NYSE:WRI - Weingarten Realty Investors Stock Price, Forecast & News

Weingarten Realty Investors trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WRI."

Weingarten Realty Investors declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.395 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.58 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.10%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View Weingarten Realty Investors' Dividend History.

Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE:WRI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.52 by $0.30. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $117.38 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $117.85 million. Weingarten Realty Investors had a return on equity of 16.75% and a net margin of 60.55%. The firm's revenue was down 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.58 EPS. View Weingarten Realty Investors' Earnings History.

Weingarten Realty Investors is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Weingarten Realty Investors.

Weingarten Realty Investors will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Weingarten Realty Investors issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.07-2.11 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.09.

3 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Weingarten Realty Investors' stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $35.00. On average, they anticipate Weingarten Realty Investors' share price to reach $33.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Weingarten Realty Investors.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Weingarten Realty Investors in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Weingarten Realty Investors.

News stories about WRI stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Weingarten Realty Investors earned a media sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media 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 effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Weingarten Realty Investors.

Weingarten Realty Investors saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,080,000 shares, an increase of 38.7% from the December 15th total of 1,500,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 924,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Weingarten Realty Investors' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Weingarten Realty Investors include Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Regency Centers (REG), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), National Retail Properties (NNN), Kimco Realty (KIM), Macerich (MAC), Agree Realty (ADC), Retail Properties of America (RPAI), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Taubman Centers (TCO), Alexander's (ALX), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG) and Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Weingarten Realty Investors investors own include Simon Property Group (SPG), Intel (INTC), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Realty Income (O), Boeing (BA), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Halliburton (HAL), 3M (MMM) and Mesabi Trust (MSB).

Weingarten Realty Investors' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Callahan Advisors LLC (0.14%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.12%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.09%), Old Port Advisors (0.06%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.04%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%). Company insiders that own Weingarten Realty Investors stock include Andrew M Alexander, Shelaghmichael C Brown, Stephen A Lasher and Stephen C Richter. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Weingarten Realty Investors.

WRI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Manning & Napier Group LLC, Truehand Inc and Wendell David Associates Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Weingarten Realty Investors company stock in the last year include Shelaghmichael C Brown and Stephen A Lasher. View Insider Buying and Selling for Weingarten Realty Investors.

WRI stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Callahan Advisors LLC, Convergence Investment Partners LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Huntington National Bank, 6 Meridian and Old Port Advisors. View Insider Buying and Selling for Weingarten Realty Investors.

Shares of WRI 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 WRI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.96.

Weingarten Realty Investors has a market capitalization of $3.98 billion and generates $531.15 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $327.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.28 on an earnings per share basis. Weingarten Realty Investors employs 254 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Weingarten Realty Investors.

The official website for Weingarten Realty Investors is http://www.weingarten.com/.

Weingarten Realty Investors' mailing address is 2600 CITADEL PLAZA DRIVE, HOUSTON TX, 77292. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 713-866-6000 or via email at [email protected]