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Easterly Government Properties Inc (DEA) Review – Making Smarter Decisions

Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE: DEA) is -2.82% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $10.45 and a high of $14.37 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The DEA stock was last observed hovering at around $11.11 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.07%.

Currently trading at $11.04, the stock is 0.97% and -1.18% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.82 million and changing -0.63% at the moment leaves the stock -10.78% off its SMA200. DEA registered -3.55% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -15.78%.

The stock witnessed a -0.27% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.51%, and is -2.30% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.19% over the week and 2.52% over the month.

Easterly Government Properties Inc (DEA) has around 50 employees, a market worth around $1.19B and $300.44M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 60.39. Profit margin for the company is 6.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 5.65% and -23.17% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.68%).

with sales reaching $81.84M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 22.22% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 7.43% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 12.42% in year-over-year returns.

The shares outstanding are 107.97M, and float is at 100.98M with Short Float at 5.96%.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 18.78 million shares valued at $232.34 million. The investor’s holdings represent 18.4153 of the DEA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 11.4 million shares valued at $140.96 million to account for 11.1726 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 5.77 million shares representing 5.6092 and valued at over $71.41 million, while GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 2.4937 of the shares totaling 2.54 million with a market value of $31.47 million.

Easterly Government Properties Inc (DEA) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Crate Darrell W, the company’s President & CEO. SEC filings show that Crate Darrell W bought 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 23 ’24 at a price of $10.91 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.17 million shares.

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