Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (OHI) – What Are Researchers Thinking About This Stock?

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) has received an average rating of “Hold” from the fifteen brokerages that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $49.93.

OHI has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on shares of Omega Healthcare Investors from $50.00 to $47.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Cantor Fitzgerald upped their price objective on shares of Omega Healthcare Investors from $52.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b+)” rating on shares of Omega Healthcare Investors in a research report on Friday, September 25th. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $53.00 price target on shares of Omega Healthcare Investors in a research note on Tuesday, October 6th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Omega Healthcare Investors from $52.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 4th.

Omega Healthcare Investors Stock Down 0.3%

NYSE OHI opened at $45.07 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.66 billion, a PE ratio of 13.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 0.53. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $46.36 and a two-hundred day moving average of $46.91. Omega Healthcare Investors has a 52 week low of $39.26 and a 52 week high of $52.39.

Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.68. Omega Healthcare Investors had a return on equity of 15.76% and a net margin of 66.96%. The business had revenue of $328.25 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $266.97 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.77 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 16.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Omega Healthcare Investors has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.220-3.260 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Omega Healthcare Investors will post 3.12 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Omega Healthcare Investors Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.68 per share. This is a boost from Omega Healthcare Investors’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.67. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.0%. Omega Healthcare Investors’s dividend payout ratio is presently 97.14%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Fortitude Family Office LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors by 50.3% in the third quarter. Fortitude Family Office LLC now owns 699 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 234 shares during the period. Ascentis Independent Advisors bought a new stake in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors in the first quarter worth $35,000. Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management bought a new position in Omega Healthcare Investors in the fourth quarter valued at $37,000. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB increased its stake in Omega Healthcare Investors by 53.3% in the 2nd quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 906 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 315 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Elevation Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors by 645.2% during the 2nd quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 924 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $44,000 after buying an additional 800 shares during the last quarter. 65.25% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Omega Healthcare Investors Company Profile

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on healthcare facilities, with an emphasis on skilled nursing and assisted living properties. The company owns or invests in healthcare real estate and leases its properties to operators that provide care and related services to residents.

Omega generally uses long-term, predominantly triple-net lease arrangements, under which tenants are responsible for many property-level expenses, including maintenance, insurance and taxes.