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

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 Friday, February 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. View Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's Dividend History.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE:WRE) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 14th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.46. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $82.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $83.63 million. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust had a net margin of 7.61% and a return on equity of 2.38%. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's quarterly revenue was up 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $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 Wednesday, April 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8774079205.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 14th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.74-1.78 for the period. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust also updated its FY19 guidance to $1.74-$1.78 EPS.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's stock price to reach $29.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

Media coverage about WRE stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust earned a coverage optimism score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust saw a decline in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,283,996 shares, a decline of 32.2% from the January 31st total of 1,893,096 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 502,568 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 1.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's Current Options Chain.

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Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.39%), FMR LLC (5.40%), Thornburg Investment Management Inc. (3.93%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.75%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.49%) and Northern Trust Corp (2.30%). 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 Resolution Capital Ltd, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas Capital Management Inc., Westpac Banking Corp, Stratos Wealth Partners LTD., Bank of America Corp DE and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

WRE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, BlackRock Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Millennium Management LLC, Thornburg Investment Management Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, Geode Capital Management LLC and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WRE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.66.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust has a market capitalization of $2.21 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.

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]