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After finishing at $9.52 in the prior trading day, Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE: DEA) closed at $8.23, down -13.55%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$13.55 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.06 million shares were traded. DEA stock price reached its highest trading level at $8.79 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $7.89.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of DEA by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 31.96 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.40. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.22 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.12.
On March 17, 2025, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $13.
Jefferies Upgraded its Hold to Buy on October 14, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $13 to $15.
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 Nov 27 ’24 when Fisher Cynthia A bought 629 shares for $12.52 per share. The transaction valued at 7,871 led to the insider holds 20,943 shares of the business.
Crate Darrell W bought 10,000 shares of DEA for $109,100 on Dec 23 ’24. The President & CEO now owns 171,479 shares after completing the transaction at $10.91 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, DEA now has a Market Capitalization of 1036477888 and an Enterprise Value of 2734929152. As of this moment, Easterly’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 45.02, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 24.21. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.91. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.96 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.67. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 8.877 whereas that against EBITDA is 15.431.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for DEA is 0.86, which has changed by -0.27616537 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.028231144 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, DEA has reached a high of $14.37, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $8.81. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -22.67%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -32.53%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.50M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2003360 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 107.97M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 101.13M. Insiders hold about 6.34% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 77.81% stake in the company. Shares short for DEA as of 1741910400 were 7489535 with a Short Ratio of 3.75, compared to 1739491200 on 6021240. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7489535 and a Short% of Float of 10.39.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, DEA’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.06, compared to 1.06 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.111344524The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.57.
Earnings Estimates
The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0, with high estimates of $0 and low estimates of $0.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0 and $0 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.
Revenue Estimates
5 analysts predict $79.95M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $83.64M to a low estimate of $77.1M. As of the current estimate, Easterly Government Properties Inc’s year-ago sales were $72.8MFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $80.79M. There is a high estimate of $83.83M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $77.84M.
A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for DEA’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $339.09M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $314M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $326.01M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $302.05MBased on 5 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $351.99M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $370.9M and the low estimate is $313.4M.
