Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE: DEA) is -23.93% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $19.33 and a high of $35.92 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 $22.62 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.13%.
Currently trading at $22.75, the stock is 0.62% and 5.12% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.21 million and changing 0.57% at the moment leaves the stock -16.68% off its SMA200. DEA registered -19.89% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -18.39%.
The stock witnessed a 5.32% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -14.07%, and is 1.84% up 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 2.07% over the week and 2.24% over the month.
Easterly Government Properties Inc (DEA) has around 50 employees, a market worth around $1.02B and $306.31M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 54.85 and Fwd P/E is 32.04. Profit margin for the company is 5.69%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.69% and -36.67% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.59%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 7.78% this year
The shares outstanding are 44.70M, and float is at 42.13M with Short Float at 3.68%.
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 11.0726 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 2.4714 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 Fisher Cynthia A, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Fisher Cynthia A bought 629 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 27 ’24 at a price of $12.52 per share for a total of $7871.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 20943.0 shares.
Easterly Government Properties Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 23 ’24 that Crate Darrell W (President & CEO) bought a total of 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 23 ’24 and was made at $10.91 per share for $0.11 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.17 million shares of the DEA stock.
