W. P. Carey Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W. P. Carey in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" W. P. Carey stock.
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W. P. Carey is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 7th 2021.
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W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 11th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.39. The real estate investment trust earned $307.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $297.15 million. W. P. Carey had a net margin of 28.17% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.98%. W. P. Carey's revenue for the quarter was up 1.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.75 EPS.
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W. P. Carey's stock was trading at $76.01 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WPC stock has decreased by 9.8% and is now trading at $68.54.
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W. P. Carey declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $1.046 per share on Friday, January 15th. This represents a $4.18 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 30th. This is a boost from W. P. Carey's previous quarterly dividend of $1.04.
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W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $4.18 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.10%. WPC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. W. P. Carey has been increasing its dividend for 22 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of W. P. Carey is 83.60%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, W. P. Carey will have a dividend payout ratio of 89.89% in the coming year. This indicates that W. P. Carey may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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W. P. Carey updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 12th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.79-4.93 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.60.

3 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for W. P. Carey's stock. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $77.00. On average, they anticipate W. P. Carey's share price to reach $64.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.9%.
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10 employees have rated W. P. Carey CEO Jason Fox on Glassdoor.com. Jason Fox has an approval rating of 80% among W. P. Carey's employees. 48.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at W. P. Carey to a friend.

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

W. P. Carey's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.82%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.29%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.42%), Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (1.38%), Northern Trust Corp (1.05%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.68%). Company insiders that own W. P. Carey stock include Arjun Mahalingam, Christopher Niehaus, Jason E Fox, Mark A Alexander and Robert J Flanagan.
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WPC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Daiwa Securities Group Inc., National Pension Service, California Public Employees Retirement System, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., QS Investors LLC, and HGI Capital Management LLC.
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WPC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Presima Inc., TruWealth Advisors LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Cibc World Markets Corp, Brown Advisory Inc., and Morgan Stanley. Company insiders that have bought W. P. Carey stock in the last two years include Arjun Mahalingam, Christopher Niehaus, Jason E Fox, Mark A Alexander, and Robert J Flanagan.
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One share of WPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $68.54.

W. P. Carey has a market capitalization of $12.02 billion and generates $1.23 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $305.24 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.00 on an earnings per share basis.

W. P. Carey employs 204 workers across the globe.

The official website for W. P. Carey is www.wpcarey.com.

W. P. Carey is headquartered at 50 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK NY, 10020.

W. P. 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]