Analyzing Welltower's Fundamentals Before Investing

By Kim Brooks • Sunday, December 29 15:12 • Permanent Link

Welltower shares slid -1.1% this afternoon. Here's what you need to know about the Large-CapSpecialty real estate investment trust company:

Welltower has logged a 38.5% 52 week change, compared to 25.9% for the S&P 500
WELL has an average analyst rating of buy and is -13.26% away from its mean target price of $144.11 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.58, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 79.1. The Real Estate sector's average P/E ratio is 31.12
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.82 and its forward P/E ratio is 68.7
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.55 in contrast to the Real Estate sector's average P/B ratio is 2.15
WELL has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 200.4% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $1.08 Billion and the average free cash flow growth rate is -3.0%
Welltower's revenues have an average growth rate of 6.2% with operating expenses growing at -47.0%. The company's current operating margins stand at 5.3%

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