Wedbush Issues Positive Outlook for Safehold Earnings

Safehold Inc. (NYSE:SAFE - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Wedbush boosted their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Safehold in a report issued on Monday, November 4th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson now forecasts that the company will earn $0.39 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.38. Wedbush has a "Neutral" rating and a $23.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Safehold's current full-year earnings is $1.57 per share.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Raymond James raised shares of Safehold from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $34.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Thursday, September 19th. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on Safehold from $30.00 to $31.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a "market outperform" rating and set a $35.00 price target on shares of Safehold in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on Safehold from $21.00 to $22.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, August 5th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on shares of Safehold from $38.00 to $30.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Safehold currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $28.22.

Safehold Trading Down 0.5 %

SAFE traded down $0.10 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $20.58. 673,733 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 348,208. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.16 and a beta of 1.68. Safehold has a one year low of $16.27 and a one year high of $28.80. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $24.79 and its 200 day simple moving average is $22.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.85, a quick ratio of 37.83 and a current ratio of 37.83.

Safehold (NYSE:SAFE - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.37. Safehold had a net margin of 32.08% and a return on equity of 4.79%. The company had revenue of $90.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $89.45 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.33 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Safehold Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 30th were given a dividend of $0.177 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 30th. This represents a $0.71 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.44%. Safehold's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 41.18%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Long Pond Capital LP raised its stake in shares of Safehold by 14.9% during the 2nd quarter. Long Pond Capital LP now owns 2,662,579 shares of the company's stock worth $51,361,000 after purchasing an additional 345,661 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. lifted its stake in Safehold by 62.4% in the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 649,582 shares of the company's stock valued at $13,381,000 after acquiring an additional 249,500 shares during the last quarter. Edgestream Partners L.P. bought a new position in shares of Safehold in the 1st quarter valued at about $4,400,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Safehold by 1.8% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,861,603 shares of the company's stock worth $161,949,000 after purchasing an additional 141,245 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new position in shares of Safehold during the 1st quarter worth about $1,979,000. 70.38% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Safehold Company Profile

Safehold Inc NYSE: SAFE is revolutionizing real estate ownership by providing a new and better way for owners to unlock the value of the land beneath their buildings. Having created the modern ground lease industry in 2017, Safehold continues to help owners of high quality multifamily, office, industrial, hospitality, student housing, life science and mixed-use properties generate higher returns with less risk.