What should you know before buying stock in Welltower Inc (WELL)

Welltower Inc (NYSE: WELL) is 19.99% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $99.77 and a high of $158.55 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 WELL stock was last observed hovering at around $150.65 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.57%.

Currently trading at $151.22, the stock is 1.54% and 2.23% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.47 million and changing 0.38% at the moment leaves the stock 11.57% off its SMA200. WELL registered 49.80% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 12.50%.

The stock witnessed a 5.27% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 1.01%, and is 4.09% 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 1.67% over the week and 1.96% over the month.

Welltower Inc (WELL) has around 685 employees, a market worth around $98.89B and $8.55B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 163.02 and Fwd P/E is 65.10. Profit margin for the company is 6.83%. Distance from 52-week low is 51.57% and -4.62% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.18%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 18.75% this year.

Welltower Inc (WELL) Top Institutional Holders

The shares outstanding are 653.95M, and float is at 653.68M with Short Float at 1.81%.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 94.38 million shares valued at $9.84 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 15.7153% of the WELL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 58.98 million shares valued at $6.15 billion to account for 9.8204 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are COHEN & STEERS, INC. which holds 38.92 million shares representing 6.4801% and valued at over $4.06 billion, while CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS holds 5.9855 of the shares totaling 35.95 million with a market value of $3.75 billion.

Welltower Inc (WELL) Insider Activity

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Welltower Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 09 ’24 that BACON KENNETH J (Director) sold a total of 2,200 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 09 ’24 and was made at $130.19 per share for $0.29 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 12379.0 shares of the WELL stock.

Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 09 ’24, Kenneth J. Bacon (Director) Proposed Sale 2,200 shares at an average price of $131.37 for $0.29 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Welltower Inc (WELL).

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