VEREIT Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for VEREIT in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" VEREIT stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in VER, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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VEREIT saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,480,000 shares, an increase of 30.3% from the June 30th total of 6,510,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,290,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.7 days. Currently, 3.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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VEREIT is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 5th 2021.
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VEREIT, Inc. (NYSE:VER) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 6th. The financial services provider reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.27. The financial services provider earned $290.81 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $293.23 million. VEREIT had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.60% and a net margin of 20.38%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.84 EPS.
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VEREIT's stock was trading at $37.30 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VER stock has increased by 31.4% and is now trading at $49.00.
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VEREIT declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.462 per share on Thursday, July 15th. This represents a $1.85 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.77%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 29th.
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VEREIT pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.75%. VEREIT does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of VEREIT is 59.49%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VEREIT will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.23% next year. This indicates that VEREIT will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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VEREIT shares reverse split before market open on Friday, December 18th 2020. The 1-5 reverse split was announced on Thursday, November 5th 2020. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Thursday, December 17th 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of VEREIT stock prior to the reverse split would have 20 shares after the split.

8 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for VEREIT's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate VEREIT's stock price to reach $46.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.1%.
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19 employees have rated VEREIT CEO Glenn Rufrano on Glassdoor.com. Glenn Rufrano has an approval rating of 71% among VEREIT's employees.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other VEREIT investors own include OPKO Health (OPK), AT&T (T), Vuzix (VUZI), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Realty Income (O), Ford Motor (F), Verizon Communications (VZ), New Residential Investment (NRZ), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Two Harbors Investment (TWO).

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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), OTA Financial Group L.P. (0.03%), Real Estate Management Services LLC (0.03%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%) and Jeppson Wealth Management LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own VEREIT stock include Glenn J Rufrano and Thomas W Roberts.
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VER stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Real Estate Management Services LLC, and Jeppson Wealth Management LLC.
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VER stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OTA Financial Group L.P., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and IFM Investors Pty Ltd.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of VER stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.00.

VEREIT has a market capitalization of $11.23 billion and generates $1.16 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $201.13 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.11 on an earnings per share basis.

VEREIT employs 160 workers across the globe.

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

VEREIT is headquartered at 2325 E. CAMELBACK ROAD 9TH FLOOR, PHOENIX AZ, 85016.

VEREIT's mailing address is 2325 E. CAMELBACK ROAD 9TH FLOOR, PHOENIX AZ, 85016. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (602) 778-6000 or via email at [email protected]