New York State Teachers Retirement System Has $3.90 Million Holdings in EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR)

New York State Teachers Retirement System decreased its stake in shares of EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR - Free Report) by 5.8% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 74,183 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 4,600 shares during the period. New York State Teachers Retirement System owned approximately 0.10% of EPR Properties worth $3,903,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina increased its stake in EPR Properties by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 32,851 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $1,455,000 after buying an additional 210 shares during the period. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of EPR Properties by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 15,071 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $667,000 after purchasing an additional 219 shares during the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management grew its stake in shares of EPR Properties by 11.5% in the 1st quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 2,339 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $123,000 after purchasing an additional 242 shares during the last quarter. Teamwork Financial Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of EPR Properties by 2.8% in the 1st quarter. Teamwork Financial Advisors LLC now owns 10,984 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $578,000 after purchasing an additional 295 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MRP Capital Investments LLC grew its stake in shares of EPR Properties by 9.9% in the 4th quarter. MRP Capital Investments LLC now owns 4,446 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $197,000 after purchasing an additional 401 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 74.66% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at EPR Properties

In other EPR Properties news, EVP Gregory E. Zimmerman sold 7,500 shares of EPR Properties stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $58.37, for a total value of $437,775.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 103,877 shares in the company, valued at $6,063,300.49. The trade was a 6.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 2.31% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

EPR has been the topic of several recent research reports. Stifel Nicolaus raised shares of EPR Properties from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $52.00 to $65.00 in a research note on Friday, June 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $58.00 price objective on shares of EPR Properties in a research note on Monday, May 19th. Raymond James Financial reiterated a "strong-buy" rating on shares of EPR Properties in a report on Friday, May 23rd. UBS Group raised their target price on shares of EPR Properties from $52.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, May 13th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of EPR Properties from $52.00 to $53.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a report on Monday, June 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $56.43.

EPR Properties Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of EPR stock traded down $0.67 during trading on Monday, hitting $58.83. 640,370 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 632,465. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 8.28 and a current ratio of 8.28. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.09, a P/E/G ratio of 4.53 and a beta of 1.27. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $54.86 and its 200 day simple moving average is $50.57. EPR Properties has a twelve month low of $41.38 and a twelve month high of $59.82.

EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $146.36 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $155.46 million. EPR Properties had a net margin of 21.13% and a return on equity of 6.30%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.12 earnings per share. As a group, analysts forecast that EPR Properties will post 4.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

EPR Properties Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a jun 25 dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 30th will be paid a $0.295 dividend. This represents a yield of 6.3%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 30th. EPR Properties's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 217.18%.

EPR Properties Profile

EPR Properties NYSE: EPR is the leading diversified experiential net lease real estate investment trust (REIT), specializing in select enduring experiential properties in the real estate industry. We focus on real estate venues that create value by facilitating out of home leisure and recreation experiences where consumers choose to spend their discretionary time and money.