ARE stock: buy or sell?
Updated on:
February 14th, 2020
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Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE), an S&P 500® company, is an urban office real estate investment trust (\"REIT\") uniquely focused on collaborative life science and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, with a total market capitalization of $17.
Should I buy ARE stock?
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| Buy setup | Elegible |
|---|---|
| New all-time high | Yes |
| New 52 week high | Yes |
| Price crossing up 200d MA | No |
| 100d MA crossing up 200d MA | No |
Is Alexandria Real Estate Equities stock a buy?
Banks and financial institutions publish stock ratings everyday.
Unfortunately, we couldn't detect any rating for ARE stock for the last 30 days.ARE stock analysis
Daily outlook
After reaching all time highs on February/14, Alexandria Real Estate Equities appreciated 0.78% to $174.93.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities ended on Feb/14 at $174.93 after topping to a new all time high ($175.02) and appreciated a slightly fine 0.78%. On Jan 10th ARE price bounced up over the SMA of 50 days demonstrating to be a significant support for this stock.
Weekly outlook
Alexandria Real Estate Equities set new all time highs again this week, marking to $175.02. Shares closed at $174.93 and escalated 4.40% during the week.
Price pattern shows an uptrend with two rising tops and bottoms, and now finally trading above the $162.46 resistance. Early March, SMA20w and SMA40w crossed up triggering a rise of 32.22%. Since price and SMA20w lines crossed up late July 2019, ARE climbed $33.31 (23.52%).
ARE stock price history
ARE stock went public on May 28th, 1997 with a price of $8.751. Since then, ARE stock grew a 1,899.20%, with an average of 86.30% per year. If you had invested right after ARE's IPO a $1,000 in ARE stock in 1997, it would worth $18,992.00 today.
1: Adjusted price after possible price splits or reverse-splits.
ARE stock historical price chart
ARE stock reached all-time highs on February/14 with a price of $175.02.
ARE stock price target
How much a stock will be priced tomorrow or next week is quite unpredictable However, many stock price predictions are published every day by banks, financial institutions and independent analysts. We do not recommend to follow these stock price predictions without a critical thinking from your side, as their accuracy is usually low. For the last 30 days we have not detected any price target for Alexandria Real Estate Equities stock by any trusted analyst.Financials and fundamental analysis
Earnings date and Earnings per Share
Since April, when Alexandria Real Estate Equities presented its last earnings report, it . As soon as we get its actual EPS from the earnings report, we will update this report.| Quarter | Reporting date | Estimated EPS | Actual EPS | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q2 | - | n/a | 0.35 | n/a |
| 2017-Q3 | 2017-10-30 | 0.42 | 0.55 | 31.0% |
| 2017-Q4 | 2018-01-29 | 0.4 | 0.38 | -5.0% |
| 2018-Q1 | 2018-04-30 | 1.59 | 1.62 | 1.9% |
| 2018-Q2 | 2018-07-30 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 0.0% |
| 2018-Q3 | 2018-10-29 | 1.67 | 1.66 | -0.6% |
| 2018-Q4 | 2019-02-04 | 1.69 | 1.68 | -0.6% |
| 2019-Q1 | 2019-04-29 | 0.6 | n/a | n/a |
| 2019-Q2 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2019-Q3 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Annual financial results
Compared to 2017, last anual turnover report draw an astounding growth of 17.67% to $1,327.46 million USD. When comparing 2018 vs 2017, aligned with this, profit margin (that is, the net income divided by revenues) skyrocketed a 13.59% to 28.57%. To have an up to date picture of the financial situation of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, we have calculated the trailing twelve month (TTM) sales and income figures. TTM values are the sum of the last 4 quarters and aproximate to an annual fiscal report ending in 2019-Q1 that can be compared to 2018 fiscal year results. Annual Alexandria Real Estate Equities TTM sales up to March 2019 were $1,366.16 and income was $372.84 million dollars. If we compare this TTM figures with the last reported annuality, we can review Alexandria Real Estate Equities business evolution since December 2018: Annual revenues up to March, compared to lastest yearly report, grew a tiny 2.92%. Regarding profit margin, Alexandria Real Estate Equities decreased -1.28% to 28.57%| Year | Sales | YoY | Income/(margin) | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $629 M | - | $129 M20.5% | - |
| 2014 | $720 M | 14.59% | $102 M14.1% | -21.21% |
| 2015 | $820 M | 13.76% | $144 M17.6% | 41.98% |
| 2016 | $898 M | 9.56% | $-65.90 M-7.3% | -145.70% |
| 2017 | $1,128 M | 25.64% | $169 M15.0% | -356.59% |
| 2018 | $1,327 M | 17.67% | $379 M28.6% | 124.32% |
| TTM | $1,366 M | 2.92% | $373 M27.3% | -1.71% |
Quarterly financial results
Alexandria Real Estate Equities reported $358.84 M in sales for 2019-Q1, a 5.40% improvement compared to previous quarter. Reported quarter earnings marked $129.16 M with a profit margin of 35.99%. Profit margin climbed a 43.24% compared to previous quarter when profit margin was -7.25%. When comparing revenues to same quarter last year, Alexandria Real Estate Equities sales marked a dazzling gain and boosted a 12.09%.| Quarter | Sales1 | QoQ2 | Income1/(margin) | QoQ2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q2 | $272 M | - | $33 M12.1% | - |
| 2017-Q3 | $283 M | 4.13% | $54 M19.0% | 63.39% |
| 2017-Q4 | $295 M | 4.28% | $39 M13.3% | -26.75% |
| 2018-Q1 | $320 M | 8.45% | $136 M42.4% | 244.34% |
| 2018-Q2 | $325 M | 1.53% | $55 M16.8% | -59.65% |
| 2018-Q3 | $342 M | 5.17% | $214 M62.5% | 290.35% |
| 2018-Q4 | $340 M | -0.40% | $-25 M-7.3% | -111.55% |
| 2019-Q1 | $359 M | 5.40% | $129 M36.0% | -623.25% |
Alexandria Real Estate Equities ownership
When you are planning to buy shares of a stock, it's always worth to have a look its ownership structure.Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares owned by insiders (that is, founders, CEO, CTO, main executives or other management staff) currently counts a 1.37% of all shares.
Bearish positions for ARE stock account 0.00%, no big difference from last month.
The following table compares ownership indicators for other stocks related to Alexandria Real Estate Equities:
| ARE | |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $22.7 B |
| Total shares | 129.5 M |
| Float shares | 120.9 M |
| - Institutional holdings (%) | 100.5% |
| - Insider holdings (%) | 1.4% |
| Shares in short selling | 0.0% |
ARE summary
| Friday, February 14th, 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Open | $173.80 |
| Close | $174.93 |
| Day range | $173.58 - $175.02 |
| Previous close | $173.58 |
| Session gain | 0.78% |
| Average true range | $2.22 |
| 50d mov avg | $162.23 |
| 100d mov avg | $158.89 |
| 200d mov avg | $151.62 |
| Daily pattern | |
| Weekly pattern | lb02c |
Alexandria Real Estate Equities performance
Stocks performance is always measured in comparision to the market or competitors and related stocks in the same industry. For Alexandria Real Estate Equities, the comparison is made against .| Stock | 3m | 6m | 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| AREAlexandria Real E... | 10.90% | 19.65% | 33.25% |
Alexandria Real Estate Equities competitors
Unfortunately, we could not find any public company that could be defined as Alexandria Real Estate Equities competitor. This doesn't mean Alexandria Real Estate Equities does not have any competitor in the market, it's just we could not detected it.Latest ARE stock news
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