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

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

Hersha Hospitality Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 18th. Investors of record on Monday, October 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Monday, October 15th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 28th. View Hersha Hospitality Trust's Dividend History.

Hersha Hospitality Trust declared that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Thursday, January 4th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Hersha Hospitality Trust (NYSE:HT) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.12. The real estate investment trust earned $133.84 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $135.57 million. Hersha Hospitality Trust had a negative return on equity of 0.58% and a negative net margin of 2.74%. View Hersha Hospitality Trust's Earnings History.

Hersha Hospitality Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

9 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Hersha Hospitality Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $24.00. On average, they expect Hersha Hospitality Trust's stock price to reach $20.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hersha Hospitality Trust in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

Some companies that are related to Hersha Hospitality Trust include AmeriCold Realty Trust (COLD), Uniti Group (UNIT), PS Business Parks (PSB), CHIMERA Invt Co/SH NEW (CIM), Eastgroup Properties (EGP), Education Realty Trust (EDR), National Health Investors (NHI), Colony NorthStar (CLNS), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC), Physicians Realty Trust (DOC), The GEO Group (GEO), MFA Finl Inc/SH (MFA), Colony Capital (CLNY), Potlatchdeltic (PCH) and Corecivic (CXW).

News headlines about HT stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Hersha Hospitality Trust earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

Hersha Hospitality Trust's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (16.93%), Jennison Associates LLC (8.55%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (3.03%), Real Estate Management Services LLC (2.71%), LSV Asset Management (2.13%) and Northern Trust Corp (2.09%). Company insiders that own Hersha Hospitality Trust stock include Ashish R Parikh, Hasu P Shah, Jay H Shah, 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 Jennison Associates LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Putnam Investments LLC, State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System, Spirit of America Management Corp NY, Pinebridge Investments L.P. and Laurion Capital Management LP. Company insiders that have sold Hersha Hospitality Trust company stock in the last year include Hasu P Shah and Thomas J Hutchison III. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

HT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Real Estate Management Services LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Martingale Asset Management L P, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, GSA Capital Partners LLP and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought Hersha Hospitality Trust stock in the last two years include Ashish R Parikh, Jay H Shah 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.04.

Hersha Hospitality Trust has a market capitalization of $910.08 million and generates $498.24 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $99.86 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.16 on an earnings per share basis. Hersha Hospitality Trust employs 51 workers across the globe.

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]