The stock of Healthcare Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: HR) has increased by 1.04 when compared to last closing price of 17.33.Despite this, the company has seen a loss of -0.62% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2024-12-15 that Ahead of the Federal Reserve’s critical interest rate decision next week, U.S. equity markets snapped a three-week winning streak as benchmark interest rates jumped to the cusp of five-month highs. Lukewarm CPI and PPI inflation reports were “good enough” to solidify another Fed rate cut next week, but “sticky” trends called into question the outlook for continued easing in 2025. After setting a series of fresh record-highs in the prior week, the S&P 500 slipped 0.6% this week, but still remains on pace for its best year since 2019.
Is It Worth Investing in Healthcare Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: HR) Right Now?
Moreover, the 36-month beta value for HR is 0.90. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 7 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
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The public float for HR is 351.40M and currently, short sellers hold a 4.29% of that float. On December 18, 2024, HR’s average trading volume was 3.24M shares.
HR’s Market Performance
HR’s stock has seen a -0.62% decrease for the week, with a 0.11% rise in the past month and a -2.88% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.25%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.42% for Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -1.90% for HR’s stock, with a 5.66% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of HR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for HR stocks, with Wells Fargo repeating the rating for HR by listing it as a “Underweight.” The predicted price for HR in the upcoming period, according to Wells Fargo is $16 based on the research report published on July 30, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Wedbush, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see HR reach a price target of $15, previously predicting the price at $19. The rating they have provided for HR stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on February 20th, 2024.
Stifel gave a rating of “Hold” to HR, setting the target price at $15 in the report published on February 20th of the current year.
HR Trading at -1.13% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought HR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -7.35% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.42%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.25%, as shares surge +0.46% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +0.69% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, HR fell by -0.62%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +26.52% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $17.85. In addition, Healthcare Realty Trust Inc saw 1.63% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at HR starting from Hull Robert E, who sale 10,000 shares at the price of $17.48 back on Dec 17 ’24. After this action, Hull Robert E now owns 171,400 shares of Healthcare Realty Trust Inc, valued at $174,820 using the latest closing price.
Robert E. Hull, the Executive VP & COO of Healthcare Realty Trust Inc, proposed sale 10,000 shares at $17.33 during a trade that took place back on Dec 17 ’24, which means that Robert E. Hull is holding shares at $173,300 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for HR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.18 for the present operating margin
- 0.35 for the gross margin
The net margin for Healthcare Realty Trust Inc stands at -0.46. The total capital return value is set at 0.02. Equity return is now at value -9.49, with -4.88 for asset returns.
Based on Healthcare Realty Trust Inc (HR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.47 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.1. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.9. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.96.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 780.51 million with net debt to EBITDA at 7.82. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 8.88.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Healthcare Realty Trust Inc (HR) has been mixed in recent times. The stock has received a mixed of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
