Zacks Research Issues Positive Outlook for VNO Earnings

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Vornado Realty Trust in a report released on Wednesday, February 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the real estate investment trust will post earnings of $0.51 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.48. The consensus estimate for Vornado Realty Trust’s current full-year earnings is $2.31 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Vornado Realty Trust’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.53 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.12 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.63 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.62 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also issued reports on VNO. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on shares of Vornado Realty Trust from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Mizuho raised shares of Vornado Realty Trust from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $38.00 to $48.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Compass Point lifted their price target on shares of Vornado Realty Trust from $40.00 to $44.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on shares of Vornado Realty Trust from $27.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of Vornado Realty Trust from $31.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $38.55.

Vornado Realty Trust Price Performance

VNO stock opened at $39.35 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 4.59, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.98. Vornado Realty Trust has a 12 month low of $22.42 and a 12 month high of $46.63. The firm has a market cap of $7.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 983.80, a P/E/G ratio of 9.69 and a beta of 1.62. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $41.42 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $40.22.

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 10th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.61 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by $0.66. Vornado Realty Trust had a net margin of 3.94% and a return on equity of 1.60%.

Vornado Realty Trust Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th were given a $0.74 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 16th. This represents a $2.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.52%. This is an increase from Vornado Realty Trust’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. Vornado Realty Trust’s payout ratio is 1,850.00%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. GF Fund Management CO. LTD. acquired a new position in shares of Vornado Realty Trust in the 4th quarter worth approximately $124,000. Woodline Partners LP acquired a new position in shares of Vornado Realty Trust during the 4th quarter valued at $8,009,000. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI lifted its position in shares of Vornado Realty Trust by 11.7% during the 4th quarter. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI now owns 500,367 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $21,035,000 after acquiring an additional 52,276 shares during the period. Vident Advisory LLC lifted its position in shares of Vornado Realty Trust by 4.7% during the 4th quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 7,667 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $322,000 after acquiring an additional 344 shares during the period. Finally, Quantinno Capital Management LP lifted its position in shares of Vornado Realty Trust by 9.0% during the 4th quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 80,704 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $3,393,000 after acquiring an additional 6,654 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.02% of the company’s stock.

Vornado Realty Trust Company Profile

Vornado Realty Trust is a fully – integrated equity real estate investment trust.