Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE:DEA) shares, rose in value on Friday, July 11, with the stock price up by 0.56% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $23.24.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $23.11, falling within a range of $22.76 and $23.28. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.913 whereas the PE ratio was 56.03 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $35.92, and the low was $19.33. On the whole, DEA has fluctuated by 1.97% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Easterly Government Properties Inc currently standing at about $1.04 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Apr-29. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 1.76, with its dividend yield at 7.58%.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that DEA’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a Hold on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 3.53, with the price of DEA currently trading nearly 2.41% and 6.17% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 61.50, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.38% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.27%. Furthermore, Easterly Government Properties Inc (DEA)’s beta value is 0.91.
A comparison of Easterly Government Properties Inc (DEA) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. DEA showed an intraday change of 0.56% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -18.17%%.
Data on historical trading for Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE:DEA) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.51 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 615.64K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 44.70 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 6.18% of Easterly Government Properties Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 78.16% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 1.55 million shares as on 2025-06-13, resulting in a short ratio of 3.0. According to the data, the short interest in Easterly Government Properties Inc (DEA) stood at 508.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-06-13; the number of short shares registered in 2025-05-15 reached 2.11 million. The stock has fallen by -24.70% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the DEA stock heading into the next quarter.
