Analysts Offer Predictions for HR Q1 Earnings

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR) – Stock analysts at Wedbush issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Healthcare Realty Trust in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, February 20th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson forecasts that the real estate investment trust will earn $0.39 per share for the quarter. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $16.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Healthcare Realty Trust’s current full-year earnings is $1.59 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Healthcare Realty Trust’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.40 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.40 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.40 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.59 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.66 EPS.

HR has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Jefferies Financial Group lowered Healthcare Realty Trust from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $19.00 to $17.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered Healthcare Realty Trust from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $19.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Friday, December 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $17.40.

Healthcare Realty Trust Price Performance

HR opened at $16.50 on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $16.65 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $17.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.27 and a beta of 0.94. Healthcare Realty Trust has a one year low of $12.77 and a one year high of $18.90.

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $309.77 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $303.81 million. Healthcare Realty Trust had a negative return on equity of 11.20% and a negative net margin of 51.60%. Healthcare Realty Trust’s quarterly revenue was down 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.39 EPS.

Healthcare Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 19th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd will be given a $0.31 dividend. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 3rd. Healthcare Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is currently -69.66%.

Insider Transactions at Healthcare Realty Trust

In other news, Director Peter F. Sr Lyle, Sr. bought 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $17.21 per share, with a total value of $172,100.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 26,576 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $457,372.96. The trade was a 60.33 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Starboard Value LP bought a new position in Healthcare Realty Trust during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $342,110,000. Rush Island Management LP increased its position in Healthcare Realty Trust by 21.2% during the 4th quarter. Rush Island Management LP now owns 15,681,440 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $265,800,000 after buying an additional 2,747,848 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in Healthcare Realty Trust by 12.0% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 4,630,973 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $78,495,000 after buying an additional 495,599 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in Healthcare Realty Trust during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $76,825,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its position in Healthcare Realty Trust by 40.3% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 4,040,969 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $68,494,000 after buying an additional 1,159,763 shares in the last quarter.

About Healthcare Realty Trust

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc provides real estate investment services. It owns, leases, manages, acquires, finances, develops, and redevelops income-producing real estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of outpatient healthcare services throughout the United States of America. The company was founded by David R.