Advisors Preferred LLC Has $921,000 Stock Holdings in Welltower Inc. $WELL

Advisors Preferred LLC decreased its holdings in Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 69.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,135 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 11,451 shares during the period. Advisors Preferred LLC’s holdings in Welltower were worth $921,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. MMA Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Welltower in the third quarter valued at about $35,000. Global Wealth Strategies & Associates bought a new position in Welltower during the third quarter worth $36,000. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Welltower by 39.5% in the second quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 307 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $47,000 after buying an additional 87 shares during the period. Y.D. More Investments Ltd grew its stake in Welltower by 585.7% during the third quarter. Y.D. More Investments Ltd now owns 288 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $51,000 after purchasing an additional 246 shares during the period. Finally, Collier Financial acquired a new position in Welltower in the third quarter valued at approximately $54,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have weighed in on WELL. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Welltower in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Welltower from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Welltower from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, February 14th. UBS Group set a $240.00 target price on shares of Welltower in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $231.00 price target on shares of Welltower in a report on Monday, December 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Welltower has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $211.50.

Welltower Stock Up 0.1%

WELL stock opened at $208.13 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $145.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 148.67, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.85. Welltower Inc. has a 1-year low of $130.29 and a 1-year high of $216.43. The company has a current ratio of 3.46, a quick ratio of 3.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $191.34 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $183.12.

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

Welltower Announces Dividend

The company 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 dividend of $0.74 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 25th. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Welltower’s dividend payout ratio is presently 211.43%.

Welltower 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.