Welltower Inc. $WELL Shares Acquired by Walleye Capital LLC

Walleye Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 438.9% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 211,681 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 172,398 shares during the quarter. Walleye Capital LLC’s holdings in Welltower were worth $48,045,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in Welltower by 7.1% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,185 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $527,000 after purchasing an additional 279 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its stake in shares of Welltower by 31.7% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 14,790 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,266,000 after purchasing an additional 3,564 shares during the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Welltower by 7.1% during the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,910 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $294,000 after buying an additional 127 shares in the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Welltower by 7.3% during the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 10,871 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,671,000 after buying an additional 735 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Welltower by 27.0% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 12,435 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,912,000 after buying an additional 2,641 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Welltower from $249.00 to $271.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 8th. Scotiabank lowered their target price on shares of Welltower from $248.00 to $232.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Mizuho boosted their price target on Welltower from $239.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Wall Street Zen raised Welltower from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Finally, Raymond James Financial initiated coverage on Welltower in a report on Tuesday, June 16th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $226.00 price objective on the stock. Fourteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $246.11.

Welltower Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of WELL stock opened at $235.55 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $169.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 108.05, a PEG ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 0.76. Welltower Inc. has a 1-year low of $161.26 and a 1-year high of $255.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 3.16 and a quick ratio of 3.16. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $229.65 and its 200-day simple moving average is $214.01.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last released its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.66 by ($0.05). Welltower had a return on equity of 3.56% and a net margin of 12.15%.The company had revenue of $3.54 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.40 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.28 earnings per share. Welltower’s revenue was up 39.1% on a year-over-year basis. Welltower has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.360-6.440 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Welltower Inc. will post 6.43 EPS for the current year.

Welltower Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 20th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 12th will be issued a $0.85 dividend. This is a boost from Welltower’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.74. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 12th. This represents a $3.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Welltower’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 155.96%.

Welltower Profile

Welltower Inc (NYSE: WELL) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires and manages real estate serving the health care industry. The company specializes in healthcare infrastructure, owning and operating a diversified portfolio of senior housing, post-acute and long-term care communities, and outpatient medical properties. Welltower’s assets are designed to support the delivery of health care services through a combination of leased properties, joint ventures, and other capital arrangements with health care operators and providers.

The company’s property types include assisted living, memory care, independent living and skilled nursing facilities, as well as medical office buildings and other outpatient-care real estate such as ambulatory surgery centers and specialty clinics.