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 10.1% and is now trading at $6.71.
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6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vereit in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Vereit is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Vereit Inc (NYSE:VER) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 6th. The financial services provider reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.11. The financial services provider earned $278.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $278.29 million. Vereit had a negative net margin of 43.35% and a negative return on equity of 7.43%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.18 earnings per share.
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Vereit declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 5th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.077 per share on Thursday, October 15th. This represents a $0.31 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 29th.
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6 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Vereit's shares. Their forecasts range from $5.80 to $11.00. On average, they expect Vereit's stock price to reach $8.51 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.8% from the stock's current price.
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Media headlines about VER stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing 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. Vereit earned a coverage optimism score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.
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Vereit saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 31,150,000 shares, an increase of 55.2% from the June 15th total of 20,070,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 15,560,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Vereit investors own include Opko Health (OPK), Vuzix (VUZI), AT&T (T), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Realty Income (O), Ford Motor (F), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Verizon Communications (VZ), Two Harbors Investment (TWO) and Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET).

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

Vereit's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (14.65%), FMR LLC (3.62%), LSV Asset Management (2.81%), Cbre Clarion Securities LLC (2.04%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (1.29%) and Lasalle Investment Management Securities LLC (1.00%).
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VER stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Vanguard Group Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund, APG Asset Management N.V., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., FIL Ltd, and Bank of Montreal Can.
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VER stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Lasalle Investment Management Securities LLC, APG Asset Management US Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., Cbre Clarion Securities LLC, Nut Tree Capital Management LP, and Waterfront Capital Partners LLC.
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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 $6.71.

Vereit has a market capitalization of $7.23 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]