NYSE:HT - Hersha Hospitality Trust Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hersha Hospitality Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HT."

Hersha Hospitality Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 19th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Tuesday, October 15th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.86%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 27th. View Hersha Hospitality Trust's Dividend History.

Hersha Hospitality Trust declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, January 4th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Hersha Hospitality Trust (NYSE:HT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.15) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.52 by $0.67. The real estate investment trust earned $135 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $135.62 million. Hersha Hospitality Trust had a return on equity of 0.21% and a net margin of 0.36%. View Hersha Hospitality Trust's Earnings History.

Hersha Hospitality Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Hersha Hospitality Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $12.50 to $18.00. On average, they expect Hersha Hospitality Trust's share price to reach $14.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hersha Hospitality Trust in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

Media headlines about HT stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hersha Hospitality Trust earned a media sentiment score of 2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

Hersha Hospitality Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 3,360,000 shares, an increase of 5.7% from the November 14th total of 3,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 416,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.1 days. Approximately 9.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Hersha Hospitality Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Hersha Hospitality Trust include American Tower (AMT), Public Storage (PSA), Welltower (WELL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Ventas (VTR), HCP (HCP), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Host Hotels and Resorts (HST), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), EPR Properties (EPR), Life Storage (LSI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP) and Healthcare Realty Trust (HR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hersha Hospitality Trust investors own include New Residential Investment (NRZ), AT&T (T), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AbbVie (ABBV), Simon Property Group (SPG), Ventas (VTR), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Ares Capital (ARCC) and Bank of America (BAC).

Hersha Hospitality Trust's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (3.63%), Real Estate Management Services LLC (1.52%), Hillcrest Asset Management LLC (1.40%), Millennium Management LLC (0.72%), O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc. (0.61%) and Foundry Partners LLC (0.60%). Company insiders that own Hersha Hospitality Trust stock include Ashish R Parikh, Donald J Landry, Frank E Celli, Hasu P Shah, Jay H Shah, John Sabin, Michael R Gillespie, Neil H Shah and Thomas J Hutchison III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

HT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Hillcrest Asset Management LLC, Systematic Financial Management LP, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Foundry Partners LLC, Stifel Financial Corp, Spirit of America Management Corp NY and Barclays PLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

HT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Real Estate Management Services LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc., Voya Investment Management LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. and Rhumbline Advisers. Company insiders that have bought Hersha Hospitality Trust stock in the last two years include Ashish R Parikh, Donald J Landry, Frank E Celli, Hasu P Shah, Jay H Shah, John Sabin, Michael R Gillespie and Neil H Shah. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

Shares of HT 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 HT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.25.

Hersha Hospitality Trust has a market capitalization of $550.21 million and generates $495.06 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $9.99 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.20 on an earnings per share basis. Hersha Hospitality Trust employs 54 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Hersha Hospitality Trust.

The official website for Hersha Hospitality Trust is http://www.hersha.com/.

Hersha Hospitality Trust's mailing address is 44 HERSHA DRIVE, HARRISBURG PA, 17102. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 717-236-4400 or via email at [email protected]