Healthcare Realty Trust - HR Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Healthcare Realty Trust in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" HR shares.
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8 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Healthcare Realty Trust's shares. Their HR share price forecasts range from $28.00 to $33.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $29.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 51.0% from the stock's current price.
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Healthcare Realty Trust's stock was trading at $31.64 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, HR stock has decreased by 37.8% and is now trading at $19.68.
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Healthcare Realty Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 10,770,000 shares, an increase of 16.8% from the October 15th total of 9,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 27th 2023.
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Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.17. The real estate investment trust earned $142.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $144.30 million. Healthcare Realty Trust had a net margin of 8.13% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.66%. The firm's revenue was up 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.42 earnings per share.

Healthcare Realty Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 2nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.31 per share on Wednesday, November 30th. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20.
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Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.33%. HR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 459.28%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, HR will have a dividend payout ratio of 72.09% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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9 employees have rated Healthcare Realty Trust Chief Executive Officer Todd Meredith on Glassdoor.com. Todd Meredith has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Todd Meredith in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Healthcare Realty Trust investors own include Energy Transfer (ET), AT&T (T), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Ford Motor (F), Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Verizon Communications (VZ) and D.R. Horton (DHI).

Healthcare Realty Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HR."

Healthcare Realty Trust's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (23.83%), BlackRock Inc. (19.11%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (15.45%), State Street Corp (9.63%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.76%) and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (2.60%). Insiders that own company stock include Edward Hall Braman, John M Bryant Jr, Robert E Hull and Todd J Meredith.
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Shares of HR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.68.

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) has a market capitalization of $7.49 billion and generates $767.07 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $98.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.27 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 338 workers across the globe.

Healthcare Realty Trust's mailing address is 3310 WEST END AVE SUITE 700, NASHVILLE TN, 37203. The official website for the company is www.healthcarerealty.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (615) 269-8175, via email at communications@healthcarerealty.com, or via fax at 615-269-8461.