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

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, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, January 6th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.92%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 20th. View Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's Dividend History.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE:WRE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.08) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.49. The real estate investment trust earned $80.26 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $78.81 million. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust had a negative return on equity of 0.55% and a net margin of 103.68%. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's revenue was up 13.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last 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 Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 13th 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, October, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.70-1.72 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.71.

1 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's stock price to reach $28.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Washington Real Estate Investment Trust in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating 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 been trending extremely negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing 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 media sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact 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 drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 3,410,000 shares, a drop of 5.3% from the November 28th total of 3,600,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 349,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.8 days. Currently, 4.3% of the company's stock are short sold. 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), Spirit Realty Capital (SRC), PS Business Parks (PSB), 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).

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Washington Real Estate Investment Trust's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.10%), Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.06%), Truehand Inc (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Pensionfund Sabic (0.02%). 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Hanson & Doremus Investment Management 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 Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Pensionfund Sabic. 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 $30.64.

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust has a market capitalization of $2.47 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]