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, February 13th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.85%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 16th. View Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's Dividend History.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE:WRE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.27. The real estate investment trust earned $80.67 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $78.84 million. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust had a net margin of 119.52% and a return on equity of 3.54%. View Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's Earnings History.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 13th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.53-1.59 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.59.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $33.50. On average, they expect Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's share price to reach $30.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

2 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 and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

News stories about WRE stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust earned a news impact score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,610,000 shares, an increase of 10.1% from the January 15th total of 3,280,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 363,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 9.9 days. Approximately 4.5% 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), Lexington Realty Trust (LXP), American Assets Trust (AAT), 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.11%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (4.78%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.42%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.39%), FMR LLC (3.96%) and First Trust Advisors LP (2.07%). 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, State Street Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Arizona State Retirement System, Pinebridge Investments L.P., Public Sector Pension Investment Board and State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D. 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 FMR LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, First Trust Advisors LP, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Geode Capital Management LLC, UBS Group AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. 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 $31.20.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust has a market capitalization of $2.51 billion and generates $309.18 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $383.55 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.66 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]