Don't Judge Welltower on Technicals Alone - Check Its Fundamentals!

Welltower logged a -0.2% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $69.19 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0% and the Dow Industrial Average posted a -0.6% change. WELL's trading volume is 454,392 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,792,768.

Welltower trades -12.53% away from its average analyst target price of $79.1 per share. The 20 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $61 to $111, and on average have given Welltower a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in WELL, you'll want to know the following:

  • Welltower's Graham number (a purchase price with a built-in margin of safety) is $21.36, which is 223.8% away from its current price

  • Welltower has moved -15.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -12.3%

  • Based on its trailing earning per share of 0.5, Welltower has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 138.4 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97

  • WELL has a forward P/E ratio of 74.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (Eps) is $0.93 per share

  • The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 5.5 -- a number near or below 1 signifying that Welltower is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential

  • Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.7 compared to its sector average of 2.39

  • Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL), an S&P 500 company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is driving the transformation of health care infrastructure.

  • Based in Toledo, the company has 464 full time employees and a market cap of $32,691,363,840. Welltower currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.5%.

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