Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: EPRT) is 1.89% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $24.72 and a high of $34.88 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The EPRT stock was last observed hovering at around $31.48 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.39%.
Currently trading at $31.87, the stock is 1.07% and 0.65% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.19 million and changing 1.24% at the moment leaves the stock 0.35% off its SMA200. EPRT registered 26.62% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -3.51%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $31.6656 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $31.76025.
The stock witnessed a 0.38% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 2.61%, and is 4.01% 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 3.00% over the week and 3.31% over the month.
Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT) has around 48 employees, a market worth around $6.26B and $450.07M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.83 and Fwd P/E is 24.35. Profit margin for the company is 45.00%. Distance from 52-week low is 28.92% and -8.63% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.56%).
with sales reaching $124.7M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 6.73% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 19.10% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 20.48% in year-over-year returns.
493.0 institutions hold shares in Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT), with institutional investors hold 111.90% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 195.98M, and float is at 194.74M with Short Float at 6.59%. Institutions hold 111.31% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 33.68 million shares valued at $933.21 million. The investor’s holdings represent 19.2094 of the EPRT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 27.0 million shares valued at $748.05 million to account for 15.3979 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 9.94 million shares representing 5.6677 and valued at over $278.12 million, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 5.6398 of the shares totaling 9.89 million with a market value of $273.99 million.
Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Sautel Stephen D, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Sautel Stephen D sold 30,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 24 ’25 at a price of $31.99 per share for a total of $0.96 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.22 million shares.
Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 25 ’25 that Sautel Stephen D (Director) sold a total of 27,500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 25 ’25 and was made at $32.47 per share for $0.89 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.19 million shares of the EPRT stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 26 ’25, Sautel Stephen D (Director) disposed off 12,500 shares at an average price of $32.54 for $0.41 million. The insider now directly holds 178,785 shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT).
