Welltower - WELL Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Welltower in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" WELL shares.
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15 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Welltower's stock. Their WELL share price forecasts range from $66.00 to $110.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $82.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.6% from the stock's current price.
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Welltower's stock was trading at $65.55 at the start of the year. Since then, WELL shares have increased by 3.6% and is now trading at $67.88.
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Welltower saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 12,120,000 shares, an increase of 15.6% from the February 13th total of 10,480,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,500,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 9th 2023.
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Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 9th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.65. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $1.47 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.42 billion. Welltower had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 0.71% and a net margin of 2.41%. Welltower's quarterly revenue was up 29.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.79 earnings per share.
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Welltower declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.61 per share on Wednesday, March 8th. This represents a $2.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.59%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 27th.
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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), Principal Real Estate Active Opportunities ETF (BYRE), Residential REIT Income ETF (HAUS), ALPS Active REIT ETF (REIT), Fidelity Real Estate Investment ETF (FPRO) and iShares Cohen & Steers REIT ETF (ICF).

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.62%. The dividend payout ratio is 762.52%. 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 63.71% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Welltower updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 15th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.35-$3.53 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.57. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Norges Bank (3.57%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.23%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.17%), Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (2.16%), Morgan Stanley (1.37%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.34%).
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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 $67.88.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) has a market capitalization of $33.30 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 $0.32 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 464 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.