NYSE:VERVereit Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vereit's stock was trading at $7.46 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VER shares have decreased by 23.8% and is now trading at $5.6850. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vereit in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Vereit.

Vereit is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Vereit.

Vereit Inc (NYSE:VER) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 20th. The financial services provider reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.09. The financial services provider had revenue of $299.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $301.11 million. Vereit had a negative net margin of 23.19% and a negative return on equity of 4.05%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.18 EPS. View Vereit's earnings history.

Vereit declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 21st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.077 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $0.31 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 29th. View Vereit's dividend history.

7 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Vereit's shares. Their forecasts range from $5.80 to $11.00. On average, they expect Vereit's share price to reach $9.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 67.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Vereit.

Media headlines about VER stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vereit earned a media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutVereit.

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Vereit trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VER."

Vereit's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Cohen & Steers Inc. (10.76%), BlackRock Inc. (8.30%), Invesco Ltd. (4.00%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.29%), Eminence Capital LP (2.40%) and Cbre Clarion Securities LLC (1.64%). Company insiders that own Vereit stock include Gavin Brandon and Thomas W Roberts. View institutional ownership trends for Vereit.

VER stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., SG Americas Securities LLC, and Cbre Clarion Securities LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Vereit.

VER stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Cohen & Steers Inc., Eminence Capital LP, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Centersquare Investment Management LLC, Aew Capital Management L P, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. View insider buying and selling activity for Vereit.

Shares of VER 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 VER stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.69.

Vereit has a market capitalization of $6.13 billion and generates $1.24 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $-300,350,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.69 on an earnings per share basis. Vereit employs 180 workers across the globe.

The official website for Vereit is www.vereit.com.

Vereit's mailing address is 2325 E. CAMELBACK ROAD 9TH FLOOR, PHOENIX AZ, 85016. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 800-606-3610 or via email at [email protected]