Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc [NYSE: EPRT] stock went on an upward path that rose over 0.47% on Wednesday, amounting to a one-week price increase of more than 3.54%.
Over the last 12 months, EPRT stock rose by 25.79%. The one-year Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc stock forecast points to a potential upside of 11.39. The average equity rating for EPRT stock is currently 1.47, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $6.01 billion, with 187.54 million shares outstanding and 186.50 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 1.40M shares, EPRT stock reached a trading volume of 3786942 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc [EPRT]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for EPRT shares is $36.00 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on EPRT stock is a recommendation set at 1.47. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
B. Riley Securities have made an estimate for Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on February 19, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, CapitalOne raised their target price to Overweight. The new note on the price target was released on February 12, 2025, representing the official price target for Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $35.94, while Barclays analysts kept a Overweight rating on EPRT stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc is set at 0.77, with the Price to Sales ratio for EPRT stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 13.34. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.68, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.24.
EPRT Stock Performance Analysis:
Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc [EPRT] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 3.54. With this latest performance, EPRT shares gained by 0.57% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -3.57% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 25.79% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for EPRT stock in for the last two-week period is set at 51.74, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 53.32, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 50.95 for Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc [EPRT]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 31.67, while it was recorded at 31.55 for the last single week of trading, and 31.34 for the last 200 days.
EPRT Stock EPS
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for EPRT. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc go to 6.32%.
Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc [EPRT] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $110.95%, or 111.56%% of EPRT stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of EPRT stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 33.68 million shares, which is approximately 19.2094%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 27.0 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$748.05 million in EPRT stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$278.12 million in EPRT stock with ownership which is approximately 5.6677%.
