Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) Shares Sold by Kintegral Advisory LLC

Kintegral Advisory LLC reduced its position in Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 4.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 19,982 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 931 shares during the quarter. Kintegral Advisory LLC’s holdings in Welltower were worth $2,518,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Welltower by 4.4% in the third quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 7,824 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,002,000 after buying an additional 331 shares in the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in Welltower by 21,236.0% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 173,888 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $22,263,000 after purchasing an additional 173,073 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its position in shares of Welltower by 19.4% in the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 20,566 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $2,633,000 after purchasing an additional 3,335 shares in the last quarter. Dakota Wealth Management increased its holdings in shares of Welltower by 17.4% in the third quarter. Dakota Wealth Management now owns 9,336 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,195,000 after purchasing an additional 1,381 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Spirit of America Management Corp NY increased its holdings in shares of Welltower by 1.8% in the third quarter. Spirit of America Management Corp NY now owns 35,825 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $4,587,000 after purchasing an additional 650 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.80% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have issued reports on WELL shares. StockNews.com cut Welltower from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Welltower from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $132.00 to $147.00 in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Mizuho raised their price objective on shares of Welltower from $136.00 to $141.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Wedbush upgraded shares of Welltower from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $145.00 to $167.00 in a report on Friday, February 14th. Finally, Scotiabank raised their price target on shares of Welltower from $142.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Monday, January 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $140.19.

Welltower Stock Down 1.1 %

NYSE:WELL opened at $148.69 on Friday. Welltower Inc. has a 52 week low of $87.87 and a 52 week high of $152.81. The company has a quick ratio of 4.22, a current ratio of 4.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $133.83 and its two-hundred day moving average is $130.15. The stock has a market capitalization of $95.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 95.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 1.23.

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 the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.73. Welltower had a return on equity of 3.15% and a net margin of 11.91%. Research analysts anticipate that Welltower Inc. will post 4.88 EPS for the current year.

Welltower Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be issued a $0.67 dividend. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.80%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 25th. Welltower’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 171.79%.

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.