What is Wedbush’s Forecast for ARE FY2025 Earnings?

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush lowered their FY2025 EPS estimates for Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, January 29th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson now expects that the real estate investment trust will earn $9.33 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $9.35. Wedbush currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $104.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ current full-year earnings is $9.47 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ 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.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their target price for the company from $135.00 to $112.00 in a report on Friday, November 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $133.00 to $121.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Evercore ISI lowered their price target on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $129.00 to $124.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Royal Bank of Canada lowered 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 report on Tuesday, December 17th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $121.30.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Trading Up 0.0 %

Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities stock opened at $95.83 on Thursday. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a 12-month low of $94.35 and a 12-month high of $130.14. The company has a current ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The stock has a market cap of $16.75 billion, a PE ratio of 58.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a 50-day moving average of $101.76 and a two-hundred day moving average of $111.75.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $2.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $1.48. Alexandria Real Estate Equities had a net margin of 9.62% and a return on equity of 1.31%.

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

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were issued a $1.32 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This is a boost from Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.30. This represents a $5.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.51%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 321.95%.

Institutional Trading of Alexandria Real Estate Equities

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Sei Investments Co. grew its stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 14,095 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,649,000 after buying an additional 581 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 160.5% during the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 40,663 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $4,703,000 after acquiring an additional 25,056 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 10.1% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 3,193 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $374,000 after purchasing an additional 294 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp lifted its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 7.5% during the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 41,871 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $4,898,000 after purchasing an additional 2,904 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Brown Financial Advisors bought a new position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities during the 2nd quarter valued at about $696,000. 96.54% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Company Profile

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.