Don't Miss Today's Strong And Under The Radar Stock: Education Realty (EDR)

Trade-Ideas LLC identified Education Realty (EDR) as a strong and under the radar candidate
By TheStreet Wire ,

Trade-Ideas LLC identified

Education Realty

(

EDR

) as a strong and under the radar candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Education Realty as such a stock due to the following factors:

  • EDR has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $28.7 million.
  • EDR has traded 3.8955000000000001847411112976260483264923095703125 options contracts today.
  • EDR is making at least a new 3-day high.
  • EDR has a PE ratio of 9.
  • EDR is mentioned 1.00 times per day on StockTwits.
  • EDR has not yet been mentioned on StockTwits today.
  • EDR is currently in the upper 20% of its 1-year range.
  • EDR is in the upper 35% of its 20-day range.
  • EDR is in the upper 45% of its 5-day range.
  • EDR is currently trading above yesterday's high.

'Strong and Under the Radar' stocks tend to be worthwhile stocks to watch for a variety of factors including historical back testing and price action. Market technicians refer to such stocks as being in an accumulation phase before a mark-up and peak. Traders and hedge funds have frequently found that these types of stocks continue to build a solid price base and then ultimately spike higher and peak when others 'discover' how good the stock is performing. By leveraging the social discovery aspect of StockTwits we are highlighting stocks that don't currently receive much attention from retail investors, but we suspect may soon garner more attention.

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More details on EDR:

EdR is a real estate investment trust. The firm invests in the real estate markets of United States. It invests collegiate housing communities. The firm develops, acquires, owns, and manages collegiate housing communities located near university campuses. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 3.2%. EDR has a PE ratio of 9. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate Education Realty a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

The average volume for Education Realty has been 835,800 shares per day over the past 30 days. has a market cap of $3.1 billion and is part of the financial sector and real estate industry. The stock has a beta of 0.49 and a short float of 5.2% with 2.63 days to cover. Shares are up 22.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

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TheStreetRatings.com

Analysis:

TheStreet Quant Ratings

rates Education Realty as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, increase in net income, solid stock price performance and growth in earnings per share. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

  • EDR's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 11.9%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 14.4%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
  • The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) industry. The net income increased by 140.2% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $6.94 million to $16.67 million.
  • Net operating cash flow has increased to $37.55 million or 30.25% when compared to the same quarter last year. The firm also exceeded the industry average cash flow growth rate of 11.78%.
  • Powered by its strong earnings growth of 85.71% and other important driving factors, this stock has surged by 42.41% over the past year, outperforming the rise in the S&P 500 Index during the same period. Looking ahead, the stock's sharp rise over the last year has already helped drive it to a level which is relatively expensive compared to the rest of its industry. We feel, however, that other strengths this company displays justify these higher price levels.
  • EDUCATION REALTY TRUST INC reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, EDUCATION REALTY TRUST INC reported lower earnings of $0.37 versus $0.98 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($0.59 versus $0.37).

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