Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) Earns Outperform Rating from Wedbush

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR)‘s stock had its “outperform” rating reiterated by stock analysts at Wedbush in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday,RTT News reports. They presently have a $16.00 target price on the real estate investment trust’s stock. Wedbush’s price objective points to a potential downside of 3.00% from the company’s current price. Wedbush also issued estimates for Healthcare Realty Trust’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.39 EPS, 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.

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

Healthcare Realty Trust Trading Down 0.5 %

Shares of NYSE:HR opened at $16.50 on Thursday. Healthcare Realty Trust has a 12 month low of $12.77 and a 12 month high of $18.90. The stock has a market cap of $5.85 billion, a P/E ratio of -9.27 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a 50 day moving average of $16.65 and a 200 day moving average of $17.40.

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 firm had revenue of $309.77 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $303.81 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.39 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts forecast that Healthcare Realty Trust will post 1.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Healthcare Realty Trust

In other Healthcare Realty Trust news, Director Peter F. Sr Lyle, Sr. purchased 10,000 shares of Healthcare Realty Trust stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 13th. The shares were bought at an average price of $17.21 per share, for a total transaction of $172,100.00. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 26,576 shares in the company, valued at approximately $457,372.96. This trade represents a 60.33 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Company insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Healthcare Realty Trust

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Starboard Value LP purchased a new position in Healthcare Realty Trust during the 4th quarter valued at $342,110,000. Rush Island Management LP boosted its stake in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 21.2% during the 4th quarter. Rush Island Management LP now owns 15,681,440 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $265,800,000 after purchasing an additional 2,747,848 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 12.0% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 4,630,973 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $78,495,000 after buying an additional 495,599 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new position in Healthcare Realty Trust in the fourth quarter worth about $76,825,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp raised its stake in Healthcare Realty Trust by 40.3% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 4,040,969 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $68,494,000 after buying an additional 1,159,763 shares in the last quarter.

Healthcare Realty Trust Company Profile

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.