NYSE:WRE - Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Stock Price, Forecast & News

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WRE."

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Monday, December 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, January 6th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 20th. View Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's Dividend History.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE:WRE) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.08) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.49. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $80.26 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.81 million. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust had a negative return on equity of 0.55% and a net margin of 103.68%. The company's revenue was up 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.45 earnings per share. View Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's Earnings History.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 13th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.70-1.72 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.71.

1 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's share price to reach $28.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

News headlines about WRE stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 3,410,000 shares, a decrease of 5.3% from the November 28th total of 3,600,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 349,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 9.8 days. Currently, 4.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Washington Real Estate Investment Trust include Duke Realty (DRE), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Liberty Property Trust (LPT), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Spirit Realty Capital (SRC), PS Business Parks (PSB), American Assets Trust (AAT), Lexington Realty Trust (LXP), Investors Real Estate Trust Reit (IRET), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Whitestone REIT (WSR), Gyrodyne (GYRO) and RAIT Financial Trust (RAS).

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Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.10%), Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.06%), Truehand Inc (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Pensionfund Sabic (0.02%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

WRE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Hanson & Doremus Investment Management and Truehand Inc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

WRE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Pensionfund Sabic. View Insider Buying and Selling for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

Shares of WRE 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 WRE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.64.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust has a market capitalization of $2.47 billion and generates $336.89 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $25.63 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.86 on an earnings per share basis. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust employs 149 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

The official website for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust is http://www.washreit.com/.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's mailing address is 1775 EYE STREET NW SUITE 1000, WASHINGTON DC, 20006. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 202-774-3200 or via email at [email protected]