NYSE:WELLWelltower Stock Price, Forecast & News

Welltower's stock was trading at $56.49 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WELL shares have increased by 9.5% and is now trading at $61.85. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Welltower in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Welltower.

Welltower is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Welltower.

Welltower Inc (NYSE:WELL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.01. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $1.26 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.28 billion. Welltower had a return on equity of 8.51% and a net margin of 24.71%. Welltower's revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.71 EPS. View Welltower's earnings history.

Welltower declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 19th will be given a dividend of $0.61 per share on Thursday, May 28th. This represents a $2.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.95%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 18th. View Welltower's dividend history.

18 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Welltower's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $93.00. On average, they expect Welltower's share price to reach $62.69 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Welltower.

Headlines about WELL stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Welltower earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutWelltower.

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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. (10.37%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (8.25%), State Street Corp (6.50%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.95%), Morgan Stanley (1.56%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.42%). Company insiders that own Welltower stock include Mercedes Kerr, Shankh Mitra and Thomas J Derosa. View institutional ownership trends for Welltower.

WELL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, Principal Financial Group Inc., PGGM Investments, Invesco Ltd., Federated Hermes Inc., Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Cbre Clarion Securities LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Welltower.

WELL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen & Steers Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., UBS Group AG, Cullen Capital Management LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Prudential PLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and Waddell & Reed Financial Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Welltower.

Shares of WELL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of WELL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.85.

Welltower has a market capitalization of $25.82 billion and generates $5.12 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $1.23 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.16 on an earnings per share basis. Welltower employs 384 workers across the globe.

The official website for Welltower is www.welltower.com.

Welltower's mailing address is 4500 DORR STREET, TOLEDO OH, 43615. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 419-247-2800 or via email at [email protected]