How to buy Douglas Emmett stock | $32.03

Douglas Emmett Inc is a reit-office business based in the US. Douglas Emmett shares (DEI) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Douglas Emmett employs 700 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Douglas Emmett stock price (NYSE: DEI)

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Douglas Emmett shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-09-19.

Latest market close	$32.03
52-week range	$22.28 - $36.65
50-day moving average	$32.53
200-day moving average	$33.40
Wall St. target price	$36.25
PE ratio	130.7702
Dividend yield	$1.12 (3.43%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.28

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Douglas Emmett price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $32.03 from 2021-09-21

1 week (2021-09-15)	-2.11%
1 month (2021-08-20)	0.60%
3 months (2021-06-22)	-8.30%
6 months (2021-03-22)	-0.93%

1 year (2020-09-22)	26.50%
2 years (2019-09-20)	-24.28%
3 years (2018-09-21)	38.66
5 years (2016-09-22)	37.75

Is Douglas Emmett under- or over-valued?

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

Douglas Emmett's P/E ratio

Douglas Emmett's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 131x. In other words, Douglas Emmett shares trade at around 131x 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.

Douglas Emmett's PEG ratio

Douglas Emmett's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 9.09. 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 Douglas Emmett's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Douglas Emmett's EBITDA

Douglas Emmett's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $517.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Douglas Emmett's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Douglas Emmett financials

Revenue TTM	$870.5 million
Operating margin TTM	17.81%
Gross profit TTM	$582.6 million
Return on assets TTM	1.04%
Return on equity TTM	197.52%
Profit margin	5.66%
Book value	$13.80
Market capitalisation	$5.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Douglas Emmett shares

There are currently 8.9 million Douglas Emmett shares held short by investors – that's known as Douglas Emmett's "short interest". This figure is 21.5% up from 7.4 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Douglas Emmett shares can be evaluated.

Douglas Emmett's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Douglas Emmett's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Douglas Emmett shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Douglas Emmett shares traded daily (recently around 729787.26530612). Douglas Emmett's SIR currently stands at 12.25. In other words for every 100,000 Douglas Emmett shares traded daily on the market, roughly 12250 shares are currently held short.

However Douglas Emmett's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Douglas Emmett shares, or, against the total number of tradable Douglas Emmett shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Douglas Emmett's short interest could be expressed as 0.05% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Douglas Emmett shares in existence, roughly 50 shares are currently held short) or 0.0531% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Douglas Emmett shares, roughly 53 shares are currently held short).

A SIR above 10% would generally be considered pretty high, pointing to a potentially pessimistic outlook for the share price and a discouraging interest in betting against Douglas Emmett.

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Douglas Emmett's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Douglas Emmett.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Douglas Emmett's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 18.61

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Douglas Emmett's overall score of 18.61 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 16th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Douglas Emmett is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Douglas Emmett's environmental score

Environmental score: 0.89/100

Douglas Emmett's social score

Social score: 4.63/100

Douglas Emmett's governance score

Governance score: 3.09/100

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Douglas Emmett Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	18.61
Total ESG percentile	16.3
Environmental score	0.89
Social score	4.63
Governance score	3.09

Douglas Emmett share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 80.58% of net profits

Recently Douglas Emmett has paid out, on average, around 80.58% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 3.48% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Douglas Emmett shareholders could enjoy a 3.48% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Douglas Emmett's case, that would currently equate to about $1.12 per share.

Douglas Emmett'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.

Douglas Emmett's most recent dividend payout was on 14 July 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 28 September 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Douglas Emmett share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Douglas Emmett's shares have ranged in value from as little as $22.2786 up to $36.6458. 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 Douglas Emmett's is 0.8521. This would suggest that Douglas Emmett's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Douglas Emmett overview

Douglas Emmett, Inc. (DEI) is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), and one of the largest owners and operators of high-quality office and multifamily properties located in the premier coastal submarkets of Los Angeles and Honolulu. Douglas Emmett focuses on owning and acquiring a substantial share of top-tier office properties and premier multifamily communities in neighborhoods that possess significant supply constraints, high-end executive housing and key lifestyle amenities. .

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Douglas Emmett is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 5.451% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by insiders and 98.193% by institutions. How many people work for Douglas Emmett?
Latest data suggests 700 work at Douglas Emmett. When does the fiscal year end for Douglas Emmett?
Douglas Emmett's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Douglas Emmett based?
Douglas Emmett's address is: 1299 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, United States, 90401 What is Douglas Emmett's ISIN number?
Douglas Emmett's international securities identification number is: US25960P1093 What is Douglas Emmett's CUSIP number?
Douglas Emmett's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 25960P109