Natixis Advisors LLC Has $44.83 Million Position in Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL)

Natixis Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL - Free Report) by 6.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 355,665 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after purchasing an additional 20,106 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC owned 0.06% of Welltower worth $44,825,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Retirement Systems of Alabama lifted its position in Welltower by 3.7% in the third quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 470,419 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $60,228,000 after purchasing an additional 16,946 shares during the period. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. lifted its position in Welltower by 120.3% in the fourth quarter. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. now owns 14,417 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $1,817,000 after purchasing an additional 7,872 shares during the period. Barclays PLC lifted its position in Welltower by 29.2% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,684,446 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $215,659,000 after purchasing an additional 380,888 shares during the period. Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its position in Welltower by 20.1% in the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 13,456 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $1,696,000 after purchasing an additional 2,250 shares during the period. Finally, Cbre Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC lifted its position in Welltower by 17.3% in the fourth quarter. Cbre Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC now owns 1,936,954 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $244,114,000 after purchasing an additional 285,015 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.80% of the company's stock.

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Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently commented on the company. Mizuho raised their target price on Welltower from $141.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Welltower from $140.00 to $158.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Monday, March 10th. Royal Bank of Canada raised Welltower from a "sector perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $146.00 to $168.00 in a report on Friday, February 28th. Jefferies Financial Group raised Welltower from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $132.00 to $147.00 in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Finally, Evercore ISI lifted their price objective on Welltower from $144.00 to $145.00 and gave the company an "in-line" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $156.46.

Welltower Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of NYSE:WELL traded down $0.99 during trading on Thursday, hitting $147.77. 4,751,314 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,587,720. Welltower Inc. has a 52 week low of $87.87 and a 52 week high of $158.55. The company has a current ratio of 4.22, a quick ratio of 4.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The company has a market cap of $94.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 94.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $142.63 and a 200-day moving average price of $134.35.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.13 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.73. Welltower had a return on equity of 3.15% and a net margin of 11.91%. As a group, research analysts forecast that Welltower Inc. will post 4.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Welltower Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 25th were paid a dividend of $0.67 per share. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 25th. Welltower's dividend payout ratio is currently 171.79%.

Welltower Profile

Welltower Inc NYSE: WELL, a real estate investment trust ("REIT") and S&P 500 company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is driving the transformation of health care infrastructure. Welltower invests with leading seniors housing operators, post-acute providers and health systems to fund the real estate infrastructure needed to scale innovative care delivery models and improve people's wellness and overall health care experience.