Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE: DEA) is -6.87% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $10.18 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 $10.55 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.03%.
Currently trading at $10.58, the stock is -1.36% and -3.39% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.95 million and changing 0.28% at the moment leaves the stock -13.94% off its SMA200. DEA registered -3.86% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -21.60%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $10.9514 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $12.3945.
The stock witnessed a -5.54% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -4.17%, and is -0.09% 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 1.85% over the week and 2.47% over the month.
Easterly Government Properties Inc (DEA) has around 50 employees, a market worth around $1.14B and $300.44M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 57.88 and Fwd P/E is 31.12. Profit margin for the company is 6.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 3.98% and -26.37% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.68%).
with sales reaching $80.66M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 33.33% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 8.24% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 10.80% in year-over-year returns.
382.0 institutions hold shares in Easterly Government Properties Inc (DEA), with institutional investors hold 84.63% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 107.97M, and float is at 101.13M with Short Float at 7.41%. Institutions hold 79.27% of the Float.
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 18.2505 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.
