Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE) Shares Acquired by Hantz Financial Services Inc.

Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:AREFree Report) by 11.3% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 4,121 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 418 shares during the quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities were worth $489,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board raised its position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 4,073,312 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $476,455,000 after purchasing an additional 35,216 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 3.1% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,450,902 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $291,045,000 after acquiring an additional 72,934 shares in the last quarter. M&G Plc lifted its stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 4.9% in the second quarter. M&G Plc now owns 1,659,092 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $194,114,000 after acquiring an additional 77,686 shares during the last quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC grew its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 11,449.8% during the 3rd quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC now owns 1,423,630 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $169,056,000 after acquiring an additional 1,411,304 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 1.0% in the 2nd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,050,991 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $122,934,000 after purchasing an additional 10,576 shares during the last quarter. 96.54% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Stock Down 0.3 %

Shares of NYSE:ARE opened at $110.23 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 0.20 and a quick ratio of 0.20. The stock has a market cap of $19.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 67.21, a P/E/G ratio of 4.13 and a beta of 1.16. Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. has a 1-year low of $102.89 and a 1-year high of $135.45. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $114.35 and a 200 day moving average price of $116.96.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:AREGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, October 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.38 by ($1.42). The business had revenue of $791.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $766.97 million. Alexandria Real Estate Equities had a return on equity of 1.31% and a net margin of 9.62%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s quarterly revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.26 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. will post 9.47 EPS for the current year.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th were issued a $1.30 dividend. This represents a $5.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 30th. Alexandria Real Estate Equities’s payout ratio is currently 317.07%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ARE has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. JMP Securities lowered their target price on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $140.00 to $130.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, November 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded Alexandria Real Estate Equities from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $133.00 to $121.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Citigroup cut Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $130.00 to $125.00 in a research note on Friday, September 13th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their price target for the company from $135.00 to $112.00 in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upgraded shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 25th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $126.73.

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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.

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