NYSE:QTS - QTS Realty Trust Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

QTS Realty Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 19th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Friday, October 4th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.29%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 18th. View QTS Realty Trust's Dividend History.

QTS Realty Trust Inc (NYSE:QTS) issued its earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.05) EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.61. The real estate investment trust earned $125.26 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $119.89 million. QTS Realty Trust had a net margin of 8.55% and a return on equity of 4.05%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.61 EPS. View QTS Realty Trust's Earnings History.

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

QTS Realty Trust issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.61-2.71 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.64. The company issued revenue guidance of $470-480 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $473.32 million.

9 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for QTS Realty Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect QTS Realty Trust's stock price to reach $54.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for QTS Realty Trust.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for QTS Realty Trust in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for QTS Realty Trust.

News articles about QTS stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. QTS Realty Trust earned a media sentiment score of 1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories 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 QTS Realty Trust.

QTS Realty Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,940,000 shares, an increase of 21.6% from the October 31st total of 6,530,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 461,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 17.2 days. Currently, 14.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View QTS Realty Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to QTS Realty Trust include VICI Properties (VICI), Klepierre (KLPEF), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Regency Centers (REG), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Vereit (VER), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Liberty Property Trust (LPT), Iron Mountain (IRM), National Retail Properties (NNN), AGNC Investment (AGNC), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Store Capital (STOR), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI) and SINO LD LTD/S (SNLAY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other QTS Realty Trust investors own include CyrusOne (CONE), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), Simon Property Group (SPG), WP Carey (WPC), QUALCOMM (QCOM), DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Store Capital (STOR) and CoreSite Realty (COR).

QTS Realty Trust's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Zimmer Partners LP (4.47%), State Street Corp (4.27%), V3 Capital Management L.P. (1.64%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.66%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.53%) and Peregrine Capital Management LLC (1.11%). Company insiders that own QTS Realty Trust stock include Catherine R Kinney, Chad L Williams, Jeffrey H Berson, Jon D Greaves, Mazen Al-Rawashdeh, Peter Marino, Philip P Trahanas, Stephen E Westhead, Steven C Bloom, Wayne M Rehberger and William H Schafer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for QTS Realty Trust.

QTS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zimmer Partners LP, Timbercreek Investment Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Stifel Financial Corp, Comerica Bank, Barclays PLC and Connors Investor Services Inc.. Company insiders that have sold QTS Realty Trust company stock in the last year include Jeffrey H Berson, Jon D Greaves, Mazen Al-Rawashdeh, Peter Marino, Philip P Trahanas, Stephen E Westhead and William H Schafer. View Insider Buying and Selling for QTS Realty Trust.

QTS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, GW&K Investment Management LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Chilton Capital Management LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, State Street Corp, Foundry Partners LLC and Boston Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought QTS Realty Trust stock in the last two years include Catherine R Kinney, Chad L Williams, Jeffrey H Berson, Peter Marino, Steven C Bloom and Wayne M Rehberger. View Insider Buying and Selling for QTS Realty Trust.

Shares of QTS 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 QTS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.42.

QTS Realty Trust has a market capitalization of $3.10 billion and generates $450.52 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $-4,460,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $2.60 on an earnings per share basis. QTS Realty Trust employs 606 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About QTS Realty Trust.

The official website for QTS Realty Trust is http://www.qtsdatacenters.com/.

QTS Realty Trust's mailing address is 12851 FOSTER STREET SUITE 205, OVERLAND PARK KS, 66213. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 913-312-5503 or via email at [email protected]