Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:AP.UN) Shares Down 27.8% – Here’s What Happened

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:AP.UN) traded down 27.8% on Thursday . The stock traded as low as C$10.00 and last traded at C$10.14. 9,155,955 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 906% from the average session volume of 909,716 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$14.05.

Key Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust News

Here are the key news stories impacting Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Desjardins upgraded Allied from “sell” to “hold” and set a C$9.50 price target (down from C$12.50), signaling some stabilization in analyst stance despite the lower target. Desjardins upgrade to hold
• Neutral Sentiment: The Globe and Mail reports Allied raised about C$560 million via a share sale to pay down debt — this lowers near‑term refinancing/default risk and improves the balance sheet but is dilutive to existing unitholders; the net effect will depend on how much leverage is reduced and on future cash flow/FFO recovery. Allied raises $560‑million in share sale
• Negative Sentiment: Yahoo Finance highlights a roughly 35% price decline tied to the equity raise and a reported leadership shift — the combination prompted a large volume sell‑off as investors priced in dilution, governance/strategy uncertainty, and a re‑rating of the trust. Allied down 35% after equity raise and leadership shift

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the company. Desjardins upgraded Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their target price for the company from C$12.50 to C$9.50 in a report on Friday. Scotiabank decreased their price objective on shares of Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust from C$18.00 to C$15.75 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce dropped their target price on shares of Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust from C$17.00 to C$15.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. TD Securities cut their target price on shares of Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust from C$16.00 to C$14.50 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Finally, National Bank Financial raised shares of Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust from an “underperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from C$14.00 to C$13.00 in a research note on Monday, December 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$14.53.

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Trading Up 3.6%

The stock’s fifty day moving average price is C$13.49 and its 200 day moving average price is C$16.11. The stock has a market cap of C$1.33 billion, a P/E ratio of -2.31 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a current ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 0.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 71.71.

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:AP.UN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The real estate investment trust reported C($7.93) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust had a negative return on equity of 8.01% and a negative net margin of 89.93%.The business had revenue of C$148.77 million during the quarter. Equities research analysts expect that Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust will post 1.8404851 earnings per share for the current year.

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Company Profile

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust is a real estate investment trust engaged in the development, management, and ownership of primarily urban office environments across Canada’s major cities. Most of the total square footage in the company’s real estate portfolio is located in Toronto and Montreal. Allied Properties derives nearly all of its income in the form of rental revenue from tenants in its properties. The majority of this revenue comes from its assets located in Central Canada.