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 Friday, December 14th. Investors of record on Saturday, January 5th will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share on Tuesday, January 15th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 3rd. View Hersha Hospitality Trust's Dividend History.

Hersha Hospitality Trust announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Thursday, January 4th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Hersha Hospitality Trust (NYSE:HT) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.09) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.06) by $0.03. The real estate investment trust earned $127.88 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $134.82 million. View Hersha Hospitality Trust's Earnings History.

Hersha Hospitality Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

Hersha Hospitality Trust issued an update on its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.15-2.20 for the period. Hersha Hospitality Trust also updated its Q4 2018 guidance to $0.53-0.58 EPS.

10 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Hersha Hospitality Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $16.75 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate Hersha Hospitality Trust's share price to reach $20.4688 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hersha Hospitality Trust in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

Media headlines about HT stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hersha Hospitality Trust earned a coverage optimism score of 2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Some companies that are related to Hersha Hospitality Trust include Colony Capital (CLNY), The GEO Group (GEO), Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT), Retail Properties of America (RPAI), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Columbia Property Trust (CXP), Apollo Commercial Real Est. Finance (ARI), Corecivic (CXW), Great Portland Estates (GPEAF), Brookfield Property Reit (BPR), Potlatchdeltic (PCH), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR) and Lexington Realty Trust (LXP).

Hersha Hospitality Trust's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (3.90%), SG Capital Management LLC (0.69%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.15%), Spirit of America Management Corp NY (0.12%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). Company insiders that own Hersha Hospitality Trust stock include Ashish R Parikh, Hasu P Shah, Jay H Shah, 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 Spirit of America Management Corp NY and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hersha Hospitality Trust.

HT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., SG Capital Management LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Hersha Hospitality Trust stock in the last two years include Ashish R Parikh, Hasu P Shah, Jay H Shah, 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.73.

Hersha Hospitality Trust has a market capitalization of $698.98 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.

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]