Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) has received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the fifteen ratings firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have issued a hold recommendation, ten have assigned a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $225.4286.

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. KeyCorp boosted their target price on Welltower from $210.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Welltower from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $231.00 price objective on shares of Welltower in a research report on Monday, December 15th. Mizuho upped their target price on shares of Welltower from $216.00 to $231.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 4th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald increased their target price on shares of Welltower from $204.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 12th.

Institutional Trading of Welltower

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. National Pension Service raised its stake in Welltower by 2.1% during the 3rd quarter. National Pension Service now owns 1,691,931 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $301,401,000 after acquiring an additional 34,532 shares during the last quarter. B&I Capital AG grew its stake in shares of Welltower by 5.7% in the 3rd quarter. B&I Capital AG now owns 161,440 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $28,759,000 after purchasing an additional 8,650 shares during the last quarter. GDS Wealth Management grew its stake in shares of Welltower by 13.7% in the 3rd quarter. GDS Wealth Management now owns 63,763 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $11,359,000 after purchasing an additional 7,699 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of Welltower by 4.6% in the second 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 purchasing an additional 1,740,196 shares during the period. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Welltower by 193.5% in the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 196,453 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $30,201,000 after purchasing an additional 129,521 shares during the period. 94.80% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Welltower Trading Down 0.7%

NYSE WELL opened at $195.26 on Friday. Welltower has a 52 week low of $130.29 and a 52 week high of $216.43. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $200.00 and a two-hundred day moving average of $189.52. The company has a quick ratio of 3.46, a current ratio of 3.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. The stock has a market capitalization of $136.24 billion, a PE ratio of 139.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 0.82.

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

Welltower Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 25th were issued a dividend of $0.74 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, February 25th. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.5%. Welltower’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 211.43%.

About Welltower

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.