Wedbush Has Pessimistic Outlook of ARE Q1 Earnings

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE) – Investment analysts at Wedbush reduced their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, January 29th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson now forecasts that the real estate investment trust will earn $2.22 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $2.28. Wedbush currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $104.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ current full-year earnings is $9.34 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ Q2 2025 earnings at $2.32 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.38 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $2.42 EPS.

Several other research firms have also commented on ARE. JMP Securities reiterated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $130.00 target price on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research note on Wednesday. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft downgraded Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $135.00 to $112.00 in a report on Friday, November 15th. Evercore ISI reduced their target price on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $129.00 to $124.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded Alexandria Real Estate Equities from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $133.00 to $121.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $121.30.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Stock Performance

Alexandria Real Estate Equities stock opened at $95.83 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $101.76 and a two-hundred day moving average of $111.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a current ratio of 0.21. The company has a market capitalization of $16.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.24, a PEG ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.16. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a fifty-two week low of $94.35 and a fifty-two week high of $130.14.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) last posted its earnings results 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 return on equity of 1.43% and a net margin of 10.36%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Alexandria Real Estate Equities

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Fulton Bank N.A. boosted its stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 77.7% during the 4th 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 increased its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. CCLA Investment Management now owns 841,435 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $82,023,000 after buying an additional 32,367 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc grew its position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 67.3% in 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 acquiring an additional 14,992 shares in the last quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC boosted its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 11,449.8% in the third quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC now owns 1,423,630 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $169,056,000 after purchasing an additional 1,411,304 shares during the period. Finally, Leibman Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 21.4% during the fourth quarter. Leibman Financial Services Inc. now owns 41,580 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $4,056,000 after purchasing an additional 7,322 shares during the last quarter. 96.54% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Monday, December 9th that allows the company to buyback $500.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization allows the real estate investment trust to buy up to 2.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were issued a $1.32 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $5.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.51%. This is an increase from Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.30. Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s dividend payout ratio is currently 293.33%.

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.