EPR Properties Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:EPR)

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for EPR Properties in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" EPR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EPR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for EPR Properties' shares. Their EPR share price targets range from $40.00 to $52.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $47.31 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.1% from the stock's current price.
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EPR Properties' stock was trading at $37.72 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, EPR stock has increased by 22.9% and is now trading at $46.36.
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EPR Properties saw a decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,460,000 shares, a decline of 11.5% from the October 15th total of 2,780,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 586,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Approximately 3.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 28th 2024.
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EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.09 by $0.63. The real estate investment trust earned $160.45 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $149.39 million. EPR Properties had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.78% and a net margin of 23.84%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 28.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.71 EPS.

EPR Properties declared a monthly dividend on Wednesday, November 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.275 per share on Friday, December 15th. This represents a $3.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 29th.
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EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 7.27%. EPR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 170.98%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, EPR will have a dividend payout ratio of 70.06% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) stock in their portfolio include NETLease Corporate Real Estate ETF (NETL), Global X SuperDividend REIT ETF (SRET), GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF (HIPS), Invesco KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT ETF (KBWY), ALPS REIT Dividend Dogs ETF (RDOG), Ballast Small/Mid Cap ETF (MGMT), InfraCap Equity Income Fund ETF (ICAP) and Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF (RIET).

EPR Properties issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.11-1.19 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.19.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other EPR Properties investors own include AT&T (T), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Realty Income (O), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Coca-Cola (KO), Altria Group (MO), AbbVie (ABBV), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI) and Energy Transfer (ET).

EPR Properties' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Invesco Ltd. (6.98%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.87%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.63%), LSV Asset Management (1.52%), Rush Island Management LP (1.36%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.97%). Insiders that own company stock include Caixia Ziegler, Craig L Evans, Mark Alan Peterson, Robin Peppe Sterneck and Tonya L Mater.
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