Welltower Inc. $WELL Shares Purchased by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS increased its holdings in shares of Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 1.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 384,545 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,386 shares during the quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS owned 0.06% of Welltower worth $71,375,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of WELL. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Welltower during the 4th quarter worth about $5,466,264,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Welltower by 4.7% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 89,778,383 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $15,993,121,000 after purchasing an additional 3,991,896 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors increased its position in shares of Welltower by 167.2% during the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 4,247,262 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $756,607,000 after purchasing an additional 2,657,766 shares during the last quarter. Capital International Investors increased its position in shares of Welltower by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 46,516,255 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $8,285,296,000 after purchasing an additional 1,842,934 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Welltower by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 41,253,954 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $7,348,979,000 after purchasing an additional 1,637,665 shares during the last quarter. 94.80% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Welltower Stock Performance

NYSE WELL opened at $206.11 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $145.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 102.03, a P/E/G ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 0.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 4.31 and a quick ratio of 4.31. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $208.54 and a two-hundred day moving average of $200.65. Welltower Inc. has a 1-year low of $148.60 and a 1-year high of $221.68.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.02 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.34. The company had revenue of $3.35 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.12 billion. Welltower had a return on equity of 3.45% and a net margin of 11.96%.Welltower’s revenue was up 38.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.20 EPS. Welltower has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.210-6.350 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Welltower Inc. will post 6.32 EPS for the current year.

Welltower Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 21st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 13th were paid a $0.74 dividend. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, May 13th. Welltower’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 146.53%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

WELL has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Cantor Fitzgerald raised their price objective on Welltower from $204.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Welltower from $200.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. UBS Group raised their price objective on Welltower from $240.00 to $249.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 4th. Mizuho set a $239.00 target price on Welltower in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on Welltower from $230.00 to $238.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, May 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $231.00.

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.