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Hudson Pacific Properties Inc (NYSE: HPP) closed the day trading at $2.17 up 1.40% from the previous closing price of $2.14. In other words, the price has increased by $1.40 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.43 million shares were traded. HPP stock price reached its highest trading level at $2.2 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $2.005.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of HPP, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 3.09 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 2.16. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.62 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.36.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, BMO Capital Markets on March 28, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Outperform and sets its target price to $5 from $4 previously.
On March 17, 2025, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $2.70.
Wells Fargo Upgraded its Equal Weight to Overweight on March 10, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $4.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 18 ’24 when COLEMAN VICTOR J bought 50,000 shares for $2.87 per share. The transaction valued at 143,500 led to the insider holds 487,451 shares of the business.
COLEMAN VICTOR J bought 50,000 shares of HPP for $176,500 on Nov 25 ’24. The Chief Executive Officer now owns 437,451 shares after completing the transaction at $3.53 per share. On Sep 20 ’24, another insider, Andrew Wattula, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 9,356 shares for $5.28 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, HPP now has a Market Capitalization of 314717312 and an Enterprise Value of 5609293312. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.36 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.13. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.72 whereas that against EBITDA is 21.301.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HPP is 1.55, which has changed by -0.62586206 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.059571505 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HPP has reached a high of $6.33, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $2.02. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -25.54%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -45.39%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, HPP traded about 2.84M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, HPP traded about 3027850 shares per day. A total of 141.28M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 136.53M. Insiders hold about 3.41% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 102.17% stake in the company. Shares short for HPP as of 1743379200 were 17687765 with a Short Ratio of 6.24, compared to 1740700800 on 20374930. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 17687765 and a Short% of Float of 20.44.
Dividends & Splits
HPP’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.05, up from 0.2 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.09345794The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.44.
