Welltower -- The Essentials

By Emilio Sanchez • Monday, November 13 12:34 • Permanent Link

Welltower logged a -0.2% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $85.23 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. WELL's trading volume is 665,882 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,824,203.

Welltower trades -4.57% away from its average analyst target price of $89.31 per share. The 16 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $78.0 to $96.0, 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 current price is 506.2% above its Graham number of $14.06, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Welltower has moved 23.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.53, Welltower has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 160.8 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
WELL has a forward P/E ratio of 78.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.08 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.94 — 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 1.98 compared to its sector average of 2.24
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.
Based in Toledo, the company has 514 full time employees and a market cap of $47.17 Billion. Welltower currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.9%.

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