Safehold (NYSE:SAFE – Get Rating) had its price target reduced by equities research analysts at Morgan Stanley from $150.00 to $140.00 in a research report issued on Tuesday, Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has an “overweight” rating on the stock. Morgan Stanley’s target price points to a potential upside of 151.17% from the stock’s current price.
Several other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the company. Mizuho cut Safehold from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $96.00 to $75.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 20th. Zacks Investment Research lowered Safehold from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, February 26th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $92.85.
SAFE traded up $0.36 on Tuesday, reaching $55.74. The company had a trading volume of 1,439 shares, compared to its average volume of 258,418. Safehold has a one year low of $53.90 and a one year high of $95.29. The stock has a market cap of $3.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.17 and a beta of -0.11. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $63.16.
Safehold (NYSE:SAFE – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 15th. The company reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.38. The firm had revenue of $52.01 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $51.81 million. Safehold had a net margin of 39.10% and a return on equity of 4.73%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.29 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Safehold will post 1.8 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
In other news, major shareholder Istar Inc. purchased 6,988 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 15th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $71.53 per share, for a total transaction of $499,851.64. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders have bought 3,364,199 shares of company stock worth $199,749,332 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 1.34% of the company’s stock.
A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SAFE. FMR LLC lifted its stake in Safehold by 7.7% in the first quarter. FMR LLC now owns 484,299 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,563,000 after buying an additional 34,628 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in Safehold by 0.9% in the second quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 167,851 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,177,000 after buying an additional 1,565 shares during the period. Credit Suisse AG lifted its stake in Safehold by 13.6% in the second quarter. Credit Suisse AG now owns 28,137 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,213,000 after buying an additional 3,362 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley raised its position in shares of Safehold by 18.1% during the second quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 107,391 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,431,000 after purchasing an additional 16,487 shares during the period. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised its position in shares of Safehold by 26.5% during the second quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 7,229 shares of the company’s stock worth $567,000 after purchasing an additional 1,514 shares during the period. 25.61% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About Safehold
Safehold Inc operates as a real estate investment trust, which focuses on acquiring, owning, managing and capitalizing ground leases. It seeks to provide safe & growing income, as well as capital appreciation to shareholders by building a diversified portfolio of ground leases. The firm’s property is generally leased on a triple net basis with the tenant responsible for taxes, maintenance and insurance, as well as all operating costs and capital expenditures.