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Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$31.84 -0.09 (-0.28%)
As of 03:04 PM Eastern

About Essential Properties Realty Trust Stock (NYSE:EPRT)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$31.18
$32.24
50-Day Range
$28.41
$32.84
52-Week Range
$26.07
$34.88
Volume
957,167 shs
Average Volume
1.66 million shs
Market Capitalization
$6.29 billion
P/E Ratio
27.93
Dividend Yield
3.71%
Price Target
$34.91
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc., a real estate company, acquires, owns, and manages single-tenant properties in the United States. The company leases its properties to middle-market companies, such as restaurants, car washes, automotive services, medical and dental services, convenience stores, equipment rental, entertainment, early childhood education, grocery, and health and fitness on a long-term basis. As of December 31, 2021, it had a portfolio of 1, 451 properties. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

Essential Properties Realty Trust Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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36th Percentile Overall Score

EPRT MarketRank™: 

Essential Properties Realty Trust scored higher than 36% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 642nd out of 949 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Essential Properties Realty Trust has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.79, and is based on 11 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Essential Properties Realty Trust has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Essential Properties Realty Trust's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Essential Properties Realty Trust are expected to grow by 8.20% in the coming year, from $1.83 to $1.98 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Essential Properties Realty Trust is 28.02, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.71.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Essential Properties Realty Trust is 28.02, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 21.92.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Essential Properties Realty Trust has a PEG Ratio of 2.90. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Essential Properties Realty Trust has a P/B Ratio of 1.68. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    6.92% of the float of Essential Properties Realty Trust has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Essential Properties Realty Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.3.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Essential Properties Realty Trust has recently increased by 0.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Leadership

    Essential Properties Realty Trust is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.72%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    Essential Properties Realty Trust does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Essential Properties Realty Trust is 102.61%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Essential Properties Realty Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.60% next year. This indicates that Essential Properties Realty Trust will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Essential Properties Realty Trust's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    6.92% of the float of Essential Properties Realty Trust has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Essential Properties Realty Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.3.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Essential Properties Realty Trust has recently increased by 0.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • News Sentiment

    Essential Properties Realty Trust has a news sentiment score of 1.01. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.88 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 28 news articles for Essential Properties Realty Trust this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    4 people have added Essential Properties Realty Trust to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Essential Properties Realty Trust insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,366,450.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.81% of the stock of Essential Properties Realty Trust is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    96.98% of the stock of Essential Properties Realty Trust is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Essential Properties Realty Trust's insider trading history.
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EPRT Stock News Headlines

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EPRT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Essential Properties Realty Trust's stock was trading at $31.28 at the start of the year. Since then, EPRT shares have increased by 2.1% and is now trading at $31.94.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EPRT) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 23rd. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.01. The firm's revenue was up 24.9% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT) raised $499 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, June 21st 2018. The company issued 32,200,000 shares at a price of $14.00-$17.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse acted as the underwriters for the IPO and RBC Capital Markets, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Evercore ISI and Ladenburg Thalmann were co-managers.

Top institutional investors of Essential Properties Realty Trust include Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.54%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.75%), Brown Advisory Inc. (0.71%) and Handelsbanken Fonder AB (0.35%). Insiders that own company stock include Peter M Mavoides, Stephen D Sautel and Mark E Patten.
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Shares of EPRT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Essential Properties Realty Trust investors own include Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Realty Income (O), Pfizer (PFE) and VICI Properties (VICI).

Company Calendar

Record date for 4/11 Dividend
3/31/2025
Ex-Dividend for 4/11 Dividend
3/31/2025
Dividend Payable
4/11/2025
Last Earnings
4/23/2025
Today
4/30/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
Real estate investment trusts
Sub-Industry
Trading
Current Symbol
NYSE:EPRT
Fax
N/A
Employees
40
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$34.91
High Stock Price Target
$40.00
Low Stock Price Target
$32.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+9.4%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.79
Research Coverage
14 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
27.98
Forward P/E Ratio
17.43
P/E Growth
2.9
Net Income
$203 million
Pretax Margin
45.43%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$475.46 million
Cash Flow
$1.90 per share
Price / Cash Flow
16.78
Book Value
$19.03 per share
Price / Book
1.68

Miscellaneous

Free Float
186,171,000
Market Cap
$6.30 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.08
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This page (NYSE:EPRT) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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