Douglas Emmett Inc (DEI): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Douglas Emmett Inc (NYSE:DEI) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.66M but it saw 1701268 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 3.36B USD, the company’s current market price of $16.56 came falling about -1.60 while comparing to the previous closing price of $16.83. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $20.50 and as low as $12.20.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Douglas Emmett Inc (DEI) gives us an average price of $17.48, while its current price level is -19.22% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 35.70% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $18.08 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $16.45. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.71% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.13%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 35.37 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Piper Sandler upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Overweight” from “Neutral” on January 13, 2025 while assigning a price target of $20. Wedbush issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $19 and $21.

Over the week, DEI’s stock price is moving -3.61% down while it is -5.37% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -10.78% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 25.91%.

Currently, Douglas Emmett Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 167.44M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 0.31% and return on equity (ROE) at 1.03%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 125.17. Stock’s beta reads 1.15. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.35 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.41. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.23% on average.