Healthcare Realty Trust Inc (HR) Stock: A Look at the Analyst Recommendations

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HR has 36-month beta value of 0.91. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 8 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”

The public float for HR is 351.40M, and currently, short sellers hold a 4.06% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of HR on January 01, 2025 was 3.15M shares.

HR) stock’s latest price update

The stock of Healthcare Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: HR) has increased by 1.92 when compared to last closing price of 16.63. Despite this, the company has experienced a 0.36% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. seekingalpha.com reported 2024-12-26 that Healthcare Realty Trust gets an initial rating of hold, agreeing with the consensus today. Upside factors include macro data forecasting continued demand for outpatient care, and population growth in a key region for this REIT. The REIT has a strong tenant retention rate above 80%, and has been growing its property portfolio.

HR’s Market Performance

Healthcare Realty Trust Inc (HR) has seen a 0.36% rise in stock performance for the week, with a -7.48% decline in the past month and a -5.31% plunge in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.49%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.19% for HR. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -2.31% for HR’s stock, with a 1.34% simple moving average for the past 200 days.

Analysts’ Opinion of HR

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for HR stocks, with JP Morgan repeating the rating for HR by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for HR in the upcoming period, according to JP Morgan is $19 based on the research report published on December 20, 2024 of the previous year 2024.

Wells Fargo, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see HR reach a price target of $16, previously predicting the price at $17. The rating they have provided for HR stocks is “Underweight” according to the report published on July 30th, 2024.

Wedbush gave a rating of “Neutral” to HR, setting the target price at $15 in the report published on February 20th of the previous year.

HR Trading at -3.58% 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 -10.32% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 2.19%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.49%, as shares sank -8.58% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -6.97% lower at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, HR rose by +0.36%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +28.80% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $17.35. In addition, Healthcare Realty Trust Inc saw -1.63% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at HR starting from Wilson Julie F., who proposed sale 15,000 shares at the price of $16.95 back on Dec 23 ’24. After this action, Wilson Julie F. now owns shares of Healthcare Realty Trust Inc, valued at $254,250 using the latest closing price.

Leupp Jay P, the Director of Healthcare Realty Trust Inc, purchase 1,000 shares at $16.85 during a trade that took place back on Dec 20 ’24, which means that Leupp Jay P is holding 33,830 shares at $16,850 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 8.72.

Conclusion

To put it simply, Healthcare Realty Trust Inc (HR) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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