Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.560-1.600 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.590. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Healthcare Realty Trust also updated its FY25 guidance to $1.56 to $1.60 EPS.

Healthcare Realty Trust Stock Down 0.5 %

HR stock traded down $0.09 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $16.50. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,938,095 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,387,434. The stock has a market cap of $5.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.27 and a beta of 0.94. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $16.67 and its 200 day moving average price is $17.41. Healthcare Realty Trust has a 1 year low of $12.77 and a 1 year high of $18.90.

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $309.77 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $303.81 million. Healthcare Realty Trust had a negative net margin of 51.60% and a negative return on equity of 11.20%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.39 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Healthcare Realty Trust will post 1.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Healthcare Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 19th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.31 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 3rd. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.52%. Healthcare Realty Trust's payout ratio is currently -69.66%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have issued reports on HR. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded Healthcare Realty Trust from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $19.00 to $17.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Wedbush restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $16.00 price objective on shares of Healthcare Realty Trust in a research note on Thursday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from an "overweight" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $19.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Friday, December 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $17.40.

Insider Buying and Selling at Healthcare Realty Trust

In other Healthcare Realty Trust news, COO Robert E. Hull sold 10,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.48, for a total value of $174,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 171,400 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,996,072. This trade represents a 5.51 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Insiders own 0.56% of the company's stock.

Healthcare Realty Trust Company Profile

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc provides real estate investment services. It owns, leases, manages, acquires, finances, develops, and redevelops income-producing real estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of outpatient healthcare services throughout the United States of America. The company was founded by David R.