Nordea Investment Management AB Acquires 204,317 Shares of Welltower Inc. $WELL

Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its holdings in Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 11.8% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,930,894 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 204,317 shares during the quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB owned 0.28% of Welltower worth $358,915,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Cooper Financial Group raised its holdings in shares of Welltower by 8.5% during the fourth quarter. Cooper Financial Group now owns 1,361 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $253,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares during the last quarter. Procyon Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Welltower in the fourth quarter worth approximately $277,000. Cyndeo Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in Welltower by 10.4% in the 4th quarter. Cyndeo Wealth Partners LLC now owns 1,392 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $258,000 after purchasing an additional 131 shares during the period. Everpar Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Welltower in the 4th quarter worth approximately $319,000. Finally, MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB raised its stake in Welltower by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 3,174 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $589,000 after buying an additional 156 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $205.00 price target on shares of Welltower in a report on Thursday, December 18th. Weiss Ratings lowered Welltower from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. UBS Group set a $240.00 price objective on Welltower in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Citigroup increased their target price on Welltower from $215.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Welltower from $200.00 to $218.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Welltower currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $224.71.

Welltower Trading Down 5.0%

NYSE:WELL opened at $195.70 on Friday. Welltower Inc. has a one year low of $130.29 and a one year high of $216.43. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $199.37 and a 200-day moving average price of $188.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $136.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 139.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 3.46 and a quick ratio of 3.46.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last released its earnings results 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. Welltower had a return on equity of 2.46% and a net margin of 8.64%.The company had revenue of $3.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.93 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.13 earnings per share. Welltower’s quarterly revenue was up 41.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Welltower has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.090-6.25 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Welltower Inc. will post 4.88 EPS for the current year.

Welltower Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 10th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 25th were paid a dividend of $0.74 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, February 25th. This represents a $2.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.5%. Welltower’s payout ratio 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.