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Brandywine Realty Trust is a reit—office business based in the US. Brandywine Realty Trust shares (BDN) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Brandywine Realty Trust employs 337 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$563.1 million.

How to buy shares in Brandywine Realty Trust

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Brandywine Realty Trust. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: BDN. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Brandywine Realty Trust reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$11.15, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Brandywine Realty Trust, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Brandywine Realty Trust. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Brandywine Realty Trust's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Brandywine Realty Trust's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$11.15, which is 29.74% down on its pre-crash value of USD$15.87 and 49.06% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$7.48.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Brandywine Realty Trust shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$499.65 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$709.70.

Brandywine Realty Trust share price

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Brandywine Realty Trust shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$11.15
52-week range	USD$7.48 - USD$16.23
50-day moving average	USD$10.562
200-day moving average	USD$10.5672
Wall St. target price	USD$11.58
PE ratio	51.35
Dividend yield	USD$0.76 (7.44%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.201

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Is it a good time to buy Brandywine Realty Trust stock?

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Brandywine Realty Trust price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $11.15 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-17)	-1.06%
1 month (2020-10-23)	12.85%
3 months (2020-08-24)	-0.98%
6 months (2020-05-22)	20.93%

1 year (2019-11-22)	-26.35%
2 years (2018-11-23)	-20.87%
3 years (2017-11-24)	-36.03%
5 years (2015-11-24)	-18.32%

Is Brandywine Realty Trust under- or over-valued?

Valuing Brandywine Realty Trust stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Brandywine Realty Trust's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Brandywine Realty Trust's P/E ratio

Brandywine Realty Trust's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 51x. In other words, Brandywine Realty Trust shares trade at around 51x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Brandywine Realty Trust's PEG ratio

Brandywine Realty Trust's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 14.94. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Brandywine Realty Trust's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Brandywine Realty Trust's EBITDA

Brandywine Realty Trust's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$244.3 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Brandywine Realty Trust's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Brandywine Realty Trust financials

Revenue TTM	USD$563.1 million
Operating margin TTM	18.29%
Gross profit TTM	USD$344.6 million
Return on assets TTM	1.6%
Return on equity TTM	2.17%
Profit margin	6.31%
Book value	$9.149
Market capitalisation	USD$1.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Brandywine Realty Trust shares

There are currently 8.5 million Brandywine Realty Trust shares held short by investors – that's known as Brandywine Realty Trust's "short interest". This figure is 30.2% down from 12.2 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Brandywine Realty Trust shares can be evaluated.

Brandywine Realty Trust's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Brandywine Realty Trust's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Brandywine Realty Trust shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Brandywine Realty Trust shares traded daily (recently around 2.1 million). Brandywine Realty Trust's SIR currently stands at 4.13. In other words for every 100,000 Brandywine Realty Trust shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4130 shares are currently held short.

However Brandywine Realty Trust's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Brandywine Realty Trust shares, or, against the total number of tradable Brandywine Realty Trust shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Brandywine Realty Trust's short interest could be expressed as 0.05% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Brandywine Realty Trust shares in existence, roughly 50 shares are currently held short) or 0.0601% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Brandywine Realty Trust shares, roughly 60 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Brandywine Realty Trust.

Find out more about how you can short Brandywine Realty Trust stock.

Brandywine Realty Trust share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 400% of net profits

Recently Brandywine Realty Trust has paid out, on average, around 400% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 7.44% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Brandywine Realty Trust shareholders could enjoy a 7.44% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Brandywine Realty Trust's case, that would currently equate to about $0.76 per share.

Brandywine Realty Trust's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Brandywine Realty Trust's most recent dividend payout was on 21 October 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 6 October 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Brandywine Realty Trust's shares ever split?

Brandywine Realty Trust's shares were split on a 1:3 basis on 26 November 1996. So if you had owned 3 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Brandywine Realty Trust shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 200% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Brandywine Realty Trust shares which in turn could have impacted Brandywine Realty Trust's share price.

Brandywine Realty Trust share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Brandywine Realty Trust's shares have ranged in value from as little as $7.48 up to $16.23. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Brandywine Realty Trust's is 0.9812. This would suggest that Brandywine Realty Trust's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Brandywine Realty Trust overview

Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) is one of the largest, publicly traded, full-service, integrated real estate companies in the United States with a core focus in the Philadelphia, Austin and Washington, D.C. Markets. Organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT), we own, develop, lease and manage an urban, town center and transit-oriented portfolio comprising 172 properties and 24.1 million square feet as of June 30, 2020. Our purpose is to shape, connect and inspire the world around us through our expertise, the relationships we foster, the communities in which we live and work, and the history we build together.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Brandywine Realty Trust is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.352% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by insiders and 107.068% by institutions.

• How many people work for Brandywine Realty Trust?

  Latest data suggests 337 work at Brandywine Realty Trust.

• When does the fiscal year end for Brandywine Realty Trust?

  Brandywine Realty Trust's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Brandywine Realty Trust based?

  Brandywine Realty Trust's address is: 2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 19104

• What is Brandywine Realty Trust's ISIN number?

  Brandywine Realty Trust's international securities identification number is: US1053682035

• What is Brandywine Realty Trust's CUSIP number?

  Brandywine Realty Trust's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 105368104