In the past week, WELL stock has gone down by -0.18%, with a monthly gain of 0.98% and a quarterly plunge of -1.10%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.37%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.44% for Welltower Inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 1.66% for WELL’s stock, with a simple moving average of 10.96% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Welltower Inc (NYSE: WELL) Right Now?
Welltower Inc (NYSE: WELL) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 164.08x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.92. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 10 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 6 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for WELL is 653.68M, and at present, short sellers hold a 1.93% of that float. On June 04, 2025, the average trading volume of WELL was 3.20M shares.
WELL) stock’s latest price update
Welltower Inc (NYSE: WELL)’s stock price has dropped by -1.95 in relation to previous closing price of 155.22. Nevertheless, the company has seen a loss of -0.18% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-05-29 that US equity REITs reported a marginal decline in the median growth rate of their same-store NOI in Q1 as the commercial real estate market continues to face macroeconomic challenges. Among all US equity REITs, the healthcare sector recorded the largest year-over-year gain in same-store NOI during the first quarter, with a median increase of 7.1%. During the first quarter, the office segment incurred losses in its same-store NOI, posting a median year-over-year decline of 0.9%.
Analysts’ Opinion of WELL
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for WELL stocks, with Wells Fargo repeating the rating for WELL by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for WELL in the upcoming period, according to Wells Fargo is $158 based on the research report published on April 08, 2025 of the current year 2025.
RBC Capital Mkts, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see WELL reach a price target of $168, previously predicting the price at $146. The rating they have provided for WELL stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on February 28th, 2025.
Wedbush gave a rating of “Outperform” to WELL, setting the target price at $167 in the report published on February 14th of the current year.
WELL Trading at 2.47% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought WELL to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -4.01% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at WELL starting from DeSalvo Karen B, who proposed sale 4,000 shares at the price of $151.35 back on Apr 30 ’25. After this action, DeSalvo Karen B now owns shares of Welltower Inc, valued at $605,410 using the latest closing price.
BACON KENNETH J, the Director of Welltower Inc, sale 2,200 shares at $130.19 during a trade that took place back on Dec 09 ’24, which means that BACON KENNETH J is holding 12,379 shares at $286,418 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for WELL
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.15 for the present operating margin
- 0.29 for the gross margin
The net margin for Welltower Inc stands at 0.13. The total capital return value is set at 0.02. Equity return is now at value 3.52, with 2.21 for asset returns.
Based on Welltower Inc (WELL), the company’s capital structure generated 0.07 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.74. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.07. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 2.24.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 2.73 billion with net debt to EBITDA at -0.33. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 11.62. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.78for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.16. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.77.
Conclusion
To sum up, Welltower Inc (WELL) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
