NYSE:VERVereit Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vereit's stock was trading at $7.46 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VER stock has decreased by 13.9% and is now trading at $6.42. 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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 20th. The financial services provider reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.16 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $299.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $301.11 million. Vereit had a negative net margin of 23.19% and a negative return on equity of 4.05%. The firm's revenue was down 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.18 EPS. View Vereit's earnings history.

Vereit announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 29th. View Vereit's dividend history.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Vereit's shares. Their forecasts range from $5.80 to $11.00. On average, they expect Vereit's stock price to reach $9.54 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 48.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Vereit.

Media headlines about VER stock have been trending somewhat negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press 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 negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vereit earned a news sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 purchased 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 $6.42.

Vereit has a market capitalization of $6.92 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]