Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) Receives $231.60 Consensus PT from Brokerages

Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) has received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the fifteen ratings firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, twelve have issued a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $231.25.

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. UBS Group lifted their price objective on Welltower from $240.00 to $249.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 4th. Mizuho set a $239.00 target price on Welltower in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on Welltower from $228.00 to $237.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Welltower from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Welltower from $245.00 to $255.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th.

Welltower Price Performance

WELL stock opened at $210.94 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $148.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 104.50, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 0.79. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $210.41 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $201.40. The company has a current ratio of 4.31, a quick ratio of 4.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40. Welltower has a 12-month low of $148.97 and a 12-month high of $221.68.

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

Welltower Dividend Announcement

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

Institutional Trading of Welltower

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of WELL. Hager Investment Management Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of Welltower by 84.4% during the 3rd quarter. Hager Investment Management Services LLC now owns 142 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares during the period. Leonteq Securities AG lifted its stake in shares of Welltower by 92.3% in the 1st quarter. Leonteq Securities AG now owns 125 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the period. Sound Income Strategies LLC boosted its position in shares of Welltower by 124.6% during the first quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 137 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares in the last quarter. Marquette Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Welltower by 62.8% in the fourth quarter. Marquette Asset Management LLC now owns 153 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the period. Finally, Swiss RE Ltd. purchased a new stake in Welltower in the fourth quarter worth $29,000. 94.80% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.