Welltower Inc [NYSE: WELL] gained 0.05% or 0.07 points to close at $149.92 with a heavy trading volume of 2849136 shares.
The daily chart for WELL points out that the company has recorded 17.49% gains over the past six months.
If we look at the average trading volume of 2.98M shares, WELL reached to a volume of 2849136 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Welltower Inc [WELL]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for WELL shares is $166.89 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on WELL stock is a recommendation set at 1.53. 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.
RBC Capital Mkts have made an estimate for Welltower Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on February 28, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Wedbush raised their target price from $145 to $167. The new note on the price target was released on February 14, 2025, representing the official price target for Welltower Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $132 to $147, while Jefferies kept a Buy rating on WELL stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Welltower Inc is set at 3.13, with the Price to Sales ratio for WELL stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 12.04. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.98, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 5.79. Price to Free Cash Flow for WELL in the course of the last twelve months was 69.01.
Trading performance analysis for WELL stock
Welltower Inc [WELL] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 1.37. With this latest performance, WELL shares dropped by -0.48% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 17.49% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 64.26% 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 WELL stock in for the last two-week period is set at 54.49, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 54.10, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 55.57 for Welltower Inc [WELL]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 144.80, while it was recorded at 148.86 for the last single week of trading, and 127.78 for the last 200 days.
Welltower Inc [WELL]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
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 WELL. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Welltower Inc go to 23.49%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Welltower Inc [WELL]
There are presently around $98.79%, or 98.83%% of WELL stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of WELL stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 94.38 million shares, which is approximately 16.4407%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 58.98 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$6.15 billion in WELL stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$4.06 billion in WELL stock with ownership which is approximately 6.4801%.
