Teacher Retirement System of Texas Invests $1.11 Million in Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR)

Teacher Retirement System of Texas acquired a new position in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 65,288 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock, valued at approximately $1,107,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of HR. Capital Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of 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 worth $7,955,000 after buying an additional 111,125 shares in the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC grew its position in Healthcare Realty Trust by 106.4% in the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 77,545 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $1,407,000 after acquiring an additional 39,975 shares during the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in Healthcare Realty Trust during the fourth quarter worth about $440,000. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 3,419.8% in the fourth quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 28,510 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $483,000 after acquiring an additional 27,700 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $849,000.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently commented on HR shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from an "overweight" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $19.00 price objective for the company. in a research note on Friday, December 20th. Jefferies Financial Group cut Healthcare Realty Trust from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and dropped their price target for the company from $19.00 to $17.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. Wedbush restated an "outperform" rating and set a $16.00 price objective on shares of Healthcare Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Scotiabank dropped their target price on Healthcare Realty Trust from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 25th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered Healthcare Realty Trust from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $17.00.

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Healthcare Realty Trust Trading Down 0.5 %

NYSE:HR traded down $0.08 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $16.85. 2,186,561 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,265,376. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.47 and a beta of 0.97. Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated has a one year low of $13.64 and a one year high of $18.90. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $16.67 and a 200 day simple moving average of $17.19.

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 19th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.01. Healthcare Realty Trust had a negative return on equity of 11.20% and a negative net margin of 51.60%. The company had revenue of $309.77 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $303.81 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.39 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was down 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts predict that Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated will post 1.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Healthcare Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 19th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a $0.31 dividend. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.36%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd. Healthcare Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio is currently -69.66%.

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.