Welltower (WELL) Stock Soaring – What's Driving the Surge?

Welltower stock is trading -8.99% below its average target price of $102.63 after marking a 1.2% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Specialty Real Estate Investment Trust company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $92.0 to $129.0 per share.

Welltower's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 1.5%. The stock's short ratio is 1.91. At 0.09%, the company's rate of insider ownership does not indicate that management is heavily invested in the corporation.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 96.6%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding Welltower.

Institutions Invested in Welltower

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-12-31 Vanguard Group Inc 15% 85,930,671 $8,026,354,219
2023-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 10% 58,183,583 $5,434,637,499
2023-12-31 Cohen & Steers Inc. 7% 40,846,208 $3,815,240,008
2023-12-31 State Street Corporation 6% 35,630,823 $3,328,096,978
2023-12-31 Norges Bank Investment Management 5% 27,204,604 $2,541,046,003
2023-12-31 Capital International Investors 4% 23,132,262 $2,160,668,903
2023-12-31 Wellington Management Group, LLP 3% 16,242,213 $1,517,103,885
2023-12-31 Bank of America Corporation 3% 14,900,455 $1,391,776,981
2023-12-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 13,190,660 $1,232,073,581
2023-12-31 Principal Financial Group, Inc. 2% 13,012,500 $1,215,432,546
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