Welltower (NYSE:WELL) Price Target Raised to $228.00

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) had its target price upped by stock analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $218.00 to $228.00 in a research note issued to investors on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has an “overweight” rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock. Wells Fargo & Company‘s price objective indicates a potential upside of 15.67% from the company’s previous close.

WELL has been the subject of a number of other research reports. KeyCorp upped their price target on Welltower from $210.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Scotiabank boosted their target price on shares of Welltower from $214.00 to $236.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Mizuho upped their target price on shares of Welltower from $216.00 to $231.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 4th. Cantor Fitzgerald raised their price target on shares of Welltower from $204.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Welltower from $200.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. One investment 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $225.43.

Welltower Stock Up 0.2%

NYSE:WELL traded up $0.38 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $197.11. The company had a trading volume of 384,543 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,243,224. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $199.86 and a 200-day simple moving average of $189.48. The firm has a market capitalization of $137.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 140.72, a PEG ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 0.82. Welltower 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.

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

Institutional Trading of Welltower

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in WELL. National Pension Service lifted its stake in Welltower by 2.1% during the third quarter. National Pension Service now owns 1,691,931 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $301,401,000 after purchasing an additional 34,532 shares during the last quarter. B&I Capital AG boosted its holdings in Welltower by 5.7% in the third quarter. B&I Capital AG now owns 161,440 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $28,759,000 after purchasing an additional 8,650 shares during the period. GDS Wealth Management increased its stake in Welltower by 13.7% during the third 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 raised its holdings in shares of Welltower by 4.6% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 39,616,289 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $6,090,212,000 after purchasing an additional 1,740,196 shares during the period. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Welltower by 193.5% during the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 196,453 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $30,201,000 after purchasing an additional 129,521 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

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.