Welltower (NYSE:WELL) Stock Rating Lowered by Wall Street Zen

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) was downgraded by stock analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report issued on Saturday.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $231.00 price objective on shares of Welltower in a report on Monday, December 15th. Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price target on Welltower from $204.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. UBS Group set a $240.00 price target on shares of Welltower in a research report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Welltower from $170.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Welltower in a research note on Wednesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Welltower presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $210.21.

Welltower Stock Up 1.2%

Shares of Welltower stock opened at $210.71 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $144.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 150.51, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.85. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $189.50 and a 200-day simple moving average of $181.51. Welltower has a 52-week low of $130.29 and a 52-week high of $212.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 3.46 and a quick ratio of 5.47.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.45 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.44 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $3.18 billion for 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.13 earnings per share. Welltower has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.090-6.25 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Welltower will post 4.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Welltower by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 92,421,471 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $17,154,349,000 after purchasing an additional 2,643,088 shares in the last quarter. Capital International Investors raised its position in shares of Welltower by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 47,431,769 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $8,805,411,000 after acquiring an additional 915,514 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of Welltower by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 41,760,328 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $7,751,134,000 after purchasing an additional 506,374 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in Welltower in the second quarter valued at approximately $4,903,554,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of Welltower by 1.9% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 19,378,590 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $3,452,102,000 after purchasing an additional 367,463 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

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.