Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.01 EPS

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The real estate investment trust reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.01, Zacks reports. Healthcare Realty Trust had a negative net margin of 45.63% and a negative return on equity of 9.42%. Healthcare Realty Trust updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.560-1.600 EPS.

Healthcare Realty Trust Stock Up 3.0 %

Shares of HR stock opened at $16.98 on Wednesday. Healthcare Realty Trust has a 52-week low of $12.77 and a 52-week high of $18.90. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $16.69 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $17.42.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

HR has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $19.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Friday, December 20th. Jefferies Financial Group cut shares of 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. Finally, Wedbush lowered Healthcare Realty Trust from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $18.00 to $16.00 in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and four have assigned a hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Healthcare Realty Trust has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $17.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Healthcare Realty Trust news, COO Robert E. Hull sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.48, for a total value of $174,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 171,400 shares in the company, valued at $2,996,072. The trade was a 5.51 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Thomas N. Bohjalian bought 7,750 shares of Healthcare Realty Trust stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 22nd. The shares were bought at an average cost of $17.39 per share, with a total value of $134,772.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 50,002 shares in the company, valued at approximately $869,534.78. This trade represents a 18.34 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders have bought a total of 18,750 shares of company stock valued at $323,723 in the last 90 days. 0.56% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Healthcare Realty Trust

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.