3.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 net margin of 673.78% and a return on equity of 21.30%. The firm's revenue was down 54.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.19 earnings per share. View Equity Commonwealth's earnings history.

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

2 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Equity Commonwealth's stock. Their forecasts range from $33.00 to $33.00. On average, they anticipate Equity Commonwealth's share price to reach $33.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Equity Commonwealth.

Media headlines about EQC stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Equity Commonwealth.

Equity Commonwealth saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,490,000 shares, an increase of 18.3% from the May 31st total of 1,260,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,200,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.2 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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."

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One share of EQC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.68.

Equity Commonwealth has a market capitalization of $3.97 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]