Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE) Forecasted to Earn Q1 2025 Earnings of $2.35 Per Share

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE) – Research analysts at Wedbush increased their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a report issued on Wednesday, April 24th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will earn $2.35 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $2.34. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $140.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ current full-year earnings is $9.46 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ Q2 2025 earnings at $2.42 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $2.57 EPS.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 30th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.54) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.29 by ($2.83). Alexandria Real Estate Equities had a net margin of 6.65% and a return on equity of 0.87%. The firm had revenue of $757.22 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $740.16 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.14 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Mizuho upped their price objective on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $145.00 to $154.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 3rd. JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and issued a $140.00 price objective on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research note on Wednesday, January 31st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft began coverage on Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research note on Tuesday, January 30th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $140.00 price objective for the company. Evercore ISI lowered their price objective on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $137.00 to $132.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 21st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $136.75.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Stock Performance

Alexandria Real Estate Equities stock opened at $117.28 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $123.04 and a 200-day moving average of $117.00. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a 1 year low of $90.73 and a 1 year high of $135.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a current ratio of 0.30 and a quick ratio of 0.26. The company has a market capitalization of $20.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 109.61, a P/E/G ratio of 2.73 and a beta of 1.05.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Alexandria Real Estate Equities

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in the 4th quarter worth $2,086,085,000. APG Asset Management US Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. APG Asset Management US Inc. now owns 7,216,689 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $914,860,000 after purchasing an additional 39,243 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,747,866 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $475,117,000 after purchasing an additional 32,122 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 7.9% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,654,089 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $265,674,000 after purchasing an additional 194,651 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,391,396 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $303,166,000 after purchasing an additional 22,105 shares in the last quarter. 96.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Alexandria Real Estate Equities

In other Alexandria Real Estate Equities news, CEO Peter M. Moglia sold 3,200 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $122.90, for a total transaction of $393,280.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 249,683 shares in the company, valued at approximately $30,686,040.70. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. In other Alexandria Real Estate Equities news, CEO Peter M. Moglia sold 3,200 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $122.90, for a total transaction of $393,280.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 249,683 shares in the company, valued at approximately $30,686,040.70. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Chairman Joel S. Marcus sold 7,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $118.92, for a total value of $891,900.00. Following the transaction, the chairman now owns 429,538 shares in the company, valued at $51,080,658.96. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 1.15% of the company’s stock.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 28th were given a dividend of $1.27 per share. This represents a $5.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 27th. Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s dividend payout ratio is presently 474.77%.

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.