EPR Properties (EPR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for EPR Properties in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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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7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for EPR Properties' stock. Their EPR share price forecasts range from $40.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $48.81 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.8% from the stock's current price.
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EPR Properties' stock was trading at $37.72 at the beginning of the year. Since then, EPR shares have increased by 11.7% and is now trading at $42.15.
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EPR Properties saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,680,000 shares, an increase of 7.9% from the July 31st total of 3,410,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 609,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.0 days. Approximately 5.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 1st 2023.
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EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.09 by $0.63. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $160.45 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $149.39 million. EPR Properties had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.51% and a net margin of 24.02%. EPR Properties's revenue was up 28.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.71 EPS.

EPR Properties declared a monthly dividend on Thursday, September 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 29th will be given a dividend of $0.275 per share on Monday, October 16th. This represents a $3.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 28th.
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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 (NYSE:EPR) pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 7.72%. 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 176.47%. 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 68.46% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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EPR Properties updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.05-$5.15 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.90. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EPR."

EPR Properties' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.57%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.96%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.67%), Waterfront Capital Partners LLC (1.61%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.58%) and LSV Asset Management (1.54%). 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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Shares of EPR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EPR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.15.

EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) has a market capitalization of $3.17 billion and generates $658.03 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $176.23 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.87 on an earnings per share basis.

EPR Properties' mailing address is 909 WALNUT STREET SUITE 200, KANSAS CITY MO, 64106. The official website for the company is www.eprkc.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (816) 472-1700, via email at info@eprkc.com, or via fax at 816-472-5794.