What Do You Need to Know About Welltower (WELL) Before Investing?

By Kim Brooks • Monday, December 11 16:20 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Real Estate company Welltower has moved 0.4% so far today on a volume of 1,493,357, compared to its average of 3,194,590. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 0.0%.

Welltower trades -3.91% away from its average analyst target price of $91.65 per share. The 17 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $78.0 to $101.0, and on average have given Welltower a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying WELL should be aware of the facts below:

Welltower's current price is 339.3% above its Graham number of $20.05, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Welltower has moved 33.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 15.4%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.53, Welltower has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 166.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
WELL has a forward P/E ratio of 73.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.2 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.81 — 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 2.04 compared to its sector average of 2.1
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 $48.74 Billion. Welltower currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.8%.

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