Insider Buying: Welltower (NYSE:WELL) Director Buys $1,197,350.00 in Stock

Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) Director Andrew Gundlach bought 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 25th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $239.47 per share, for a total transaction of $1,197,350.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 25,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,986,750. This trade represents a 25.00% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink.

Welltower Price Performance

Shares of Welltower stock opened at $237.51 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 3.16 and a quick ratio of 3.16. The company has a market cap of $171.18 billion, a PE ratio of 108.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.14 and a beta of 0.76. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $235.54 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $217.59. Welltower Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $163.75 and a fifty-two week high of $255.20.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.66 by ($0.05). The company had revenue of $3.54 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.40 billion. Welltower had a return on equity of 3.56% and a net margin of 12.15%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 39.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.28 EPS. Welltower has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.360-6.440 EPS. Analysts expect that Welltower Inc. will post 6.43 EPS for the current year.

Welltower Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 20th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 12th were given a $0.85 dividend. This represents a $3.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. This is an increase from Welltower’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.74. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, August 12th. Welltower’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 155.96%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have issued reports on WELL. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Welltower from $228.00 to $237.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, June 1st. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Welltower from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $245.00 target price on shares of Welltower in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Scotiabank dropped their price target on shares of Welltower from $248.00 to $232.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, June 18th. Finally, Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Welltower from $239.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. Fourteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Welltower presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $246.11.

Institutional Trading of Welltower

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of WELL. Leonteq Securities AG boosted its position in Welltower by 92.3% in the 1st quarter. Leonteq Securities AG now owns 125 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Kilter Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Welltower during the second quarter valued at $29,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC lifted its stake in shares of Welltower by 124.6% during the first quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 137 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 76 shares during the period. Solstein Capital LLC bought a new position in Welltower in the second quarter valued at about $34,000. Finally, Swiss RE Ltd. acquired a new stake in Welltower in the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

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.