NYSE:EQCEquity Commonwealth Stock Price, Forecast & News

Equity Commonwealth's stock was trading at $29.31 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EQC stock has 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) announced its earnings results on Monday, May, 4th. The real estate investment trust reported $3.35 earnings per share (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 analyst estimates of $27.45 million. Equity Commonwealth had a return on equity of 21.30% and a net margin of 673.78%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 54.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.19 EPS. View Equity Commonwealth's earnings history.

Equity Commonwealth announced 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.

2 brokers have issued 1 year target prices 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Equity Commonwealth.

News headlines about EQC stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Equity Commonwealth earned a news sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Equity Commonwealth.

Equity Commonwealth saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 daily trading volume, of 1,200,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company 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."

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 $32.68.

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]