State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D Has $3.68 Million Stock Holdings in Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR)

State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D lowered its position in Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR) by 13.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 217,044 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 35,103 shares during the quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D owned 0.06% of Healthcare Realty Trust worth $3,679,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Capital Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Healthcare Realty Trust by 31.0% during the 4th quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 469,323 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $7,955,000 after purchasing an additional 111,125 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC boosted its position in Healthcare Realty Trust by 106.4% during the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 77,545 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,407,000 after acquiring an additional 39,975 shares during the last quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd bought a new position in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust in the 3rd quarter worth about $849,000. Stifel Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 13.4% during the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 84,728 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,538,000 after purchasing an additional 10,044 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Weiss Asset Management LP acquired a new stake in Healthcare Realty Trust during the third quarter worth approximately $1,471,000.

Insider Transactions at Healthcare Realty Trust

In other news, Director Peter F. Sr Lyle, Sr. acquired 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 13th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $17.21 per share, for a total transaction of $172,100.00. Following the purchase, the director now owns 26,576 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $457,372.96. The trade was a 60.33 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Thomas N. Bohjalian acquired 7,750 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 acquisition, the director now owns 50,002 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $869,534.78. The trade was a 18.34 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders purchased a total of 18,750 shares of company stock worth $323,723 in the last quarter. Insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently weighed in on HR shares. Wedbush lowered shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $18.00 to $16.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded Healthcare Realty Trust from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $19.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Friday, December 20th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut Healthcare Realty Trust from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and cut their target price for the stock 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 given a hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $17.00.

Healthcare Realty Trust Price Performance

Shares of Healthcare Realty Trust stock opened at $16.77 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $16.68 and a 200-day moving average price of $17.42. The firm has a market cap of $5.94 billion, a PE ratio of -10.61 and a beta of 0.94. Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated has a 1 year low of $12.77 and a 1 year high of $18.90.

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 19th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $309.77 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $303.81 million. Healthcare Realty Trust had a negative net margin of 45.63% and a negative return on equity of 9.42%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.39 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated will post 1.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.