Q1 Earnings Estimate for HR Issued By Wedbush

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR) – Research analysts at Wedbush issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Healthcare Realty Trust in a report released on Thursday, February 20th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson forecasts that the real estate investment trust will post earnings per share of $0.39 for the quarter. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $16.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Healthcare Realty Trust’s current full-year earnings is $1.59 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Healthcare Realty Trust’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.40 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.40 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.40 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.59 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.66 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on HR. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded Healthcare Realty Trust from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $19.00 price target for the company. in a report on Friday, December 20th. Jefferies Financial Group cut shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $19.00 to $17.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $17.40.

Healthcare Realty Trust Stock Performance

Shares of HR stock opened at $16.60 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $16.67 and its 200 day moving average price is $17.41. Healthcare Realty Trust has a 1-year low of $12.77 and a 1-year high of $18.90.

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.01. Healthcare Realty Trust had a negative net margin of 51.60% and a negative return on equity of 11.20%. The business had revenue of $309.77 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $303.81 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.39 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Healthcare Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 19th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.31 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 3rd. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.47%. Healthcare Realty Trust’s payout ratio is currently -69.66%.

Insider Activity

In other news, COO Robert E. Hull sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.48, for a total transaction of $174,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 171,400 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,996,072. This represents a 5.51 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Healthcare Realty Trust

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Starboard Value LP acquired a new stake in Healthcare Realty Trust in the 4th quarter worth about $342,110,000. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $76,825,000. Rush Island Management LP boosted its stake in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 21.2% in the fourth quarter. Rush Island Management LP now owns 15,681,440 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $265,800,000 after acquiring an additional 2,747,848 shares during the last quarter. Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust during the fourth quarter worth approximately $39,337,000. Finally, Pzena Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in Healthcare Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter valued at $40,392,000.

About Healthcare Realty Trust

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc provides real estate investment services. It owns, leases, manages, acquires, finances, develops, and redevelops income-producing real estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of outpatient healthcare services throughout the United States of America. The company was founded by David R.