Securian Asset Management Inc. Has $454,000 Holdings in Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR)

Securian Asset Management Inc. decreased its stake in Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR) by 5.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 26,791 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 1,438 shares during the quarter. Securian Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Healthcare Realty Trust were worth $454,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 59.0% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,650 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 612 shares during the period. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Healthcare Realty Trust by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 70,776 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,200,000 after purchasing an additional 786 shares during the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC boosted its position in Healthcare Realty Trust by 4.1% in the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 20,193 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $342,000 after buying an additional 793 shares in the last quarter. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp grew its stake in Healthcare Realty Trust by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp now owns 55,333 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $938,000 after buying an additional 808 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 130.3% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,635 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 925 shares in the last quarter.

Healthcare Realty Trust Stock Up 0.7 %

Healthcare Realty Trust stock opened at $16.76 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $5.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.42 and a beta of 0.97. Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated has a 12-month low of $12.91 and a 12-month high of $18.90. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $16.59 and its 200 day simple moving average is $17.29.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.01. The company 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 51.60% and a negative return on equity of 11.20%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.39 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated will post 1.59 EPS for the current year.

Healthcare Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 19th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 3rd. Healthcare Realty Trust’s payout ratio is -69.66%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

HR has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Scotiabank reduced their target price on Healthcare Realty Trust from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 25th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on Healthcare Realty Trust from $17.00 to $16.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered Healthcare Realty Trust from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $19.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Friday, December 20th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $16.00 price objective on shares of Healthcare Realty Trust in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Healthcare Realty Trust has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $17.00.

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.