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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.72%. The ex-dividend date 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $1.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.79. The real estate investment trust earned $311.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $315.57 million. WP Carey had a net margin of 30.89% and a return on equity of 5.31%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 13.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.64 EPS. View WP Carey's Earnings History.

WP Carey is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 1st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for WP Carey.

WP Carey updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.86-5.01 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.59.

6 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for WP Carey's shares. 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 twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.0%. 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.

Press coverage about WPC stock has been trending very negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. WP Carey earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. 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), SBA Communications (SBAC), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), DIGITAL RLTY TR/SH (DLR), Realty Income (O), Ventas (VTR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Boston Properties (BXP), 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), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and Simon Property Group (SPG).

WP Carey's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.86%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.40%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.10%), UBS Group AG (0.95%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.82%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.81%). 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, State Street Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Schroder Investment Management Group. View Insider Buying and Selling for WP Carey.

WPC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Barclays PLC, National Pension Service, UBS Group AG, BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A., Swiss National Bank, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. 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 $88.00.

WP Carey has a market capitalization of $15.16 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]