Is Easterly Government Properties Inc (DEA) Stock a Good Buy for Short-term Investors?

At the time of writing, Easterly Government Properties Inc [DEA] stock is trading at $21.78, down -0.73%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The DEA shares have gain 4.86% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 9.04%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Easterly Government Properties Inc [NYSE: DEA] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 10, 2025, when Compass Point downgraded its rating to a Neutral but kept the price target unchanged to $9.50 for it. Previously, Jefferies started tracking the stock with Buy rating on March 17, 2025, and set its price target to $13. On October 14, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $15 on the stock. RBC Capital Mkts downgraded its rating to a Underperform and decreased its price target to $13 on August 16, 2023. Compass Point upgraded its rating to a Buy but $17 remained the price target by the analyst firm on March 28, 2023. BMO Capital Markets downgraded its rating to Underperform for this stock on December 16, 2022, and downed its price target to $14. In a note dated December 14, 2022, Citigroup downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $18 to $15.50.

For the past year, the stock price of Easterly Government Properties Inc fluctuated between $19.33 and $35.92. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $13 within the next 12 months. Easterly Government Properties Inc [NYSE: DEA] shares were valued at $21.78 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -40.31% based on the average DEA price forecast.

Analyzing the DEA fundamentals

According to Easterly Government Properties Inc [NYSE:DEA], the company’s sales were 306.31M for trailing twelve months, which represents an 8.07% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.59% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.26%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.01 and Total Capital is 0.03. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.2.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 21.59 points at the first support level, and at 21.40 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 22.13, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 22.48.

Ratios To Look Out For

Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.19, the price to book ratio is 0.73 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 52.51.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Fisher Cynthia A, Director, that happened on Nov 27 ’24 when 629.0 shares were purchased. President & CEO, Crate Darrell W completed a deal on Dec 23 ’24 to buy 10000.0 shares.

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