Cantor Fitzgerald Predicts Higher Earnings for Safehold

Safehold Inc. (NYSE:SAFE) – Equities research analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald increased their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Safehold in a research note issued on Friday, November 7th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst R. Anderson now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $1.67 for the year, up from their prior forecast of $1.63. Cantor Fitzgerald currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $17.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Safehold’s current full-year earnings is $1.58 per share. Cantor Fitzgerald also issued estimates for Safehold’s FY2026 earnings at $1.73 EPS.

Safehold (NYSE:SAFE) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 3rd. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Safehold had a net margin of 27.45% and a return on equity of 4.70%. The firm had revenue of $50.20 million during the quarter.

SAFE has been the topic of several other research reports. JMP Securities cut their target price on Safehold from $32.00 to $28.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, August 12th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Safehold in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Truist Financial cut their price objective on shares of Safehold from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, September 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on shares of Safehold from $20.00 to $17.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Finally, Mizuho increased their target price on shares of Safehold from $16.00 to $17.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 11th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $19.56.

Safehold Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE SAFE opened at $13.26 on Monday. Safehold has a 12-month low of $12.83 and a 12-month high of $21.90. The company has a market cap of $951.13 million, a PE ratio of 9.27, a P/E/G ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.87. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $15.51 and a 200-day simple moving average of $15.35. The company has a current ratio of 36.02, a quick ratio of 36.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.85.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Safehold

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Safehold by 3.7% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 433,761 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,120,000 after buying an additional 15,280 shares in the last quarter. Strs Ohio bought a new position in shares of Safehold in the first quarter valued at $555,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Safehold by 1.2% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,817,950 shares of the company’s stock valued at $146,352,000 after acquiring an additional 93,236 shares during the last quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC boosted its stake in shares of Safehold by 48.6% during the 1st quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC now owns 64,744 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,212,000 after acquiring an additional 21,187 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Safehold in the 1st quarter worth $388,000. 70.38% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Safehold Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th were issued a dividend of $0.177 per share. This represents a $0.71 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 30th. Safehold’s payout ratio is presently 44.59%.

Safehold Company Profile

Safehold Inc (NYSE: SAFE) is revolutionizing real estate ownership by providing a new and better way for owners to unlock the value of the land beneath their buildings. Having created the modern ground lease industry in 2017, Safehold continues to help owners of high quality multifamily, office, industrial, hospitality, student housing, life science and mixed-use properties generate higher returns with less risk.