Zacks Research Analysts Lift Earnings Estimates for VNO

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) – Analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Vornado Realty Trust in a report released on Wednesday, February 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the real estate investment trust will post earnings of $0.51 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.48. The consensus estimate for Vornado Realty Trust’s current full-year earnings is $2.31 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Vornado Realty Trust’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.53 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.12 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.63 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.62 EPS.

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 10th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.61 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by $0.66. Vornado Realty Trust had a net margin of 3.94% and a return on equity of 1.60%.

A number of other research firms have also recently weighed in on VNO. Compass Point boosted their target price on shares of Vornado Realty Trust from $40.00 to $44.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Vornado Realty Trust from $31.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on shares of Vornado Realty Trust from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Vornado Realty Trust from $27.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 28th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Vornado Realty Trust from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $37.98.

Vornado Realty Trust Stock Down 2.3 %

VNO opened at $38.80 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 4.59, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.98. The stock has a market cap of $7.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 970.10, a PEG ratio of 9.69 and a beta of 1.62. Vornado Realty Trust has a twelve month low of $22.42 and a twelve month high of $46.63. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $41.66 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $40.11.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vornado Realty Trust

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Vornado Realty Trust in the 4th quarter worth approximately $729,073,000. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its stake in Vornado Realty Trust by 7.1% in the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 11,899,686 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $500,263,000 after buying an additional 792,100 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its stake in Vornado Realty Trust by 3.2% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 8,888,449 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $373,672,000 after buying an additional 278,409 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in Vornado Realty Trust by 126.8% in the 4th quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 6,396,551 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $268,912,000 after buying an additional 3,575,593 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in Vornado Realty Trust by 232.8% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,529,069 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $139,045,000 after buying an additional 2,468,652 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.02% of the company’s stock.

Vornado Realty Trust Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 16th were paid a $0.74 dividend. This represents a $2.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.63%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 16th. This is a boost from Vornado Realty Trust’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. Vornado Realty Trust’s payout ratio is currently 1,850.00%.

About Vornado Realty Trust

Vornado Realty Trust is a fully – integrated equity real estate investment trust.