Essential Properties Realty Trust Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essential Properties Realty Trust in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Essential Properties Realty Trust stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EPRT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Essential Properties Realty Trust's shares. Their EPRT stock forecasts range from $22.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Essential Properties Realty Trust's share price to reach $27.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.1% from the stock's current price.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust's stock was trading at $28.83 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, EPRT shares have decreased by 23.7% and is now trading at $22.00.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,090,000 shares, an increase of 18.8% from the May 31st total of 2,600,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 868,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 27th 2022.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EPRT) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 16th. The company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.02. Essential Properties Realty Trust had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.15% and a net margin of 42.54%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.27 EPS.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Thursday, July 14th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 29th. This is an increase from Essential Properties Realty Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.26.
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Essential Properties Realty Trust(NYSE:EPRT) pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.82%. EPRT has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Essential Properties Realty Trust has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Essential Properties Realty Trust is 118.18%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Essential Properties Realty Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 62.65% next year. This indicates that Essential Properties Realty Trust will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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(EPRT) raised $499 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, June 21st 2018. The company issued 32,200,000 shares at $14.00-$17.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse served as the underwriters for the IPO and RBC Capital Markets, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Evercore ISI and Ladenburg Thalmann were co-managers.

Essential Properties Realty Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EPRT."

Essential Properties Realty Trust's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (16.94%), Vanguard Group Inc. (15.21%), Wellington Management Group LLP (8.48%), State Street Corp (5.58%), Invesco Ltd. (3.67%) and Eaton Vance Management (2.08%). Company insiders that own Essential Properties Realty Trust stock include Eldridge Industries, Llc, Gregg A Seibert, Mark E Patten, Peter M Mavoides, Scott A Estes, Stephen D Sautel and Timothy J Earnshaw.
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EPRT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., GRS Advisors LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Northern Trust Corp, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, and Bank of America Corp DE. Company insiders that have sold Essential Properties Realty Trust company stock in the last two years include Gregg A Seibert, and Timothy J Earnshaw.
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EPRT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Vanguard Group Inc., Weiss Multi Strategy Advisers LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Eaton Vance Management, Prudential Financial Inc., and HGI Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Essential Properties Realty Trust stock in the last two years include Mark E Patten, Peter M Mavoides, and Timothy J Earnshaw.
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Shares of EPRT 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 EPRT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $22.00.

Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) has a market capitalization of $2.89 billion and generates $230.23 million in revenue each year. The company earns $95.72 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.879990 on an earnings per share basis.

Essential Properties Realty Trust employs 37 workers across the globe.

Essential Properties Realty Trust's mailing address is 902 CARNEGIE CENTER BLVD. SUITE 520, PRINCETON NJ, 08540. The official website for Essential Properties Realty Trust is www.essentialproperties.com. The company can be reached via phone at (609) 436-0619 or via email at [email protected].