Easterly Government Properties Inc’s recent filing unveils that its President & CEO Crate Darrell W acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.11 million on Dec 23 ’24. In the deal valued at $10.91 per share,10,000 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Crate Darrell W now holds 171,479 shares worth roughly $1.73 million.
Jefferies initiated its Easterly Government Properties Inc [DEA] rating to a Buy in a research note published on March 17, 2025; the price target was $13. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Jefferies’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid October from “a Hold” to “a Buy”. RBC Capital Mkts also remained covering DEA and has decreased its forecast on August 16, 2023 with a “an Underperform” recommendation from previously “Sector perform” rating. Compass Point revised its rating on March 28, 2023. It rated DEA as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of DEA
On Friday, Easterly Government Properties Inc [NYSE:DEA] saw its stock fall -1.66% to $10.08. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -4.64%. Easterly Government Properties Inc shares have fallen nearly -11.27% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -8.08% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $14.37 was reached on 01/27/25, a 52-week low of $10.18 was recorded on 04/04/25. SMA at 50 days reached $10.82, while 200 days put it at $12.35.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For DEA Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 9.92, which if violated will result in even more drops to 9.76. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 10.22. A further resistance level may holdings at 10.36. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 33.45, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.19, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 78.82%. Stochastics %K at 21.37% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Easterly Government Properties Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Easterly Government Properties Inc stocks on 2025-03-14, growing by 1.47 million shares to a total of 7.49 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-14 was 6.02 million shares. There was a rise of 19.6%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
