Welltower (NYSE:WELL) Price Target Raised to $231.00

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) had its target price upped by research analysts at Mizuho from $216.00 to $231.00 in a research report issued on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has an “outperform” rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock. Mizuho’s price target would indicate a potential upside of 11.12% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other research analysts also recently commented on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $231.00 target price on shares of Welltower in a research report on Monday, December 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $205.00 price target on shares of Welltower in a report on Thursday, December 18th. UBS Group set a $240.00 price objective on Welltower in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of Welltower from $200.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Welltower from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, February 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Welltower has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $224.71.

Welltower Trading Down 1.1%

Shares of NYSE:WELL opened at $207.88 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 3.46 and a current ratio of 3.46. Welltower has a 52-week low of $130.29 and a 52-week high of $216.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $145.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 148.49, a PEG ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 0.82. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $194.20 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $185.34.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.45 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.01. Welltower had a net margin of 8.64% and a return on equity of 2.46%. The business had revenue of $3.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.93 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.13 earnings per share. Welltower’s quarterly revenue was up 41.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Welltower has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.090-6.25 EPS. Analysts expect that Welltower will post 4.88 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Welltower

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in WELL. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Welltower by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 92,421,471 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $17,154,349,000 after buying an additional 2,643,088 shares during the last quarter. Capital International Investors lifted its position in Welltower by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 47,431,769 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $8,805,411,000 after purchasing an additional 915,514 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Welltower by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 41,760,328 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $7,751,134,000 after buying an additional 506,374 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Welltower in the second quarter valued at $4,903,554,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in Welltower by 5.3% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 20,403,258 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $3,787,049,000 after acquiring an additional 1,024,668 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

About Welltower

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.