Wedbush Has Positive Outlook for Welltower FY2025 Earnings

Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) – Research analysts at Wedbush upped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for Welltower in a report released on Thursday, May 1st. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will earn $5.00 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $4.91. Wedbush has a “Underperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Welltower’s current full-year earnings is $4.88 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Welltower’s FY2026 earnings at $5.42 EPS.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.05. Welltower had a return on equity of 3.15% and a net margin of 11.91%. The firm had revenue of $2.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.40 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.01 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 30.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on the company. StockNews.com lowered Welltower from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of Welltower from $221.00 to $242.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Scotiabank boosted their target price on shares of Welltower from $165.00 to $166.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. Evercore ISI upped their target price on shares of Welltower from $145.00 to $157.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Mizuho lifted their price target on Welltower from $141.00 to $170.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $157.46.

Welltower Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of Welltower stock opened at $150.48 on Friday. Welltower has a twelve month low of $94.66 and a twelve month high of $158.55. The stock has a market capitalization of $98.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 96.46, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.93. 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 business’s 50 day simple moving average is $148.06 and its 200-day simple moving average is $139.08.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position 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 worth $12,388,151,000 after purchasing an additional 2,612,044 shares during the period. Capital International Investors increased its stake in Welltower by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 37,096,408 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $4,674,826,000 after purchasing an additional 318,496 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Welltower during the 4th quarter worth about $3,943,892,000. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in Welltower by 9.7% during 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, FMR LLC lifted its stake in Welltower by 9.4% during the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 15,782,795 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,989,106,000 after buying an additional 1,354,231 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

Welltower Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.67 per share. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 14th. Welltower’s payout ratio is 171.79%.

Welltower Company 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.