What Welltower Investors Should Keep in Mind

Join us for a quick overview of Welltower, a Specialty Real Estate Investment Trust company whose shares moved 0.6% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

  • Welltower has moved 32.9% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 15.0%

  • WELL has an average analyst rating of buy and is -3.33% away from its mean target price of $91.65 per share

  • Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $0.53

  • Welltower has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 167.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97

  • Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.2 and its forward P/E ratio is 73.8

  • The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.05 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95

  • Welltower is part of the Real Estate sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 25.55 and an average P/B of 2.1

  • The company has a free cash flow of $2.47 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter

  • 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. Welltower, owns interests in properties concentrated in major, high-growth markets in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, consisting of seniors housing and post-acute communities and outpatient medical properties.

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