What is Wedbush’s Estimate for Welltower FY2025 Earnings?

Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush boosted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Welltower in a research note issued on Friday, February 14th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will earn $4.91 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $4.71. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $167.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Welltower’s current full-year earnings is $4.30 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Welltower’s FY2025 earnings at $4.91 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.48 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.48 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on WELL. Raymond James upped their price objective on Welltower from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Bank of America upped their price target on Welltower from $221.00 to $242.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Mizuho lifted their price objective on Welltower from $136.00 to $141.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Scotiabank raised their price target on shares of Welltower from $142.00 to $144.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Monday, January 27th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of Welltower from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $140.19.

Welltower Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of NYSE WELL opened at $150.54 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $93.74 billion, a PE ratio of 99.04, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 4.10 and a current ratio of 4.10. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $132.15 and its 200-day moving average price is $129.33. Welltower has a 52-week low of $87.87 and a 52-week high of $152.81.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.73. Welltower had a net margin of 12.22% and a return on equity of 3.20%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Welltower

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Welltower in the fourth quarter worth $3,943,892,000. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its stake in Welltower by 638.0% in the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 6,920,426 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $886,022,000 after purchasing an additional 5,982,711 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Welltower by 38.1% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 14,428,564 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,847,289,000 after purchasing an additional 3,977,845 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp grew its position in shares of Welltower by 53.5% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,430,496 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,062,495,000 after purchasing an additional 2,939,229 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Welltower by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 98,295,258 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $12,388,151,000 after purchasing an additional 2,612,044 shares during the last quarter. 94.80% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Welltower Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be paid a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 25th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.78%. Welltower’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 176.32%.

Welltower Company Profile

Welltower Inc (NYSE:WELL), a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and S&P 500 company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is driving the transformation of health care infrastructure. Welltower invests with leading seniors housing operators, post-acute providers and health systems to fund the real estate infrastructure needed to scale innovative care delivery models and improve people’s wellness and overall health care experience.