NYSE:HCP - HCP Stock Price, Price Target & More

HCP trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HCP."

HCP announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 7th will be given a dividend of $0.37 per share on Tuesday, May 22nd. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 4th. View HCP's Dividend History.

HCP, Inc. (NYSE:HCP) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 3rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.38. The real estate investment trust earned $479.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $452.86 million. HCP had a negative return on equity of 0.13% and a negative net margin of 0.41%. HCP's revenue was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.51 EPS. View HCP's Earnings History.

HCP is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for HCP.

HCP updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.77-1.83 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.80.

15 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for HCP's stock. Their predictions range from $21.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect HCP's stock price to reach $25.8846 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.4%. View Analyst Ratings for HCP.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HCP in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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News headlines about HCP stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. HCP earned a news sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.13 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

HCP's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Hexavest Inc. (0.43%), Real Estate Management Services LLC (0.25%), Westpac Banking Corp (0.11%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.05%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%). Company insiders that own HCP stock include Darren A Kowalske, Jonathan M Bergschneider, Kendall K Young, R Kent Griffin Jr, Scott A Anderson, Thomas D Kirby and Thomas Klaritch. View Institutional Ownership Trends for HCP.

HCP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pendal Group Ltd, Hexavest Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Real Estate Management Services LLC, Hartford Investment Management Co., Creative Planning and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for HCP.

HCP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Westpac Banking Corp, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Atlas Brown Inc., Reliance Trust Co. of Delaware and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. Company insiders that have bought HCP stock in the last two years include Kendall K Young and R Kent Griffin Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for HCP.

Shares of HCP 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 HCP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.98.

HCP has a market capitalization of $12.21 billion and generates $1.85 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $414.16 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.95 on an earnings per share basis. HCP employs 190 workers across the globe.

HCP's mailing address is 1920 MAIN STREET SUITE 1200, IRVINE CA, 92614. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 949-407-0700 or via email at [email protected]