Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS Increases Stake in Welltower Inc. $WELL

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS grew its stake in Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 1.2% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 384,545 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 4,386 shares during the quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS’s holdings in Welltower were worth $71,375,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in shares of Welltower by 36.3% in the 4th quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,081,882 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $200,808,000 after buying an additional 287,921 shares during the period. Holderness Investments Co. boosted its stake in shares of Welltower by 5.1% in the 4th quarter. Holderness Investments Co. now owns 1,237 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $230,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the period. WASHINGTON TRUST Co purchased a new position in shares of Welltower in the 4th quarter valued at about $305,000. Forsta AP Fonden boosted its stake in shares of Welltower by 6.0% in the 4th quarter. Forsta AP Fonden now owns 242,600 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $45,029,000 after buying an additional 13,800 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Welltower in the 4th quarter valued at about $5,466,264,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on WELL shares. Wall Street Zen upgraded Welltower from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Mizuho set a $239.00 target price on Welltower in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on Welltower from $218.00 to $228.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 26th. Weiss Ratings cut Welltower from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on Welltower from $230.00 to $238.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, May 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $231.00.

Welltower Price Performance

WELL stock opened at $206.11 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $208.54 and a 200 day moving average price of $200.65. The stock has a market cap of $145.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 102.03, a PEG ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 0.83. Welltower Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $148.60 and a fifty-two week high of $221.68. The company has a quick ratio of 4.31, a current ratio of 4.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.02 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.34. The firm had revenue of $3.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.12 billion. Welltower had a return on equity of 3.45% and a net margin of 11.96%.The firm’s revenue was up 38.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.20 earnings per share. Welltower has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.210-6.350 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Welltower Inc. will post 6.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Welltower Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 21st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 13th were given a dividend of $0.74 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, May 13th. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. Welltower’s payout ratio is 146.53%.

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.