Bank of New York Mellon Corp lessened its holdings in shares of Global Medical REIT Inc. (NYSE:GMRE - Free Report) by 2.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,405,486 shares of the company's stock after selling 34,610 shares during the quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp owned 2.10% of Global Medical REIT worth $10,850,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of Global Medical REIT by 54.3% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 231,927 shares of the company's stock worth $2,298,000 after buying an additional 81,596 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its position in shares of Global Medical REIT by 228.9% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 114,988 shares of the company's stock worth $1,073,000 after purchasing an additional 80,030 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its position in shares of Global Medical REIT by 158.6% in the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 120,614 shares of the company's stock worth $1,195,000 after purchasing an additional 73,965 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC raised its stake in shares of Global Medical REIT by 87.1% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 154,051 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,527,000 after purchasing an additional 71,704 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of Global Medical REIT by 39.5% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 184,550 shares of the company's stock worth $1,829,000 after purchasing an additional 52,281 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 57.52% of the company's stock.
Global Medical REIT Stock Down 0.3 %
Shares of Global Medical REIT stock opened at $8.68 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $8.17 and a 200 day moving average price of $8.73. Global Medical REIT Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $7.33 and a fifty-two week high of $10.46. The firm has a market cap of $580.11 million, a P/E ratio of -433.53, a P/E/G ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a quick ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 0.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26.
Global Medical REIT (NYSE:GMRE - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $35.16 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $34.87 million. Global Medical REIT had a return on equity of 0.86% and a net margin of 3.23%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Global Medical REIT Inc. will post 0.81 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Global Medical REIT Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 21st will be issued a dividend of $0.21 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 21st. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 9.68%. Global Medical REIT's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 8,400.00%.
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Global Medical REIT Inc (GMRE) is a net-lease medical office real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and acquires healthcare facilities and leases those facilities to physician groups and regional and national healthcare systems.
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