Welltower (WELL) Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Welltower in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" WELL shares.
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11 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Welltower's shares. Their WELL share price forecasts range from $70.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $85.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% from the stock's current price.
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Welltower's stock was trading at $65.55 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, WELL stock has increased by 23.3% and is now trading at $80.80.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 6th 2023.
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Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 2nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.82 by $0.77. The real estate investment trust earned $1.56 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.57 billion. Welltower had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 0.56% and a net margin of 1.90%. The business's revenue was up 11.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.82 EPS.
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Welltower announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.61 per share on Wednesday, August 23rd. This represents a $2.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.02%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Welltower (NYSE:WELL) stock in their portfolio include iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF (REZ), Janus Henderson U.S. Real Estate ETF (JRE), ETFB Green SRI REITs ETF (RITA), ALPS Active REIT ETF (REIT), iShares Cohen & Steers REIT ETF (ICF), JPMorgan Realty Income ETF (JPRE), Principal Real Estate Active Opportunities ETF (BYRE) and Residential REIT ETF (HAUS).

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.93%. The dividend payout ratio is 1,060.92%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, WELL will have a dividend payout ratio of 61.93% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Welltower updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Monday, September, 11th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.51-3.60 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.55.

1 employees have rated Welltower Chief Executive Officer Shankh Mitra on Glassdoor.com. Shankh Mitra has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Shankh Mitra in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Welltower's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.30%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (7.33%), State Street Corp (6.21%), Capital International Investors (4.12%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.22%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.99%).
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Shares of WELL 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 WELL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.80.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) has a market capitalization of $41.91 billion and generates $5.86 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $141.21 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.23 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 514 workers across the globe.

Welltower's mailing address is 4500 DORR STREET, TOLEDO OH, 43615. The official website for the company is www.welltower.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (419) 247-2800, via email at sestes@welltower.com, or via fax at 419-247-2826.