Postal Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:PSTL) Short Interest Update

Postal Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:PSTL) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 2,088,822 shares, a growth of 66.5% from the July 30th total of 1,254,406 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 364,271 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.7 days. Currently, 8.6% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have weighed in on PSTL. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on Postal Realty Trust from $22.25 to $23.25 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Scotiabank reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Postal Realty Trust in a report on Tuesday. Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of Postal Realty Trust from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 9th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Postal Realty Trust from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 25th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Postal Realty Trust in a report on Friday, July 10th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Postal Realty Trust currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $24.38.

Institutional Trading of Postal Realty Trust

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Postal Realty Trust by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 580,563 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,373,000 after buying an additional 11,230 shares in the last quarter. CSM Advisors LLC increased its position in Postal Realty Trust by 21.3% during the fourth quarter. CSM Advisors LLC now owns 470,745 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,598,000 after acquiring an additional 82,545 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in Postal Realty Trust by 1,041.2% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 450,333 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,268,000 after purchasing an additional 410,871 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its holdings in Postal Realty Trust by 5.0% in the 1st quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 444,155 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,244,000 after purchasing an additional 21,125 shares during the period. Finally, Millennium Management LLC grew its position in shares of Postal Realty Trust by 313.7% during the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 378,517 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,405,000 after purchasing an additional 287,027 shares in the last quarter. 57.89% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Postal Realty Trust Trading Up 1.0%

Shares of Postal Realty Trust stock opened at $23.68 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.50 and a quick ratio of 1.50. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $23.65 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $21.97. Postal Realty Trust has a 1 year low of $14.25 and a 1 year high of $25.22. The company has a market capitalization of $654.14 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.85 and a beta of 0.79.

Postal Realty Trust (NYSE:PSTL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $28.58 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $26.27 million. Postal Realty Trust had a net margin of 16.42% and a return on equity of 4.63%. Postal Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.410-1.430 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Postal Realty Trust will post 1.23 EPS for the current year.

Postal Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 14th were paid a dividend of $0.245 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 14th. This represents a $0.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.1%. Postal Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 181.48%.

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.