Natixis Advisors LLC Purchases 20,106 Shares of Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL)

Natixis Advisors LLC lifted its position in Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 6.0% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 355,665 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 20,106 shares during the quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC’s holdings in Welltower were worth $44,825,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Welltower during the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Roxbury Financial LLC acquired a new position in Welltower during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Sierra Ocean LLC acquired a new position in Welltower during the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its position in Welltower by 165.5% during the 4th quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 300 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 187 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Command Advisory Services Inc. acquired a new position in Welltower during the 4th quarter worth about $50,000. Institutional investors own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

WELL has been the topic of a number of research reports. Wedbush upgraded shares of Welltower from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their target price for the company from $145.00 to $167.00 in a research report on Friday, February 14th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Welltower from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Scotiabank upped their target price on shares of Welltower from $165.00 to $166.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded shares of Welltower from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their target price for the company from $146.00 to $168.00 in a research report on Friday, February 28th. Finally, Bank of America increased their price target on shares of Welltower from $221.00 to $242.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $150.19.

Welltower Price Performance

NYSE WELL opened at $147.85 on Monday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $141.13 and a 200 day simple moving average of $133.82. Welltower Inc. has a 52-week low of $87.87 and a 52-week high of $158.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 4.22 and a current ratio of 4.22. The stock has a market cap of $94.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 94.77, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 1.20.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.73. Welltower had a return on equity of 3.15% and a net margin of 11.91%. Analysts anticipate that Welltower Inc. will post 4.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Welltower Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 25th were paid a dividend of $0.67 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 25th. This represents a $2.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.81%. Welltower’s dividend payout ratio is currently 171.79%.

Welltower Company Profile

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.