Brokerages Set Postal Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:PSTL) Target Price at $20.44

Shares of Postal Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:PSTL) have received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seven research firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $20.95.

A number of brokerages have issued reports on PSTL. Zacks Research downgraded Postal Realty Trust from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, March 16th. BMO Capital Markets upgraded Postal Realty Trust from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $23.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Friday, April 17th. Truist Financial set a $20.00 price objective on Postal Realty Trust and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $24.00 price objective on shares of Postal Realty Trust in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Postal Realty Trust in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th.

Postal Realty Trust Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of NYSE:PSTL opened at $21.20 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $582.16 million, a PE ratio of 46.08 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 1.21. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $19.49 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $17.28. Postal Realty Trust has a 1 year low of $12.26 and a 1 year high of $21.60.

Postal Realty Trust (NYSE:PSTL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 24th. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.33 by ($0.18). The business had revenue of $26.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $24.64 million. Postal Realty Trust had a net margin of 14.77% and a return on equity of 4.20%. Postal Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.390-1.41 EPS. Analysts forecast that Postal Realty Trust will post 1.21 earnings per share for the current year.

Postal Realty Trust Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 13th were paid a dividend of $0.245 per share. This represents a $0.98 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.6%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 13th. This is a positive change from Postal Realty Trust’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. Postal Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is currently 213.04%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Kestra Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of Postal Realty Trust during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Strs Ohio bought a new position in shares of Postal Realty Trust during the 1st quarter worth $54,000. Federated Hermes Inc. grew its stake in shares of Postal Realty Trust by 1,156.7% during the 2nd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 3,770 shares of the company’s stock worth $56,000 after acquiring an additional 3,470 shares during the period. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its stake in shares of Postal Realty Trust by 360.0% during the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 3,882 shares of the company’s stock worth $57,000 after acquiring an additional 3,038 shares during the period. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Postal Realty Trust by 73.7% during the 4th quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 3,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $61,000 after acquiring an additional 1,595 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 57.89% of the company’s stock.

About Postal Realty Trust

Postal Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust that acquires, owns and manages single-tenant commercial properties net-leased primarily to the United States Postal Service and other government agencies. The trust focuses on facilities that support mail processing, distribution and retail operations, targeting assets that offer long-term, inflation-protected lease structures.

The company’s portfolio includes post offices, distribution centers and mail processing facilities located throughout the contiguous United States.