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 shares have increased by 13.5% and is now trading at $33.26. 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 (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, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.10 by $3.25. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $18.80 million for 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 revenue was down 54.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.19 EPS. 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 Wall Street analysts 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 stock price to reach $33.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.8%. View analysts' price targets for Equity Commonwealth.

News coverage about EQC stock has trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Equity Commonwealth earned a media sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories 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 company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutEquity Commonwealth.

Equity Commonwealth saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,170,000 shares, an increase of 35.2% from the April 30th total of 865,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,160,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 1.0% 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."

Equity Commonwealth's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Janus Henderson Group PLC (4.16%), State Street Corp (4.06%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.81%), Resolution Capital Ltd (2.54%), Nuance Investments LLC (1.99%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.86%). 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 Nuance Investments LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Wellington Management Group LLP, APG Asset Management N.V., Bessemer Group Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Victory Capital Management Inc., and Victory Capital Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Equity Commonwealth.

EQC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Resolution Capital Ltd, Aperio Group LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Port Capital LLC, and New York State Common Retirement Fund. 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 $33.26.

Equity Commonwealth has a market capitalization of $4.04 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]