Wedbush Has Pessimistic Outlook of ARE Q1 Earnings

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE) – Stock analysts at Wedbush reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research report issued on Wednesday, October 23rd. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson now forecasts that the real estate investment trust will post earnings of $2.26 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.34. Wedbush currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $120.00 price target 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’ Q2 2025 earnings at $2.32 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.37 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.41 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $9.36 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Bank of America cut shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their target price for the stock from $151.00 to $126.00 in a research note on Monday, July 29th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $136.00 to $127.00 in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and issued a $125.00 target price (down previously from $130.00) on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research report on Thursday. Citigroup lowered Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $130.00 to $125.00 in a research note on Friday, September 13th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised Alexandria Real Estate Equities to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 25th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $131.22.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Price Performance

Shares of NYSE ARE opened at $113.02 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a quick ratio of 0.23 and a current ratio of 0.23. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $119.17 and a 200 day moving average of $118.68. The firm has a market cap of $19.77 billion, a PE ratio of 105.63, a PEG ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 1.16. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a one year low of $90.73 and a one year high of $135.45.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.38 by ($1.42). Alexandria Real Estate Equities had a net margin of 5.09% and a return on equity of 0.68%. The business had revenue of $791.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $766.97 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.26 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Trading of Alexandria Real Estate Equities

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in ARE. M&G Plc acquired a new position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities in the first quarter valued at approximately $204,001,000. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC lifted its stake in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 11,449.8% in the 3rd quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC now owns 1,423,630 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $169,056,000 after purchasing an additional 1,411,304 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 153.0% during the 1st quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 777,345 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $100,205,000 after purchasing an additional 470,076 shares during the period. DAVENPORT & Co LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities during the 1st quarter worth about $55,075,000. Finally, Raymond James & Associates raised its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 501.1% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 290,857 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $34,539,000 after buying an additional 242,466 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.54% of the company’s stock.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th were given a dividend of $1.30 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 30th. This represents a $5.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.60%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s payout ratio is 485.98%.

About Alexandria Real Estate Equities

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.