Zacks Research Issues Optimistic Forecast for ARE Earnings

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a report released on Monday, February 17th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the real estate investment trust will earn $2.30 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $2.29. The consensus estimate for Alexandria Real Estate Equities' current full-year earnings is $9.32 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Alexandria Real Estate Equities' Q4 2025 earnings at $2.38 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $9.29 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.40 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.61 EPS.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $2.39 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.91 by $1.48. Alexandria Real Estate Equities had a net margin of 10.36% and a return on equity of 1.43%.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Wedbush restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $104.00 price target on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft downgraded shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $135.00 to $112.00 in a research note on Friday, November 15th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a "market outperform" rating and set a $130.00 price target on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. Robert W. Baird dropped their price objective on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $137.00 to $130.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $125.00 to $114.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $121.30.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Trading Up 1.6 %

Alexandria Real Estate Equities stock traded up $1.51 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $97.08. The company's stock had a trading volume of 550,816 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,337,546. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a quick ratio of 0.21 and a current ratio of 0.21. The company has a 50 day moving average of $97.85 and a 200-day moving average of $108.81. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a one year low of $93.25 and a one year high of $130.14. The stock has a market cap of $16.80 billion, a PE ratio of 53.93, a P/E/G ratio of 3.93 and a beta of 1.16.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Monday, December 9th that allows the company to repurchase $500.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the real estate investment trust to reacquire up to 2.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were issued a $1.32 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This is an increase from Alexandria Real Estate Equities's previous quarterly dividend of $1.30. This represents a $5.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.44%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities's payout ratio is currently 293.33%.

Institutional Trading of Alexandria Real Estate Equities

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Fulton Bank N.A. lifted its position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 77.7% during the fourth quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 16,165 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $1,577,000 after acquiring an additional 7,070 shares during the last quarter. CCLA Investment Management lifted its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 4.0% during the 4th quarter. CCLA Investment Management now owns 841,435 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $82,023,000 after purchasing an additional 32,367 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 5.0% in the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 903,541 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $88,140,000 after purchasing an additional 42,825 shares in the last quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc grew its stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 67.3% during the 3rd quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 37,276 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $4,427,000 after buying an additional 14,992 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vert Asset Management LLC increased its position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 13.8% during the 4th quarter. Vert Asset Management LLC now owns 69,445 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $6,774,000 after buying an additional 8,435 shares in the last quarter. 96.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Company Profile

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc NYSE: ARE, an S&P 500 company, is a best-in-class, mission-driven life science REIT making a positive and lasting impact on the world. As the pioneer of the life science real estate niche since our founding in 1994, Alexandria is the preeminent and longest-tenured owner, operator, and developer of collaborative life science, agtech, and advanced technology mega campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, including Greater Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, San Diego, Seattle, Maryland, and Research Triangle.