Signaturefd LLC Increases Holdings in Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR)

Signaturefd LLC grew its holdings in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR) by 6.1% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 26,428 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,516 shares during the period. Signaturefd LLC’s holdings in Healthcare Realty Trust were worth $448,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. KBC Group NV increased its position in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 16.5% during the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 11,451 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $208,000 after purchasing an additional 1,625 shares in the last quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC increased its position in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 12.5% during the third quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC now owns 159,193 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,889,000 after purchasing an additional 17,717 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 7.2% during the third quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 128,261 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,328,000 after purchasing an additional 8,638 shares in the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC increased its position in shares of 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 worth $1,407,000 after purchasing an additional 39,975 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Penserra Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 22.9% during the third quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 78,113 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,417,000 after purchasing an additional 14,570 shares in the last quarter.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have recently commented on HR. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on Healthcare Realty Trust from $17.00 to $16.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut Healthcare Realty Trust from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $19.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Friday, December 20th. Jefferies Financial Group cut 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. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $16.00 price objective on shares of Healthcare Realty Trust in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, Scotiabank reduced their price objective on Healthcare Realty Trust from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $17.00.

Healthcare Realty Trust Stock Down 0.3 %

HR opened at $16.74 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $5.87 billion, a PE ratio of -9.40 and a beta of 0.97. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $16.61 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $17.28. Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated has a 52 week low of $13.28 and a 52 week high of $18.90.

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $309.77 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $303.81 million. Healthcare Realty Trust had a negative return on equity of 11.20% and a negative net margin of 51.60%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.39 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated will post 1.59 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Healthcare Realty Trust Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 19th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.31 per share. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.41%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd. Healthcare Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -69.66%.

Healthcare Realty Trust 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.