Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) Shares Bought by Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio raised its stake in Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQCFree Report) by 11.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 258,591 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 26,514 shares during the quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio owned about 0.24% of Equity Commonwealth worth $4,750,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Annandale Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Equity Commonwealth by 21.0% during the 3rd quarter. Annandale Capital LLC now owns 60,508 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,112,000 after acquiring an additional 10,508 shares in the last quarter. Worth Venture Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Equity Commonwealth by 34.8% during the 3rd quarter. Worth Venture Partners LLC now owns 16,253 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $299,000 after buying an additional 4,200 shares during the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc grew its position in shares of Equity Commonwealth by 19.3% during the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 204,682 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $3,760,000 after buying an additional 33,098 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of Equity Commonwealth by 3.9% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 716,247 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $13,157,000 after buying an additional 26,695 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stansberry Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Equity Commonwealth during the 3rd quarter valued at about $5,608,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.20% of the company’s stock.

Equity Commonwealth Stock Up 1.5 %

Shares of NYSE:EQC opened at $19.07 on Thursday. Equity Commonwealth has a fifty-two week low of $17.93 and a fifty-two week high of $21.49. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $19.01 and a 200 day simple moving average of $18.94. The company has a market cap of $2.04 billion, a PE ratio of 25.09, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 0.24.

Insider Buying and Selling at Equity Commonwealth

In other Equity Commonwealth news, CAO Andrew Levy sold 2,409 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.71, for a total transaction of $45,072.39. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 2,305 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $43,126.55. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 2.80% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Equity Commonwealth Profile

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Equity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC) is a Chicago based, internally managed and self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) with commercial office properties in the United States. EQC's portfolio is comprised of four properties totaling 1.5 million square feet.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC)

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