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

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

Equity Commonwealth declared 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.

Equity Commonwealth announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $150,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) released its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.01. The real estate investment trust earned $25.99 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $23.84 million. Equity Commonwealth had a return on equity of 15.13% and a net margin of 385.36%. The business's revenue was down 39.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.21 EPS. View Equity Commonwealth's Earnings History.

Equity Commonwealth is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Equity Commonwealth.

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

Media headlines about EQC stock have been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Equity Commonwealth earned a news sentiment score of -4.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Equity Commonwealth.

Equity Commonwealth saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,120,000 shares, a drop of 10.9% from the January 15th total of 2,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 521,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Equity Commonwealth's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Equity Commonwealth include DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR), Boston Properties (BXP), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Douglas Emmett (DEI), CyrusOne (CONE), SL Green Realty (SLG), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Highwoods Properties (HIW), CoreSite Realty (COR), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Mack Cali Realty (CLI) and Franklin Street Properties (FSP).

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Equity Commonwealth's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Jackson Square Partners LLC (5.74%), Nuance Investments LLC (5.12%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (4.71%), State Street Corp (4.02%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.21%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.05%). Company insiders that own Equity Commonwealth stock include Adam Scott Markman 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., State Street Corp, Bessemer Group Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Resolution Capital Ltd and Guggenheim Capital LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equity Commonwealth.

EQC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuance Investments LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, FMR LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Jackson Square Partners LLC, St. James Investment Company LLC, Assetmark Inc. and AXA. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EQC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.98.

Equity Commonwealth has a market capitalization of $3.90 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.View Additional Information About Equity Commonwealth.

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]