Easterly Government Properties Inc (DEA) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $8.23, with 6.06 million shares of worth about $49.88 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -36.93% during that period and on April 10, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -13.55%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 107.97M shares, out of which, 101.13M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -19.71% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -20.79%. Year-to-date (YTD), DEA shares are showing a performance of -27.55% which decreased to -28.61% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $8.81 but also hit the highest price of $14.37 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Easterly Government Properties Inc shares is 1.50 million. The stock is currently trading -19.64% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -22.67% for SMA50 and it goes to -32.53% lower than SMA200.
Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE: DEA) currently have 107.97M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 77.81% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $888.60M and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.86. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 45.02, while it has posted earnings per share of $0.18 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.91 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.22. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for DEA, volatility over the week remained 7.90% while standing at 3.48% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 41.67% while it is estimated to increase by 33.33% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 23.61% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 12.33% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Compass Point on April 10, 2025 offering a Neutral rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $9.50 to it. Coverage by Jefferies stated Easterly Government Properties Inc (DEA) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on March 17, 2025, suggesting a price target of $13 for the stock. On October 14, 2024, Jefferies Upgrade their recommendations, while on August 16, 2023, RBC Capital Mkts Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $13. Stock get a Buy rating from Compass Point on March 28, 2023.
