California State Teachers Retirement System Acquires 78,372 Shares of Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated $HR

California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its holdings in Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR) by 24.6% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 396,973 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 78,372 shares during the quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System’s holdings in Healthcare Realty Trust were worth $6,745,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Resolution Capital Ltd raised its holdings in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 72.4% during the first quarter. Resolution Capital Ltd now owns 14,034,367 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $238,444,000 after acquiring an additional 5,892,501 shares during the period. Quantinno Capital Management LP increased its holdings in Healthcare Realty Trust by 79.5% during the 1st quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 270,591 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $4,597,000 after purchasing an additional 119,804 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 12.2% in the 1st quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 100,202 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,702,000 after purchasing an additional 10,905 shares during the period. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its position in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust by 100.0% during the first quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,549,172 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $26,320,000 after buying an additional 774,500 shares during the period. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership acquired a new position in shares of Healthcare Realty Trust during the first quarter worth about $500,000.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on HR. Raymond James Financial assumed coverage on shares of Healthcare Realty Trust in a research note on Tuesday, June 16th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $24.00 price target for the company. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Healthcare Realty Trust from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Scotiabank raised their price objective on Healthcare Realty Trust from $20.00 to $22.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. UBS Group lifted their target price on Healthcare Realty Trust from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. Finally, Citigroup upped their price objective on Healthcare Realty Trust from $19.00 to $21.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Healthcare Realty Trust currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $21.89.

Insider Activity

In related news, CAO Amanda L. Callaway sold 25,767 shares of Healthcare Realty Trust stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.37, for a total value of $524,873.79. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 109,954 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,239,762.98. This trade represents a 18.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.

Healthcare Realty Trust Stock Up 0.7%

NYSE HR opened at $20.41 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $7.07 billion, a P/E ratio of -78.48 and a beta of 0.97. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $20.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $19.03. Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated has a 12-month low of $16.23 and a 12-month high of $22.04.

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 30th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.13) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.40 by ($0.53). The company had revenue of $278.58 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $271.60 million. Healthcare Realty Trust had a negative net margin of 7.59% and a negative return on equity of 1.91%. Healthcare Realty Trust’s revenue was down 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.41 earnings per share. Healthcare Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.620-1.660 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated will post 1.64 EPS for the current year.

Healthcare Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, August 26th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 11th will be given a $0.24 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 11th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.7%. Healthcare Realty Trust’s payout ratio is presently -369.23%.

About Healthcare Realty Trust

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE: HR) is a real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership, acquisition and management of outpatient medical facilities. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the company’s portfolio is focused primarily on medical office buildings and outpatient healthcare properties that serve hospitals, health systems and other healthcare providers. Its business model centers on securing long-term, triple-net leases to generate stable income streams from a diversified tenant base.

The company’s properties are located across key metropolitan markets in the United States, including major healthcare hubs in the Southeast, Southwest and in select coastal regions.