Welltower Inc (NYSE: WELL) – Not A Clear Buying Opportunity?

Welltower Inc (WELL) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $151.34, with 3.48 million shares of worth about $526.9 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 13.56% during that period and on May 07, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.56%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 653.95M shares, out of which, 653.68M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -0.82% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 9.03%. Year-to-date (YTD), WELL shares are showing a performance of 20.08% which increased to 57.96% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $96.91 but also hit the highest price of $158.55 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Welltower Inc shares is 3.24 million. The stock is currently trading 2.56% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 1.84% for SMA50 and it goes to 13.06% higher than SMA200.

Welltower Inc (NYSE: WELL) currently have 653.95M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 95.74% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $98.97B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.94. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 163.15, while it has posted earnings per share of $0.93 in the same period. Its PEG reads 7.86 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for WELL, volatility over the week remained 1.76% while standing at 2.72% over the month.

Analysts are in expectations that Welltower Inc (WELL) stock would likely to be making an EPS of 0.42 in the current quarter, while forecast for next quarter EPS is 0.49 and it is 2.12 for next year. For the current quarter EPS, analysts have given the company a lowest target 0.42 which is 0.42 at the higher side of the target for the same. When we compare those targets with actual EPS, we find that company posted an EPS of 0.39 in the same quarter a year ago. Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 19.31% while it is estimated to increase by 24.06% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 20.75% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -7.23% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Wells Fargo on April 08, 2025 offering an Overweight rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $158 to it. Coverage by RBC Capital Mkts stated Welltower Inc (WELL) stock as an Outperform in their note to investors on February 28, 2025, suggesting a price target of $168 for the stock. On February 14, 2025, Wedbush Upgrade their recommendations, while on January 02, 2025, Jefferies Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $147. Stock get an Outperform rating from Exane BNP Paribas on March 18, 2024.

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