Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) Shares Bought by Values First Advisors Inc.

Values First Advisors Inc. increased its position in Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 4.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 6,236 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after acquiring an additional 239 shares during the period. Values First Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Welltower were worth $786,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of WELL. Hartford Investment Management Co. grew its position in Welltower by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Hartford Investment Management Co. now owns 36,633 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $4,617,000 after purchasing an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. Quent Capital LLC boosted its position in shares of Welltower by 31.1% during the fourth quarter. Quent Capital LLC now owns 995 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $125,000 after buying an additional 236 shares during the period. Cigna Investments Inc. New grew its holdings in Welltower by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Cigna Investments Inc. New now owns 6,313 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $795,000 after buying an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Stonebridge Financial Group LLC bought a new position in Welltower in the 4th quarter worth approximately $435,000. Finally, Focus Financial Network Inc. raised its stake in Welltower by 12.4% during the 4th quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 1,863 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $235,000 after acquiring an additional 206 shares in the last quarter. 94.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Welltower Stock Performance

WELL opened at $143.40 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $130.73 and a 200-day simple moving average of $128.27. The firm has a market cap of $89.29 billion, a PE ratio of 94.34, a P/E/G ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a quick ratio of 4.10, a current ratio of 4.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. Welltower Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $85.40 and a fifty-two week high of $143.84.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.73. Welltower had a return on equity of 3.20% and a net margin of 12.22%. As a group, equities analysts predict that Welltower Inc. will post 4.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Scotiabank increased their price target on Welltower from $142.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, January 27th. StockNews.com raised shares of Welltower from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Raymond James raised their target price on shares of Welltower from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 16th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Welltower from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $132.00 to $147.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. Finally, Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of Welltower from $190.00 to $221.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 24th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Welltower presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $134.96.

About Welltower

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.