Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) Earns “Neutral” Rating from Wedbush

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by investment analysts at Wedbush in a note issued to investors on Wednesday,RTT News reports. They presently have a $104.00 price target on the real estate investment trust’s stock. Wedbush’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 8.53% from the stock’s previous close. Wedbush also issued estimates for Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ FY2025 earnings at $9.33 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.30 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.38 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.45 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.52 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.65 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded Alexandria Real Estate Equities from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $133.00 to $121.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft downgraded Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $135.00 to $112.00 in a report on Friday, November 15th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and set a $130.00 target price on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a report on Wednesday. Evercore ISI decreased their target price on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $129.00 to $124.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $137.00 to $130.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $121.30.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Price Performance

Shares of NYSE ARE opened at $95.83 on Wednesday. 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 company has a market cap of $16.75 billion, a PE ratio of 58.43, a P/E/G ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.16. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $101.76 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $111.75. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a fifty-two week low of $94.35 and a fifty-two week high of $130.14.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $2.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $1.48. Alexandria Real Estate Equities had a return on equity of 1.31% and a net margin of 9.62%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Alexandria Real Estate Equities will post 9.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Monday, December 9th that authorizes the company to buyback $500.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the real estate investment trust to purchase up to 2.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Presima Securities ULC raised its position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 0.9% during the third quarter. Presima Securities ULC now owns 11,725 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,392,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Capital Square LLC increased its position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 2.1% in the third quarter. Capital Square LLC now owns 5,811 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $690,000 after buying an additional 118 shares in the last quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC increased its position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 5.1% in the third quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 2,651 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $315,000 after buying an additional 129 shares in the last quarter. Cascade Investment Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 1.3% in the third quarter. Cascade Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 10,075 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,196,000 after buying an additional 130 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NBC Securities Inc. increased its position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 9.7% in the third quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 1,475 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $175,000 after buying an additional 130 shares in the last quarter. 96.54% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.