United Capital Financial Advisors LLC Makes New $869,000 Investment in Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. $ARE

United Capital Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE:ARE) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 16,437 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $869,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of ARE. BOKF NA grew its position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 6,033.3% in the 3rd quarter. BOKF NA now owns 368 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 362 shares during the last quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC purchased a new stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities during the second quarter valued at approximately $30,000. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC lifted its position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities by 109.6% during the third quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 436 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 228 shares during the last quarter. MUFG Securities EMEA plc acquired a new stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities in the second quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Finally, FNY Investment Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities in the second quarter valued at approximately $26,000. 96.54% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Wall Street Zen downgraded Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $46.00 to $52.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, August 24th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $57.00 price objective on shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities in a research report on Monday, August 17th. Zacks Research raised Alexandria Real Estate Equities from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 19th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets increased their price target on Alexandria Real Estate Equities from $52.00 to $54.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Friday, June 12th. Two research 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 MarketBeat, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $52.85.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities stock opened at $51.65 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $50.74 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $49.51. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.52 and a beta of 1.15. Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. has a 12-month low of $39.41 and a 12-month high of $88.24. The company has a current ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 0.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67.

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

Alexandria Real Estate Equities 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.