Sanctuary Advisors LLC Sells 9,046 Shares of Welltower Inc. $WELL

Sanctuary Advisors LLC reduced its stake in shares of Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 4.7% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 183,420 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 9,046 shares during the quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings in Welltower were worth $36,264,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of WELL. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Welltower in the fourth quarter valued at about $5,466,264,000. Cardano Risk Management B.V. grew its stake in Welltower by 955.3% during the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 9,513,540 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,765,808,000 after buying an additional 8,612,016 shares in the last quarter. Capital World Investors grew its stake in Welltower by 153.0% during the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 10,744,520 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,994,290,000 after buying an additional 6,497,258 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in 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 valued at $17,154,349,000 after buying an additional 2,643,088 shares during the period. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in Welltower by 11.5% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 16,826,035 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $3,123,082,000 after buying an additional 1,734,922 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on shares of Welltower from $237.00 to $248.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Barclays started coverage on shares of Welltower in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $254.00 price objective for the company. Raymond James Financial began coverage on Welltower in a research note on Tuesday, June 16th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $226.00 target price for the company. UBS Group raised their target price on Welltower from $249.00 to $271.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 8th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $238.00 price target on shares of Welltower in a research note on Monday, June 15th. Thirteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Welltower presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $234.72.

Welltower Price Performance

Welltower stock opened at $236.29 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 4.31, a quick ratio of 4.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40. The company has a market capitalization of $166.80 billion, a PE ratio of 116.97, a P/E/G ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 0.77. Welltower Inc. has a 12 month low of $155.33 and a 12 month high of $239.10. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $217.22 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $205.78.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.02 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.34. Welltower had a return on equity of 3.45% and a net margin of 11.96%.The firm had revenue of $3.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.12 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.20 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 38.3% on a year-over-year basis. Welltower has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.210-6.350 EPS. Analysts expect that Welltower Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current year.

Welltower Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 21st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 13th were issued a dividend of $0.74 per share. This represents a $2.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, May 13th. Welltower’s payout ratio is presently 146.53%.

Welltower Company 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.