Welltower Inc. $WELL Shares Bought by Barclays PLC

Barclays PLC raised its holdings in Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 13.0% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 1,829,171 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 210,066 shares during the quarter. Barclays PLC owned about 0.27% of Welltower worth $325,849,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Welltower by 4.7% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 89,778,383 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $15,993,121,000 after buying an additional 3,991,896 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Welltower by 4.6% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 39,616,289 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $6,090,212,000 after acquiring an additional 1,740,196 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Welltower in the second quarter worth $4,903,554,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Welltower by 5.1% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 15,012,454 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,303,484,000 after purchasing an additional 723,887 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in Welltower by 1.9% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,898,391 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,214,232,000 after purchasing an additional 149,724 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

WELL has been the topic of several analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $205.00 price target on shares of Welltower in a research report on Thursday, December 18th. Scotiabank boosted their price objective on Welltower from $214.00 to $236.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Cantor Fitzgerald upped their target price on Welltower from $204.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Wall Street Zen lowered Welltower from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, February 14th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price target on Welltower from $215.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $224.71.

Welltower Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:WELL opened at $204.09 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 3.46 and a quick ratio of 3.46. Welltower Inc. has a 1 year low of $130.29 and a 1 year high of $216.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $142.40 billion, a PE ratio of 145.78, a P/E/G ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 0.82. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $195.27 and its 200-day moving average price is $185.92.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.45 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $3.18 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.93 billion. Welltower had a return on equity of 2.46% and a net margin of 8.64%.The firm’s revenue was up 41.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.13 EPS. Welltower has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.090-6.25 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Welltower Inc. will post 4.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Welltower Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 25th will be paid a $0.74 dividend. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 25th. Welltower’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 211.43%.

Welltower Company Profile

Welltower Inc (NYSE: WELL) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires and manages real estate serving the health care industry. The company specializes in healthcare infrastructure, owning and operating a diversified portfolio of senior housing, post-acute and long-term care communities, and outpatient medical properties. Welltower’s assets are designed to support the delivery of health care services through a combination of leased properties, joint ventures, and other capital arrangements with health care operators and providers.

The company’s property types include assisted living, memory care, independent living and skilled nursing facilities, as well as medical office buildings and other outpatient-care real estate such as ambulatory surgery centers and specialty clinics.