United Capital Financial Advisors LLC Acquires Shares of 16,437 Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. $ARE

United Capital Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 16,437 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $869,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. BOKF NA grew its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 6,033.3% in the third quarter. BOKF NA now owns 368 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 362 shares during the last quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC purchased a new position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities in the 2nd quarter worth about $30,000. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC lifted its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 109.6% during the 3rd quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 436 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 228 shares in the last quarter. MUFG Securities EMEA plc bought a new stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities during the 2nd quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, FNY Investment Advisers LLC purchased a new stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities in the 2nd quarter valued at about $26,000. 96.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities stock opened at $51.65 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 0.19 and a quick ratio of 0.19. Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. has a 1 year low of $39.41 and a 1 year high of $88.24. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $50.74 and its two-hundred day moving average is $49.51. The stock has a market cap of $9.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.52 and a beta of 1.15.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) last posted its earnings results on Monday, August 3rd. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.43) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by ($0.52). Alexandria Real Estate Equities had a negative net margin of 36.08% and a negative return on equity of 5.21%. The business had revenue of $662.78 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $464.86 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.33 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 13.0% on a year-over-year basis. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.350-6.450 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. will post 6.39 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have commented on ARE shares. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 19th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research note on Friday, July 17th. Citigroup boosted their price target on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $42.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, August 10th. BNP Paribas Exane increased their price objective on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $45.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $52.00 to $54.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Friday, June 12th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $52.85.

Insider Activity at Alexandria Real Estate Equities

In related news, CFO Marc E. Binda sold 2,000 shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $54.00, for a total transaction of $108,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 188,264 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,166,256. This trade represents a 1.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Chairman Joel S. Marcus acquired 5,000 shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $46.28 per share, with a total value of $231,400.00. Following the purchase, the chairman directly owned 592,724 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $27,431,266.72. This represents a 0.85% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. Company insiders own 1.35% of the company’s stock.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Company Profile

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc (NYSE: ARE) is a real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership, development and management of collaborative life science and technology campuses. The company’s properties are designed to support research and innovation by providing specialized laboratory, office and manufacturing space tailored to biotechnology, pharmaceutical, academic and related industries.

Since its founding in 1994, Alexandria has cultivated a diversified portfolio of campuses across leading innovation clusters in North America and Europe.