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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 16th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, September 30th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend 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 quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.01 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.44. The real estate investment trust earned $76.82 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $85.76 million. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust had a net margin of 2.51% and a return on equity of 0.78%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.48 EPS. 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 updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.69-1.73 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.71.

5 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's stock. Their predictions range from $26.00 to $31.00. On average, they expect Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's stock price to reach $28.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

5 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, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

Media headlines about WRE stock have been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust earned a daily sentiment score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,320,000 shares, a decline of 19.8% from the August 30th total of 4,140,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 316,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 10.5 days. Approximately 4.2% of the company's shares 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), Whitestone REIT (WSR), One Liberty Properties (OLP), 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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 $29.20.

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]