10,000 Shares in Welltower Inc. $WELL Bought by Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd.

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd. acquired a new stake in Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 10,000 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $1,781,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Welltower by 4.7% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 89,778,383 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $15,993,121,000 after buying an additional 3,991,896 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in Welltower by 4.6% during the 2nd 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 acquiring an additional 1,740,196 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Welltower during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $4,903,554,000. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Welltower by 5.1% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 15,012,454 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,303,484,000 after purchasing an additional 723,887 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of Welltower by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,898,391 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,214,232,000 after purchasing an additional 149,724 shares during the last quarter. 94.80% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Loop Capital set a $196.00 price target on Welltower in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Welltower from $215.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Scotiabank raised their target price on shares of Welltower from $182.00 to $214.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $231.00 target price on shares of Welltower in a report on Monday, December 15th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Welltower from $200.00 to $218.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Welltower presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $211.50.

Welltower Price Performance

Shares of NYSE WELL opened at $208.13 on Friday. 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 Inc. has a one year low of $130.29 and a one year high of $216.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $145.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 148.67, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.85. The company’s fifty day moving average is $191.34 and its two-hundred day moving average is $183.02.

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

Welltower Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.74 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 25th. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Welltower’s dividend payout ratio is presently 211.43%.

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.