Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) Holdings Decreased by Strs Ohio

Strs Ohio reduced its stake in shares of Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) by 6.3% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 20,800 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 1,400 shares during the period. Strs Ohio’s holdings in Equity Commonwealth were worth $399,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of EQC. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its stake in shares of Equity Commonwealth by 794.6% during the third quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 47,287 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $869,000 after purchasing an additional 42,001 shares in the last quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB raised its stake in shares of Equity Commonwealth by 12.3% during the third quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 23,503 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $432,000 after purchasing an additional 2,580 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC raised its stake in shares of Equity Commonwealth by 3.6% during the third quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 103,414 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,900,000 after purchasing an additional 3,583 shares in the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. raised its stake in shares of Equity Commonwealth by 5.1% during the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 2,005,145 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $36,835,000 after purchasing an additional 96,763 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tectonic Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Equity Commonwealth by 2.8% during the third quarter. Tectonic Advisors LLC now owns 40,531 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $745,000 after purchasing an additional 1,109 shares in the last quarter. 96.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Equity Commonwealth Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of Equity Commonwealth stock opened at $18.60 on Monday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $18.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $18.93. Equity Commonwealth has a 52 week low of $17.93 and a 52 week high of $21.49. The stock has a market cap of $1.99 billion, a PE ratio of 24.47 and a beta of 0.24.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Equity Commonwealth news, CAO Andrew Levy sold 2,409 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.71, for a total value of $45,072.39. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 2,305 shares in the company, valued at $43,126.55. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 2.80% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Equity Commonwealth Profile

Equity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC) is a Chicago based, internally managed and self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) with commercial office properties in the United States. EQC's portfolio is comprised of four properties totaling 1.5 million square feet.