Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: EPRT) is -3.25% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $20.49 and a high of $26.39 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The EPRT stock was last observed hovering at around $24.56 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.17%.
Currently trading at $24.73, the stock is 1.29% and -1.09% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.92 million and changing 0.69% at the moment leaves the stock 3.45% off its SMA200. EPRT registered -4.04% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 4.57%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $15.95 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $16.54.
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The stock witnessed a 1.81% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -1.04%, and is 3.99% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.93% over the week and 1.79% over the month.
Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT) has around 40 employees, a market worth around $4.11B and $359.95M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.89 and Fwd P/E is 20.91. Profit margin for the company is 52.87%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.69% and -6.29% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.09%).
Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $0.28 with sales reaching $100.16M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -8.87% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 17.10% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 19.70% in year-over-year returns.
397 institutions hold shares in Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT), with institutional investors hold 104.71% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 166.10M, and float is at 164.78M with Short Float at 3.79%. Institutions hold 103.31% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is Blackrock Inc. with over 27.58 million shares valued at $649.32 million. The investor’s holdings represent 17.68% of the EPRT Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is Vanguard Group Inc with 24.6 million shares valued at $578.98 million to account for 15.77% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are State Street Corporation which holds 9.51 million shares representing 6.10% and valued at over $223.96 million, while Wellington Management Group, LLP holds 5.66% of the shares totaling 8.83 million with a market value of $207.79 million.
Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Mavoides Peter M., the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that Mavoides Peter M. sold 11,904 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 04 ’24 at a price of $24.35 per share for a total of $0.29 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.57 million shares.
Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 01 ’24 that Mavoides Peter M. (President and CEO) sold a total of 17,618 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 01 ’24 and was made at $24.90 per share for $0.44 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.35 million shares of the EPRT stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 08 ’24, Mavoides Peter M. (President and CEO) disposed off 5,494 shares at an average price of $26.05 for $0.14 million. The insider now directly holds 414,506 shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT).
