KeyCorp Forecasts Regency Centers FY2025 Earnings

Regency Centers Corporation (NASDAQ:REG) – Research analysts at KeyCorp issued their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Regency Centers in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, December 4th. KeyCorp analyst T. Thomas anticipates that the company will earn $4.63 per share for the year. KeyCorp has a “Sector Weight” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Regency Centers’ current full-year earnings is $4.54 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Regency Centers’ Q4 2025 earnings at $1.17 EPS.

Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The company reported $1.15 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.15. The company had revenue of $387.57 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $374.83 million. Regency Centers had a return on equity of 6.14% and a net margin of 27.04%.During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.07 EPS. Regency Centers has set its FY 2025 guidance at 4.620-4.640 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently commented on REG. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Regency Centers in a report on Thursday. Evercore ISI lifted their price objective on Regency Centers from $76.00 to $77.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research report on Monday, September 15th. Mizuho boosted their target price on Regency Centers from $74.00 to $77.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 20th. Truist Financial dropped their target price on Regency Centers from $81.00 to $77.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Finally, Argus upgraded Regency Centers to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Regency Centers currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $78.63.

Regency Centers Stock Down 0.5%

Regency Centers stock opened at $68.70 on Monday. Regency Centers has a twelve month low of $63.44 and a twelve month high of $78.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 1.20. The firm has a market cap of $12.57 billion, a PE ratio of 31.66, a P/E/G ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 0.93. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $70.81 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $71.12.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Regency Centers

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in REG. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in shares of Regency Centers by 5.6% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 5,424 shares of the company’s stock valued at $400,000 after buying an additional 288 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its position in Regency Centers by 0.8% in the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,348,185 shares of the company’s stock worth $173,202,000 after purchasing an additional 19,675 shares in the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG raised its position in Regency Centers by 37.7% in the first quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 1,119,554 shares of the company’s stock worth $82,578,000 after purchasing an additional 306,464 shares in the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in Regency Centers by 1.6% during the first quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 386,564 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,513,000 after purchasing an additional 5,995 shares during the period. Finally, Citigroup Inc. boosted its holdings in Regency Centers by 32.3% during the first quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 396,653 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,257,000 after purchasing an additional 96,867 shares in the last quarter. 96.07% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, Chairman Martin E. Stein, Jr. sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $70.02, for a total transaction of $1,050,300.00. Following the transaction, the chairman owned 272,958 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,112,519.16. This represents a 5.21% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

Regency Centers Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, January 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 15th will be given a $0.755 dividend. This is an increase from Regency Centers’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.71. This represents a $3.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 15th. Regency Centers’s payout ratio is presently 129.95%.

About Regency Centers

Regency Centers is a preeminent national owner, operator, and developer of shopping centers located in suburban trade areas with compelling demographics. Our portfolio includes thriving properties merchandised with highly productive grocers, restaurants, service providers, and best-in-class retailers that connect to their neighborhoods, communities, and customers.