Zacks Research Brokers Decrease Earnings Estimates for ARE

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a note issued to investors on Thursday, December 26th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the real estate investment trust will post earnings per share of $2.27 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.31. The consensus estimate for Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ current full-year earnings is $9.47 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ Q2 2025 earnings at $2.29 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.33 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.28 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $9.16 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.36 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.39 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.43 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.59 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on ARE. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft downgraded shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and cut their target price for the company from $135.00 to $112.00 in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Citigroup downgraded shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $130.00 to $125.00 in a research note on Friday, September 13th. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price target on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $125.00 to $114.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. Robert W. Baird reduced their target price on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $137.00 to $130.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, November 8th. Finally, JMP Securities lowered their price objective on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $140.00 to $130.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $124.82.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Stock Performance

Shares of ARE opened at $98.35 on Monday. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a twelve month low of $97.14 and a twelve month high of $131.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a current ratio of 0.20. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $107.72 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $114.70. The firm has a market cap of $17.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 59.97, a PEG ratio of 3.87 and a beta of 1.14.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) last announced its earnings results on Monday, October 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.38 by ($1.42). Alexandria Real Estate Equities had a net margin of 9.62% and a return on equity of 1.31%. The business had revenue of $791.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $766.97 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.26 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities announced that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Monday, December 9th that allows the company to repurchase $500.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the real estate investment trust to repurchase up to 2.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be paid a $1.32 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. This is a positive change from Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.30. This represents a $5.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.37%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s dividend payout ratio is 321.95%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Alexandria Real Estate Equities

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ARE. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 2.4% during the second quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 21,814 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,552,000 after purchasing an additional 508 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. raised its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 132.8% in the 2nd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 270 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 154 shares in the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. purchased a new stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities during the 2nd quarter worth about $433,000. Rothschild Investment LLC purchased a new position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in the 2nd quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 76.0% in the second quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 14,883 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,741,000 after buying an additional 6,425 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.54% of the company’s stock.

About Alexandria Real Estate Equities

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc (NYSE: ARE), an S&P 500 company, is a best-in-class, mission-driven life science REIT making a positive and lasting impact on the world. As the pioneer of the life science real estate niche since our founding in 1994, Alexandria is the preeminent and longest-tenured owner, operator, and developer of collaborative life science, agtech, and advanced technology mega campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, including Greater Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, San Diego, Seattle, Maryland, and Research Triangle.