Welltower (WELL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) is a real estate investment trust focused on healthcare-related properties. The company owns, develops, and invests in a diversified portfolio of senior housing, outpatient medical, and other healthcare real estate assets.

Its senior housing portfolio includes independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities. Welltower also provides capital to healthcare providers and partners with operators to support the development and operation of facilities serving aging populations. Its outpatient medical properties are located near major hospitals and health systems and are designed to accommodate physician practices and other healthcare services.

Welltower serves markets in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The company was founded in 1970 as Health Care REIT, Inc. and adopted the Welltower name in 2015. Its business strategy emphasizes real estate positioned near leading healthcare systems and densely populated, affluent communities.

Welltower is led by Chief Executive Officer and President Shankh Mitra, who has overseen the company since 2022. As a publicly traded REIT, Welltower generally distributes a significant portion of its taxable income to shareholders through dividends, subject to applicable requirements and company policies.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $233.51 to $238.20
• 50-Day Range: $221.18 to $241.81
• 52-Week Range: $171.25 to $255.20
• Volume: 690,397 shs
• Average Volume: 3.11 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $169.06 billion
• P/E Ratio: 107.64
• Dividend Yield: 1.45%
• Price Target: $255.32
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Welltower Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Welltower scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 53rd out of 186 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Welltower has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.95, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 15 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Welltower is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Welltower has been the subject of 16 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 16.33%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Welltower are expected to grow by 16.33% in the coming year, from $6.43 to $7.48 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Welltower is 106.54, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 36.70.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Welltower is 106.54, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 23.82.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Welltower has a PEG Ratio of 1.10. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Welltower has a P/B Ratio of 3.71. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.47% of the float of Welltower has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Welltower has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.02.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Welltower has recently increased by 0.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Welltower pays a meaningful dividend of 1.48%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Welltower has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Welltower is 155.96%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Welltower will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.45% next year. This indicates that Welltower will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.23

News Sentiment

Welltower has a news sentiment score of 0.23. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Welltower this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

17 people have searched for WELL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 42% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

17 people have added Welltower to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 21% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $2,407,650.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0014% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Welltower insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $2,407,650.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.37% of the stock of Welltower is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

94.80% of the stock of Welltower is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/27/2026
• Record date for 8/20 Dividend: 8/12/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/20 Dividend: 8/12/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/20/2026
• Today: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/26/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Healthcare REITs
• Sub-Industry: Healthcare REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WELL
• CIK: 766704
• Web: www.welltower.com
• Phone: (419) 247-2800
• Fax: 419-247-2826
• Employees: 712
• Year Founded: 1970

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Welltower: $255.32
• High Price Target: $277.00
• Low Price Target: $196.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +9.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.95
• Research Coverage: 20 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.18
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 106.54
• Forward P/E Ratio: 36.12
• P/E Growth: 1.1
• Net Income: $936.84 million
• Net Margins: 12.15%
• Pretax Margin: -2.44%
• Return on Equity: 3.56%
• Return on Assets: 2.35%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.37
• Current Ratio: 3.16
• Quick Ratio: 3.16

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $12.59 billion
• Price / Sales: 13.30
• Cash Flow: $4.52 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 51.36
• Book Value: $62.56 per share
• Price / Book: 3.71

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 720,745,000
• Free Float: 718,078,000
• Market Cap: $167.39 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.75