Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL - Free Report) - Analysts at Wedbush boosted their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Welltower in a research report issued on Friday, February 14th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson now forecasts that the real estate investment trust will earn $4.91 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $4.71. Wedbush has a "Outperform" rating and a $167.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Welltower's current full-year earnings is $4.87 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Welltower's FY2025 earnings at $4.91 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.48 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.48 EPS.
Welltower (NYSE:WELL - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 11th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.73. Welltower had a return on equity of 3.15% and a net margin of 11.91%.
A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on WELL. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Welltower from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their target price for the company from $132.00 to $147.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. Mizuho raised their price objective on shares of Welltower from $136.00 to $141.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Scotiabank upped their target price on shares of Welltower from $142.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock a "sector outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, January 27th. StockNews.com lowered Welltower from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, Raymond James increased their price objective on Welltower from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, December 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $140.19.
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Welltower Price Performance
Shares of NYSE:WELL traded down $1.09 on Monday, hitting $149.71. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,345,178 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,597,846. Welltower has a 1 year low of $87.87 and a 1 year high of $152.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 4.22 and a quick ratio of 4.22. The company has a market capitalization of $96.01 billion, a PE ratio of 95.97, a PEG ratio of 2.94 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $133.00 and a 200 day simple moving average of $129.74.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Welltower
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in WELL. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Welltower by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 98,295,258 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $12,388,151,000 after acquiring an additional 2,612,044 shares during the last quarter. Capital International Investors increased its holdings in Welltower by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 37,096,408 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $4,674,826,000 after purchasing an additional 318,496 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new position in Welltower during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $3,943,892,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in Welltower by 9.7% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 18,706,788 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $2,357,617,000 after buying an additional 1,652,611 shares during the period. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP grew its position in shares of Welltower by 10.6% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 18,685,844 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $2,392,349,000 after buying an additional 1,797,330 shares during the last quarter. 94.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Welltower Dividend Announcement
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be paid a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 25th. Welltower's payout ratio is 171.79%.
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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.
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