Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR) Shares Sold by Swiss National Bank

Swiss National Bank reduced its stake in Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR - Free Report) by 3.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 714,000 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 25,000 shares during the quarter. Swiss National Bank owned about 0.20% of Healthcare Realty Trust worth $12,102,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Capital Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Healthcare Realty Trust by 31.0% during the 4th quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 469,323 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $7,955,000 after acquiring an additional 111,125 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC grew its position in Healthcare Realty Trust by 106.4% during the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 77,545 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $1,407,000 after purchasing an additional 39,975 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust during the 4th quarter valued at about $440,000. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 3,419.8% in the 4th quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 28,510 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $483,000 after buying an additional 27,700 shares during the period. Finally, Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust in the third quarter worth about $849,000.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have issued reports on the company. Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $16.00 price target on shares of Healthcare Realty Trust in a report on Thursday, February 20th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from $17.00 to $16.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered Healthcare Realty Trust from an "overweight" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $19.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Friday, December 20th. Finally, Scotiabank dropped their target price on shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $17.00.

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Healthcare Realty Trust Stock Performance

Shares of HR traded up $0.26 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $16.87. 1,611,076 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,150,604. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $16.62 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $17.26. Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated has a 12-month low of $13.29 and a 12-month high of $18.90. The company has a market cap of $5.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.47 and a beta of 0.97.

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 (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $309.77 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $303.81 million. Healthcare Realty Trust had a negative return on equity of 11.20% and a negative net margin of 51.60%. The business's revenue was down 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.39 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated will post 1.59 earnings per share for the current year.

Healthcare Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 19th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were given a dividend of $0.31 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.35%. Healthcare Realty Trust's payout ratio is -69.66%.

Healthcare Realty Trust 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.