Savant Capital LLC Has $1.13 Million Position in Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL)

Savant Capital LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 45.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 8,971 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,823 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC’s holdings in Welltower were worth $1,131,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Retirement Systems of Alabama increased its stake in Welltower by 3.7% in the third quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 470,419 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $60,228,000 after purchasing an additional 16,946 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC increased its position in shares of Welltower by 29.2% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,684,446 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $215,659,000 after buying an additional 380,888 shares in the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its stake in Welltower by 20.1% during the 4th quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 13,456 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,696,000 after buying an additional 2,250 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB raised its stake in Welltower by 28.1% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 1,477,388 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $185,649,000 after buying an additional 324,520 shares during the period. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its holdings in Welltower by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 20,931 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,638,000 after acquiring an additional 365 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

Welltower Stock Down 0.9 %

WELL stock opened at $150.03 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $93.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 98.70, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.23. Welltower Inc. has a twelve month low of $87.87 and a twelve month high of $151.96. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $131.37 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $128.56. The company has a quick ratio of 4.10, a current ratio of 4.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.73. Welltower had a net margin of 12.22% and a return on equity of 3.20%. Analysts anticipate that Welltower Inc. will post 4.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Welltower Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be issued a $0.67 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 25th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.79%. Welltower’s payout ratio is 176.32%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Mizuho raised their price target on Welltower from $136.00 to $141.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Welltower from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of Welltower from $190.00 to $221.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 24th. Raymond James boosted their price objective on shares of Welltower from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Finally, Scotiabank upped their target price on shares of Welltower from $142.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, January 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $138.58.

Welltower Company Profile

Welltower Inc (NYSE:WELL), a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and S&P 500 company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is driving the transformation of health care infrastructure. Welltower invests with leading seniors housing operators, post-acute providers and health systems to fund the real estate infrastructure needed to scale innovative care delivery models and improve people’s wellness and overall health care experience.