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 Tuesday, February 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 20th will be given a dividend of $0.47 per share on Tuesday, April 7th. This represents a $1.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.08%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 19th. This is a boost from QTS Realty Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.44. View QTS Realty Trust's Dividend History.

QTS Realty Trust Inc (NYSE:QTS) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 24th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.24) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.60 by $0.84. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $123.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $120.21 million. QTS Realty Trust had a return on equity of 2.82% and a net margin of 6.02%. QTS Realty Trust's revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.69 earnings per share. View QTS Realty Trust's Earnings History.

QTS Realty Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for QTS Realty Trust.

QTS Realty Trust issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.69-2.83 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.80.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for QTS Realty Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect QTS Realty Trust's share price to reach $60.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for QTS Realty Trust.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for QTS Realty Trust in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for QTS Realty Trust.

News coverage about QTS stock has been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. QTS Realty Trust earned a daily sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for QTS Realty Trust.

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QTS Realty Trust's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.99%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (3.26%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.62%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.59%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.53%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.46%). 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 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, State Street Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE, First Trust Advisors LP, Westpac Banking Corp and Marshall Wace North America L.P.. 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 Cohen & Steers Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Redwood Investments LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust, Emerald Advisers LLC and Bank of Montreal Can. 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 $61.00.

QTS Realty Trust has a market capitalization of $3.54 billion and generates $480.82 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $29.06 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.63 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]