NYSE:EQC - Equity Commonwealth Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Equity Commonwealth announced a dividend on Wednesday, September 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 9th will be paid a dividend of $2.50 per share on Tuesday, October 23rd. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 5th. View Equity Commonwealth's Dividend History.

Equity Commonwealth declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $150,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 13th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.05. The real estate investment trust earned $42.93 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $44.62 million. Equity Commonwealth had a return on equity of 8.58% and a net margin of 138.47%. Equity Commonwealth's revenue for the quarter was down 40.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.19 earnings per share. View Equity Commonwealth's Earnings History.

Equity Commonwealth is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Equity Commonwealth.

3 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Equity Commonwealth's stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $34.00. On average, they expect Equity Commonwealth's share price to reach $33.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Equity Commonwealth.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equity Commonwealth in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Equity Commonwealth.

News headlines about EQC stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 coverage optimism score of 0.9 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 news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Equity Commonwealth saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,966,508 shares, an increase of 57.5% from the February 28th total of 2,518,291 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 924,928 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.3 days. Approximately 3.3% of the company's stock are short sold. View Equity Commonwealth's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Equity Commonwealth include HCP (HCP), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), WP Carey (WPC), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), UDR (UDR), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), SINO LD LTD/S (SNLAY), Regency Centers (REG), Gecina (GECFF), Klepierre (KLPEF), Duke Realty (DRE), Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) and Iron Mountain (IRM).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Equity Commonwealth investors own include Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (DRNA), Baxter International (BAX), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), United Parcel Service (UPS), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Illumina (ILMN), CVS Health (CVS), Hess (HES), Nike (NKE) and Ares Capital (ARCC).

Equity Commonwealth's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Resolution Capital Ltd (1.83%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), CenturyLink Investment Management Co (0.03%), Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.02%), Strs Ohio (0.02%) and Beacon Financial Group (0.02%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Equity Commonwealth.

EQC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Resolution Capital Ltd, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Beacon Financial Group and Strs Ohio. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equity Commonwealth.

EQC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virtu Financial LLC, Investors Research Corp and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EQC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.11.

Equity Commonwealth has a market capitalization of $3.91 billion and generates $197.02 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $272.81 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.69 on an earnings per share basis. Equity Commonwealth employs 41 workers across the globe.

The official website for Equity Commonwealth is http://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]