NYSE:WPC - WP Carey Stock Price, Forecast & News

WP Carey trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WPC."

WP Carey declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $1.038 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $4.15 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. This is a positive change from WP Carey's previous quarterly dividend of $1.04. View WP Carey's Dividend History.

WP Carey Inc (NYSE:WPC) released its earnings results on Friday, November, 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.91. The real estate investment trust earned $318.01 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $317.44 million. WP Carey had a net margin of 30.89% and a return on equity of 5.31%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 51.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.70 EPS. View WP Carey's Earnings History.

WP Carey is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for WP Carey.

WP Carey updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, November, 1st. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.95-5.01 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.97.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for WP Carey's stock. Their forecasts range from $77.00 to $92.00. On average, they expect WP Carey's share price to reach $84.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for WP Carey.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for WP Carey in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for WP Carey.

News coverage about WPC stock has trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative 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 negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. WP Carey earned a media sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for WP Carey.

Some companies that are related to WP Carey include Equinix (EQIX), Simon Property Group (SPG), Public Storage (PSA), Welltower (WELL), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), SBA Communications (SBAC), DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR), Realty Income (O), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Boston Properties (BXP), Ventas (VTR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) and HCP (HCP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other WP Carey investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Realty Income (O), AbbVie (ABBV), Ventas (VTR), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and EPR Properties (EPR).

WP Carey's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.82%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.44%), Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.22%), Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.15%), Strs Ohio (0.14%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%). Company insiders that own WP Carey stock include Arjun Mahalingam, Christopher Niehaus, Jean Hoysradt, Mark A Alexander and Peter Farrell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for WP Carey.

WPC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Inspirion Wealth Advisors LLC, IFP Advisors Inc, Cribstone Capital Management LLC, Wealthstar Advisors LLC and World Asset Management Inc. View Insider Buying and Selling for WP Carey.

WPC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, California Public Employees Retirement System, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, EWG Elevate Inc., J.W. Cole Advisors Inc., Pensionfund DSM Netherlands and Strs Ohio. Company insiders that have bought WP Carey stock in the last two years include Christopher Niehaus, Jean Hoysradt, Mark A Alexander and Peter Farrell. View Insider Buying and Selling for WP Carey.

Shares of WPC 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 WPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.22.

WP Carey has a market capitalization of $14.51 billion and generates $885.73 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $411.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.39 on an earnings per share basis. WP Carey employs 206 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About WP Carey.

The official website for WP Carey is http://www.wpcarey.com/.

WP Carey's mailing address is 50 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK NY, 10020. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 212-492-1100 or via email at [email protected]