Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:AP.UN) Trading Down 26.8% – What’s Next?

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:AP.UN)’s share price fell 26.8% on Wednesday . The company traded as low as C$10.00 and last traded at C$10.29. 8,167,639 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 847% from the average session volume of 862,905 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$14.05.

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Management announced a roughly C$500-million equity raise intended to pay down debt, which should reduce leverage and near‑term refinancing risk. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Trading in AP.UN was halted by the industry regulator (IIROC) while material news was disclosed — a typical procedural step that preceded the public filings and can increase short‑term volatility once resumed. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Q4 results showed a large per‑share loss (C($7.93)) and an 89.9% negative net margin; these weak operating results and negative ROE underscore near-term profitability and cash‑flow pressure. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: The founder/longtime leader is stepping down as part of the leadership update, adding governance and execution uncertainty at a sensitive time for the REIT. Read More.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on AP.UN shares. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price target on Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust from C$18.00 to C$16.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, October 31st. Scotiabank cut their price objective on Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust from C$18.00 to C$15.75 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. TD Securities reduced their target price on 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. Canaccord Genuity Group decreased their target price on Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust from C$22.00 to C$18.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Raymond James Financial upgraded shares of Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust from an “underperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and cut their price target for the company from C$14.75 to C$14.00 in a report on Tuesday, December 2nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of C$15.28.

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of C$1.42 billion, a PE ratio of -2.47 and a beta of 1.65. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of C$13.69 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$16.26. 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 released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The real estate investment trust reported C($7.93) earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of C$148.77 million for the quarter. Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust had a negative net margin of 89.93% and a negative return on equity of 8.01%. Research analysts forecast that Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust will post 1.8404851 earnings per share for the current year.

About Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

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.