Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) Receives Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) has been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seventeen research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and fourteen have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $246.1111.

A number of brokerages have issued reports on WELL. Mizuho upped their price target on shares of Welltower from $239.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $245.00 price target on shares of Welltower in a research note on Monday, May 4th. KeyCorp raised their price objective on Welltower from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Welltower from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. Finally, Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Welltower from $255.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st.

Institutional Trading of Welltower

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of WELL. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in 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 worth $17,154,349,000 after purchasing an additional 2,643,088 shares in the last quarter. Capital International Investors lifted its stake in shares of Welltower by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 47,431,769 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $8,805,411,000 after purchasing an additional 915,514 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Welltower by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 41,760,328 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $7,751,134,000 after buying an additional 506,374 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Welltower during the fourth quarter worth $5,466,264,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in Welltower by 6.6% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 21,750,501 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $4,300,291,000 after buying an additional 1,347,243 shares during the period. 94.80% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Welltower Stock Up 2.2%

Shares of WELL stock opened at $236.78 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $225.30 and its 200 day moving average price is $211.91. Welltower has a 1-year low of $161.26 and a 1-year high of $255.20. The company has a market cap of $170.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 108.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 3.16 and a quick ratio of 3.16.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.61 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.66 by ($0.05). Welltower had a return on equity of 3.56% and a net margin of 12.15%.The business had revenue of $3.54 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.40 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.28 EPS. Welltower’s revenue was up 39.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Welltower has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.360-6.440 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Welltower will post 6.43 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Welltower Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 20th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.85 per share. This represents a $3.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 12th. This is an increase from Welltower’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.74. Welltower’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 155.96%.

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.