Entropy Technologies LP Has $10.18 Million Stock Position in Welltower Inc. $WELL

Entropy Technologies LP decreased its stake in shares of Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 11.1% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 54,824 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 6,811 shares during the period. Entropy Technologies LP’s holdings in Welltower were worth $10,176,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in WELL. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in shares of Welltower by 7.1% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,185 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $527,000 after purchasing an additional 279 shares during the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC increased its holdings in shares of Welltower by 31.7% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 14,790 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,266,000 after acquiring an additional 3,564 shares during the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Welltower by 7.1% during the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,910 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $294,000 after acquiring an additional 127 shares during the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. raised its stake in Welltower by 7.3% in the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 10,871 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,671,000 after acquiring an additional 735 shares during the period. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in Welltower by 27.0% in the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 12,435 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,912,000 after acquiring an additional 2,641 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Citigroup raised their price target on Welltower from $245.00 to $255.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Welltower from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on shares of Welltower from $237.00 to $248.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of Welltower from $200.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Welltower from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $231.60.

Welltower Stock Performance

WELL opened at $213.96 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $209.96 and a 200 day simple moving average of $201.30. The company has a market capitalization of $151.03 billion, a PE ratio of 105.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 0.79. Welltower Inc. has a 1 year low of $148.97 and a 1 year high of $221.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 4.31 and a quick ratio of 4.31.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.34. The business had revenue of $3.35 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.12 billion. Welltower had a return on equity of 3.45% and a net margin of 11.96%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 38.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.20 EPS. Welltower has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.210-6.350 EPS. Research analysts expect that Welltower Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current year.

Welltower Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 21st. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 13th were paid a $0.74 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, May 13th. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. Welltower’s payout ratio is 146.53%.

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.