B. Riley Weighs in on UMH Properties’ Q2 Earnings (NYSE:UMH)

UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) – Equities researchers at B. Riley reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for UMH Properties in a note issued to investors on Monday, May 12th. B. Riley analyst J. Massocca now expects that the real estate investment trust will earn $0.24 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.25. B. Riley has a “Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for UMH Properties’ current full-year earnings is $0.93 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for UMH Properties’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.26 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.25 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.28 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.26 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.06 EPS.

UMH Properties (NYSE:UMH) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.23. UMH Properties had a return on equity of 6.06% and a net margin of 11.81%. The business had revenue of $61.23 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $62.82 million.

Several other analysts also recently commented on the stock. StockNews.com downgraded shares of UMH Properties from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday. Maxim Group reduced their price objective on UMH Properties from $22.00 to $20.50 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, May 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $21.00.

UMH Properties Price Performance

NYSE:UMH opened at $17.00 on Thursday. UMH Properties has a one year low of $14.73 and a one year high of $20.64. The company has a market cap of $1.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 130.78, a P/E/G ratio of 2.93 and a beta of 1.14. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $17.64 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $18.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 8.48 and a quick ratio of 8.48.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On UMH Properties

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. GF Fund Management CO. LTD. purchased a new position in shares of UMH Properties in the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of UMH Properties by 1,011.1% in the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,600 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 1,456 shares in the last quarter. KBC Group NV bought a new stake in shares of UMH Properties during the 1st quarter valued at about $32,000. Stone House Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in UMH Properties in the 1st quarter worth approximately $34,000. Finally, Summit Securities Group LLC purchased a new position in UMH Properties in the first quarter worth $35,000. 75.40% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other UMH Properties news, Director William Edward Mitchell sold 70,852 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.20, for a total value of $1,218,654.40. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 215,427 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,705,344.40. This trade represents a 24.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 8.77% of the company’s stock.

UMH Properties Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a $0.225 dividend. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.29%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 15th. This is a positive change from UMH Properties’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. UMH Properties’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 750.00%.

About UMH Properties

UMH Properties, Inc, which was organized in 1968, is a public equity REIT that owns and operates 135 manufactured home communities containing approximately 25,800 developed homesites. These communities are located in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Maryland, Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia.