Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) Issues Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.01 EPS

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) issued its earnings results on Wednesday. The real estate investment trust reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.01, Zacks reports. Healthcare Realty Trust had a negative net margin of 45.63% and a negative return on equity of 9.42%. Healthcare Realty Trust updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.560-1.600 EPS.

Healthcare Realty Trust Stock Performance

NYSE:HR opened at $16.88 on Wednesday. Healthcare Realty Trust has a 52 week low of $12.77 and a 52 week high of $18.90. The firm has a market cap of $5.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -10.64 and a beta of 0.94. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $16.69 and its 200 day simple moving average is $17.42.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, COO Robert E. Hull sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.48, for a total transaction of $174,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 171,400 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,996,072. This trade represents a 5.51 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Thomas N. Bohjalian purchased 7,750 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $17.39 per share, for a total transaction of $134,772.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 50,002 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $869,534.78. This trade represents a 18.34 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have acquired 18,750 shares of company stock valued at $323,723. 0.56% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on HR shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $19.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Friday, December 20th. Wedbush downgraded shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $18.00 to $16.00 in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group downgraded shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $19.00 to $17.00 in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and four have issued a hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Healthcare Realty Trust presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $17.00.

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.