Welltower Inc [WELL] stock Upgrade by Wells Fargo analyst, price target now $158

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Welltower Inc [NYSE: WELL] jumped around 2.43 points on Tuesday, while shares priced at $151.48 at the close of the session, up 1.63%.

Compared to the average trading volume of 3.14M shares, WELL reached a trading volume of 4444318 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

What do top market gurus say 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 $166.83 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 1.40. 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.

Wells Fargo have made an estimate for Welltower Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on April 08, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, RBC Capital Mkts raised their target price from $146 to $168. The new note on the price target was released on February 28, 2025, representing the official price target for Welltower Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $145 to $167, while Wedbush kept a Outperform rating on WELL stock. On January 02, 2025, analysts increased their price target for WELL shares from 132 to 147.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Welltower Inc is set at 4.01, with the Price to Sales ratio for WELL stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 11.54. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.91, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 5.54. Price to Free Cash Flow for WELL in the course of the last twelve months was 70.84.

How has WELL stock performed recently?

Welltower Inc [WELL] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.87. With this latest performance, WELL shares dropped by -1.26% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 14.72% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 61.15% 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 58.78, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 64.15, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 56.59 for Welltower Inc [WELL]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 148.52, while it was recorded at 148.58 for the last single week of trading, and 132.50 for the last 200 days.

Earnings analysis for Welltower Inc [WELL]

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 22.98%.

Insider trade positions for Welltower Inc [WELL]

There are presently around $97.21%, or 97.25%% 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 15.7153%. 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%.