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 declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 15th. Investors 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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 14th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share (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 return on equity of 2.38% and a net margin of 7.61%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business 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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's share price to reach $28.6667 in the next twelve months. 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.

Press coverage about WRE stock has trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. 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 media sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 29th, there was short interest totalling 2,264,330 shares, a drop of 50.7% from the March 15th total of 4,590,714 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 771,735 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.9 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 bought 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]