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

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, July 25th. Investors of record on Monday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, September 30th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 13th. View Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's Dividend History.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE:WRE) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.01 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.44. The real estate investment trust earned $76.82 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $85.76 million. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust had a return on equity of 0.78% and a net margin of 2.51%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.48 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, October 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, October 24th 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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.69-1.73 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.71.

4 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $31.00. On average, they expect Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's stock price to reach $28.33 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.0%. 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.

News stories about WRE stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect 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 decrease in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,320,000 shares, a decrease of 19.8% from the August 30th total of 4,140,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 316,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.5 days. Currently, 4.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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), PS Business Parks (PSB), Spirit Realty Capital (SRC), 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).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Washington Real Estate Investment Trust investors own include Chemours (CC), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Realty Income (O), Verizon Communications (VZ), Intel (INTC), Visa (V), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Blackstone Group (BX), Brinker International (EAT) and AT&T (T).

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Strs Ohio (0.14%), Benson Investment Management Company Inc. (0.10%), Moors & Cabot Inc. (0.10%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.09%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.07%) and Truehand Inc (0.05%). 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 Strs Ohio, Benson Investment Management Company Inc. and Truehand Inc. 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Moors & Cabot Inc. and North Star Investment Management Corp.. 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 $29.21.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust has a market capitalization of $2.34 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]