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How to buy Hudson Pacific Properties stock | 26.41
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Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc is a reit—office business based in the US. Hudson Pacific Properties shares (HPP) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Hudson Pacific Properties employs 347 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$828.5 million.
How to buy shares in Hudson Pacific Properties
- 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.
- 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.
- Search for Hudson Pacific Properties. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: HPP. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Hudson Pacific Properties reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$26.41, 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 Hudson Pacific Properties, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Hudson Pacific Properties. 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.
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Hudson Pacific Properties share price
Use our graph to track the performance of HPP stocks over time.Hudson Pacific Properties shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-10-20.
| Latest market close | USD$26.41 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$16.14 - USD$38.81 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$22.5889 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$23.7381 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$29.32 |
| PE ratio | 38 |
| Dividend yield | USD$1 (4.82%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$0.552 |
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Hudson Pacific Properties price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $26.41 from 2020-11-16
| 1 week (2020-11-23) | -1.93% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-10-30) | 37.12% |
| 3 months (2020-08-28) | 10.97% |
| 6 months (2020-05-29) | 9.27% |
| 1 year (2019-11-29) | -26.23% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2018-11-30) | -14.42% |
| 3 years (2017-11-30) | -25.88% |
| 5 years (2015-11-30) | -7.88% |
Is Hudson Pacific Properties under- or over-valued?
Valuing Hudson Pacific Properties stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Hudson Pacific Properties's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Hudson Pacific Properties's P/E ratio
Hudson Pacific Properties's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 38x. In other words, Hudson Pacific Properties shares trade at around 38x 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.
Hudson Pacific Properties's PEG ratio
Hudson Pacific Properties's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 13. 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 Hudson Pacific Properties's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Hudson Pacific Properties's EBITDA
Hudson Pacific Properties's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$398.3 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Hudson Pacific Properties's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Hudson Pacific Properties financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$828.5 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 19.09% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$515.2 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.31% |
| Return on equity TTM | 2.67% |
| Profit margin | 10.6% |
| Book value | $21.607 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$3.1 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Hudson Pacific Properties shares
There are currently 6.3 million Hudson Pacific Properties shares held short by investors – that's known as Hudson Pacific Properties's "short interest". This figure is 37.5% up from 4.6 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Hudson Pacific Properties shares can be evaluated.
Hudson Pacific Properties's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Hudson Pacific Properties's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Hudson Pacific Properties shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Hudson Pacific Properties shares traded daily (recently around 1.5 million). Hudson Pacific Properties's SIR currently stands at 4.28. In other words for every 100,000 Hudson Pacific Properties shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4280 shares are currently held short.
However Hudson Pacific Properties's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Hudson Pacific Properties shares, or, against the total number of tradable Hudson Pacific Properties shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Hudson Pacific Properties's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Hudson Pacific Properties shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0585% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Hudson Pacific Properties shares, roughly 59 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 Hudson Pacific Properties.
Find out more about how you can short Hudson Pacific Properties stock.
Hudson Pacific Properties share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 454.55% of net profits
Recently Hudson Pacific Properties has paid out, on average, around 454.55% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.82% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Hudson Pacific Properties shareholders could enjoy a 4.82% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Hudson Pacific Properties's case, that would currently equate to about $1 per share.
Hudson Pacific Properties'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.
Hudson Pacific Properties's most recent dividend payout was on 28 September 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 17 September 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Hudson Pacific Properties share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Hudson Pacific Properties's shares have ranged in value from as little as $16.14 up to $38.81. 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 Hudson Pacific Properties's is 0.7226. This would suggest that Hudson Pacific Properties's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Hudson Pacific Properties overview
Hudson Pacific is a real estate investment trust with a portfolio of office and studio properties totaling nearly 19 million square feet, including land for development. Focused on premier West Coast epicenters of innovation, media and technology, its anchor tenants include Fortune 500 and leading growth companies such as Netflix, Google, Square, Uber, NFL Enterprises and more. Hudson Pacific is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol HPP, and listed as a component of the S&P MidCap 400 Index.
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