Alexandria Real Estate's Earnings Preview

Alexandria Real Estate ARE announces its next round of earnings this Monday, Jan. 29. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for today's Q4 earnings announcement.

Earnings and Revenue

Wall Street analysts see Alexandria Real Estate reporting earnings of 41 cents per share on sales of $225.5 million.

Alexandria Real Estate's loss in the same period a year ago was 30 cents per share. Quarterly sales came in at $249 million. Analysts estimate would represent a 71.13 percent decrease in the company's earnings. Sales would be down 9.49 percent from the same quarter last year.

Here's how the company's reported EPS has compared to analyst estimates in the past:

Q4 EPS Estimate: 41 cents per share
Q4 Revenues Estimate: $225 million

Stock Performance

Shares of Alexandria Real Estate were trading at $126.47 as of Jan. 29. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 11.6 percent. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be content going into this earnings release.

Analyst estimates have adjusted lower for EPS and revenues over the past 90 days. The average rating by analysts on Alexandria Real Estate stock is a Neutral. The strength of this rating has maintained conviction over the past 90 days.

Conference Call

Alexandria Real Estate's Q4 is scheduled to hold a conference call at 8:00 a.m. ET and it can be accessed here: http://investor.are.com/news.aspx?iid=111908