Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS Raises Stake in Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. $OHI

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS raised its holdings in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) by 22.2% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 208,199 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 37,758 shares during the period. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS’s holdings in Omega Healthcare Investors were worth $9,123,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its position in Omega Healthcare Investors by 91.9% during the 4th quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 389,305 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $17,262,000 after buying an additional 186,399 shares during the period. CPC Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors in the fourth quarter valued at about $3,050,000. Pensionfund PDN purchased a new position in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors in the fourth quarter valued at about $2,053,000. BOKF NA raised its stake in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors by 51.8% during the fourth quarter. BOKF NA now owns 189,095 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $8,384,000 after acquiring an additional 64,539 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Oxbow Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors during the first quarter valued at about $7,373,000. 65.25% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on OHI shares. Barclays initiated coverage on shares of Omega Healthcare Investors in a report on Tuesday, July 7th. They set an “underweight” rating and a $51.00 target price for the company. Raymond James Financial assumed coverage on Omega Healthcare Investors in a report on Tuesday, June 16th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $50.00 price target on the stock. Truist Financial lowered their price target on Omega Healthcare Investors from $48.00 to $46.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, June 9th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Omega Healthcare Investors from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b+)” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 30th. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of Omega Healthcare Investors in a research report on Monday, June 15th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Omega Healthcare Investors has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $48.50.

Omega Healthcare Investors Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of NYSE OHI opened at $48.46 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 5.32, a quick ratio of 5.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81. Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. has a 12 month low of $37.58 and a 12 month high of $50.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.43 billion, a PE ratio of 23.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 0.58. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $46.96 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.10.

Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.49 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $322.95 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $264.07 million. Omega Healthcare Investors had a return on equity of 11.86% and a net margin of 51.14%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.75 earnings per share. Omega Healthcare Investors has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.190-3.250 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. will post 3.09 earnings per share for the current year.

Omega Healthcare Investors Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 4th were issued a dividend of $0.67 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 4th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.5%. Omega Healthcare Investors’s dividend payout ratio is 129.47%.

About Omega Healthcare Investors

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in the ownership and management of healthcare-related facilities. The company’s core business involves acquiring and leasing long-term care properties, including skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities, under net lease agreements. Its portfolio is designed to provide stable, inflation-protected cash flows from operators responsible for day-to-day property management.

Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, Omega Healthcare Investors has grown its holdings to encompass hundreds of facilities across the United States, with a smaller presence in select international markets.