Mizuho Increases Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) Price Target to $34.00

Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) had its price objective raised by investment analysts at Mizuho from $29.00 to $34.00 in a report released on Tuesday, MarketBeat.com reports. The firm presently has an “underperform” rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock. Mizuho’s price objective suggests a potential downside of 12.01% from the stock’s previous close.

KRC has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Bank of America raised shares of Kilroy Realty from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $42.00 to $44.00 in a report on Tuesday, June 16th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Kilroy Realty from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, June 1st. Scotiabank raised their price target on Kilroy Realty from $37.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “hold” rating and set a $33.00 price objective on shares of Kilroy Realty in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded Kilroy Realty from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Kilroy Realty presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $38.87.

Kilroy Realty Stock Down 2.3%

Shares of NYSE:KRC opened at $38.64 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $37.14 and its two-hundred day moving average is $34.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84, a quick ratio of 2.09 and a current ratio of 2.09. Kilroy Realty has a 1-year low of $27.36 and a 1-year high of $45.03. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.23 and a beta of 1.12.

Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 27th. The real estate investment trust reported ($0.16) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.14 by ($0.30). Kilroy Realty had a net margin of 19.59% and a return on equity of 3.89%. The business had revenue of $270.05 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $263.08 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.02 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down .3% on a year-over-year basis. Kilroy Realty has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.490-3.630 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Kilroy Realty will post 3.59 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Kilroy Realty

In other Kilroy Realty news, President Justin William Smart sold 10,848 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $38.71, for a total value of $419,926.08. Following the completion of the sale, the president directly owned 519,872 shares in the company, valued at $20,124,245.12. This represents a 2.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Lauren N. Stadler sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $34.65, for a total value of $103,950.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 15,456 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $535,550.40. The trade was a 16.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 29,648 shares of company stock worth $1,120,958 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.83% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Kilroy Realty

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its stake in Kilroy Realty by 15.7% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 59,424 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,947,000 after buying an additional 8,078 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its position in Kilroy Realty by 40.2% in the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 62,192 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,037,000 after acquiring an additional 17,848 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in Kilroy Realty by 6.5% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 861,043 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $28,208,000 after acquiring an additional 52,333 shares in the last quarter. United Services Automobile Association acquired a new stake in Kilroy Realty in the 1st quarter valued at about $229,000. Finally, UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lifted its holdings in Kilroy Realty by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 152,846 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $5,007,000 after acquiring an additional 1,320 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.22% of the company’s stock.

Kilroy Realty Company Profile

Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE: KRC) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust focused on the development, acquisition and management of high‐quality office and mixed‐use properties along the U.S. West Coast. The company’s portfolio encompasses major urban markets including Los Angeles, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle. Kilroy Realty targets properties in transit‐oriented submarkets, blending workplace space with retail, residential and hospitality amenities to create vibrant, walkable neighborhoods.

Founded in the mid‐20th century by members of the Kilroy family, the company evolved from a regional landlord into one of the leading West Coast office landlords.