Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided EPS guidance of 9.230-9.430 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 9.470. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. JMP Securities cut their price objective on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $140.00 to $130.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $125.00 to $114.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $135.00 to $112.00 in a research note on Friday, November 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut Alexandria Real Estate Equities from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their target price for the stock from $133.00 to $121.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Robert W. Baird decreased their price target 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. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $121.90.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Stock Performance

ARE traded up $0.40 on Monday, hitting $102.03. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,658,935 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,339,028. The firm has a market cap of $17.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 62.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.16. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $102.13 and its 200-day simple moving average is $112.23. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a 12 month low of $94.35 and a 12 month high of $130.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 0.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $2.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $1.48. Alexandria Real Estate Equities had a net margin of 9.62% and a return on equity of 1.31%. Analysts forecast that Alexandria Real Estate Equities will post 9.47 EPS for the current year.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a $1.32 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $5.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.18%. This is an increase from Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.30. Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s payout ratio is presently 321.95%.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Monday, December 9th that permits the company to buyback $500.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization permits the real estate investment trust to purchase up to 2.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

About Alexandria Real Estate Equities

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.