Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) Receives Outperform Rating from Wedbush

Wedbush reaffirmed their outperform rating on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) in a report published on Friday morning, MarketBeat Ratings reports. The brokerage currently has a $110.00 price objective on the real estate investment trust’s stock, down from their previous price objective of $120.00. Wedbush also issued estimates for Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ Q2 2025 earnings at $2.31 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.36 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.40 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $9.35 EPS.

ARE has been the subject of several other research reports. JMP Securities cut their price objective on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $140.00 to $130.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $133.00 to $121.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a $125.00 price objective (down from $130.00) on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $135.00 to $112.00 in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Evercore ISI lowered their target price on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $129.00 to $124.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $125.82.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Stock Performance

Shares of ARE opened at $103.85 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $112.72 and a 200-day simple moving average of $116.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a current ratio of 0.20. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a 1 year low of $102.89 and a 1 year high of $135.45. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.15 billion, a PE ratio of 63.32, a PEG ratio of 3.93 and a beta of 1.14.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 21st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.38 by ($1.42). Alexandria Real Estate Equities had a return on equity of 1.31% and a net margin of 9.62%. The firm had revenue of $791.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $766.97 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $2.26 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts predict that Alexandria Real Estate Equities will post 9.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Arbor Capital Management Inc. ADV lifted its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 1.1% in the second quarter. Arbor Capital Management Inc. ADV now owns 8,639 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,000,000 after buying an additional 93 shares during the period. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund raised its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 13,544 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,584,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Presima Securities ULC increased its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 0.9% in the third quarter. Presima Securities ULC now owns 11,725 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,392,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. PFG Investments LLC grew its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 5.1% in the 2nd quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 2,392 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $280,000 after acquiring an additional 115 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Square LLC increased its stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 2.1% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Square LLC now owns 5,811 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $690,000 after purchasing an additional 118 shares in the last quarter. 96.54% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Company Profile

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.