Stock Trade-of-the-Week: Equity Commonwealth REIT (EQC)
Interest-Rates / Investing 2018 Nov 12, 2018 - 04:34 PM GMTCompany profile: Equity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC) is a Chicago based, internally managed and self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) with commercial office properties in the United States. As of June 30, 2018, EQC's portfolio comprised 13 properties and 6.3 million square feet.
Fundamentals:
Trailing P/E: 16.69
Forward P/E: N/A
EPS: 1.85
Beta: 0.18
P/S: 14.60
P/B: 1.13
Profit Margin: 92.07%
Operating Margin: 13.56%
Dividend yield: 8%
Current Ratio: 57.97
Addition fundamental data: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/EQC/key-statistics?p=EQC
Technicals:
Recently broke out of a 19-month consolidation
New 52-week high
New all-time high
Buying momentum (RSI) is positive and rising
Buying volume is neutral
1st support level is $30.00
The safety stop is at $29.49
The target is $35.25
Suggested buying approach: Buy EQC at the current price level. If EQC pulls back, as long as the price is still above the safety stop, wait for confirmation of support and then add to the position.
By Donald W. Dony, FCSI, MFTA
www.technicalspeculator.com
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