What is Wedbush’s Estimate for ARE Q1 Earnings?

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE) – Equities researchers at Wedbush lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research report issued on Wednesday, January 29th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will post earnings of $2.22 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.28. Wedbush has a “Neutral” rating and a $104.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ current full-year earnings is $9.34 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ Q2 2025 earnings at $2.32 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.38 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $2.42 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on ARE. Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $137.00 to $130.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft downgraded Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $135.00 to $112.00 in a report on Friday, November 15th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their target price on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $125.00 to $114.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $133.00 to $121.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $121.30.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Trading Up 1.9 %

ARE opened at $97.70 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $17.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $101.55 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $111.64. The company has a current ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a 1-year low of $94.35 and a 1-year high of $130.14.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $2.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $1.48. Alexandria Real Estate Equities had a net margin of 10.36% and a return on equity of 1.43%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ARE. Sei Investments Co. boosted its stake in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 14,095 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,649,000 after buying an additional 581 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 160.5% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 40,663 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $4,703,000 after acquiring an additional 25,056 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 10.1% in the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 3,193 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $374,000 after purchasing an additional 294 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp grew its stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 7.5% in the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 41,871 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $4,898,000 after purchasing an additional 2,904 shares during the period. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities during the 2nd quarter valued at $1,647,000. 96.54% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a dividend of $1.32 per share. This is a positive change from Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.30. This represents a $5.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.40%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 293.33%.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Monday, December 9th that authorizes the company to repurchase $500.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the real estate investment trust to purchase up to 2.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

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.