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 announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 6th will be given a dividend of $0.395 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $1.58 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.79%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 5th. View Weingarten Realty Investors' Dividend History.

Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE:WRI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.05. The real estate investment trust earned $119.47 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $118.83 million. Weingarten Realty Investors had a return on equity of 17.50% and a net margin of 64.82%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.55 EPS. View Weingarten Realty Investors' Earnings History.

Weingarten Realty Investors is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Weingarten Realty Investors.

Weingarten Realty Investors issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.06-2.11 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.13.

3 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Weingarten Realty Investors' stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $35.00. On average, they expect Weingarten Realty Investors' stock price to reach $33.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.8% 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.

Media headlines about WRI stock have been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media 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 positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Weingarten Realty Investors earned a media sentiment score of -4.2 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 media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Weingarten Realty Investors.

Weingarten Realty Investors saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 2,110,000 shares, an increase of 5.5% from the January 30th total of 2,000,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 875,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.8% 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), National Retail Properties (NNN), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Agree Realty (ADC), Taubman Centers (TCO), Macerich (MAC), Retail Properties of America (RPAI), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Alexander's (ALX), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG) and Getty Realty (GTY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Weingarten Realty Investors investors own include Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Intel (INTC), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Boeing (BA) and Enterprise Products Partners (EPD).

Weingarten Realty Investors' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.74%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (2.66%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.66%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.66%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.59%) and FMR LLC (1.20%). 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 Cohen & Steers Inc., State Street Corp, Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Mackay Shields LLC, Prudential Financial Inc. and UBS Oconnor LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, UBS Group AG and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. 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 $27.29.

Weingarten Realty Investors has a market capitalization of $3.51 billion and generates $486.63 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $327.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.10 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]