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. Shareholders 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 yield of 4.22%. 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) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 24th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.44. The real estate investment trust earned $83.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $82.12 million. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust had a net margin of 7.61% and a return on equity of 2.38%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.46 EPS. View Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's Earnings History.

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 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $31.00. On average, they expect Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's share price to reach $28.6667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.8% 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.

Headlines about WRE stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. 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 sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 29th, there was short interest totalling 2,264,330 shares, a decrease of 50.7% from the March 15th total of 4,590,714 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 771,735 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 2.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Resolution Capital Ltd (0.62%), Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.29%), Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.29%), Strs Ohio (0.16%), Benson Investment Management Company Inc. (0.10%) and Grace & White Inc. NY (0.07%). 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 Resolution Capital Ltd, Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel Inc. and Strs Ohio. View Insider Buying and Selling for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

WRE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pennsylvania Trust Co, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Benson Investment Management Company Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Tibra Equities Europe Ltd, Iowa State Bank and Nisa Investment Advisors 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 $28.45.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust has a market capitalization of $2.28 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]