Service Properties Trust (SVC): What Are The Positives?

Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ:SVC) has a beta value of 1.81 and has seen 2.29 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $334.95M, closed the last trade at $2.01 per share which meant it gained $0.03 on the day or 1.52% during that session. The SVC stock price is -215.42% off its 52-week high price of $6.34 and 14.93% above the 52-week low of $1.71.

The consensus among analysts is that Service Properties Trust (SVC) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.50. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 2 have rated it as a Hold, with 1 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.

Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ:SVC) trade information

Sporting 1.52% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the SVC stock price touched $2.01 or saw a rise of 6.07%. Year-to-date, Service Properties Trust shares have moved -20.87%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 2.03%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ:SVC) have changed -4.74%.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $2.5, which means that the shares’ value could jump 19.6% from current levels. The projected low price target is $2.5 while the price target rests at a high of $2.5. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -24.38% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -24.38% from current levels.

Service Properties Trust (SVC) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have lost -32.09% over the past 6 months.

Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 22.95% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 8.01%.

SVC Dividends

Service Properties Trust is expected to release its next earnings report in June this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.23 at a share yield of 11.44%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.

Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ:SVC)’s Major holders

The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 30.85 million shares worth more than $158.59 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 18.6776% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 26.46 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $135.99 million and represent 16.0158% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS-Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . As of Jan 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 3.66% shares in the company for having 6.1 shares of worth $12.26 million while later fund manager owns 5.22 shares of worth $10.49 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 3.13% of company’s outstanding stock.