Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. Sells 10,539 Shares of Welltower Inc. $WELL

Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. lessened its holdings in shares of Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 24.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 33,201 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 10,539 shares during the quarter. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc.’s holdings in Welltower were worth $5,914,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. National Pension Service increased its holdings in shares of Welltower by 2.1% in the third quarter. National Pension Service now owns 1,691,931 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $301,401,000 after purchasing an additional 34,532 shares during the last quarter. B&I Capital AG increased its stake in Welltower by 5.7% in the 3rd quarter. B&I Capital AG now owns 161,440 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $28,759,000 after acquiring an additional 8,650 shares during the last quarter. Candriam S.C.A. raised its holdings in shares of Welltower by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. Candriam S.C.A. now owns 416,674 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $64,058,000 after acquiring an additional 10,584 shares in the last quarter. GDS Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of Welltower by 13.7% during the 3rd quarter. GDS Wealth Management now owns 63,763 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $11,359,000 after acquiring an additional 7,699 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Welltower by 4.6% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 39,616,289 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $6,090,212,000 after purchasing an additional 1,740,196 shares in the last quarter. 94.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently issued reports on WELL. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Welltower from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 14th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of Welltower from $200.00 to $215.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Welltower from $200.00 to $218.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. KeyCorp restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Welltower in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut Welltower from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. One research 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Welltower has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $211.50.

Welltower Stock Performance

Shares of Welltower stock opened at $208.13 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.46, a current ratio of 3.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $191.34 and its two-hundred day moving average is $183.22. Welltower Inc. has a 52 week low of $130.29 and a 52 week high of $216.43. The company has a market capitalization of $145.22 billion, a PE ratio of 148.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.85.

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

Welltower Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 25th will be given a dividend of $0.74 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 25th. This represents a $2.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Welltower’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 211.43%.

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.