Aew Capital Management L P Has $177.51 Million Stock Holdings in Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL)

Aew Capital Management L P increased its position in Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) by 2.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,408,478 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 38,130 shares during the quarter. Welltower makes up 8.6% of Aew Capital Management L P’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest holding. Aew Capital Management L P’s holdings in Welltower were worth $177,510,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Welltower by 638.0% during the third quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 6,920,426 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $886,022,000 after acquiring an additional 5,982,711 shares during the period. FMR LLC grew its position in shares of Welltower by 38.1% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 14,428,564 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,847,289,000 after buying an additional 3,977,845 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its position in shares of Welltower by 10.6% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 18,685,844 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,392,349,000 after buying an additional 1,797,330 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Welltower by 31,188.5% during the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 510,002 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $64,276,000 after buying an additional 508,372 shares during the period. Finally, Barclays PLC grew its position in shares of Welltower by 29.2% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,684,446 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $215,659,000 after purchasing an additional 380,888 shares during the period. 94.80% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Mizuho boosted their price objective on Welltower from $136.00 to $141.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Royal Bank of Canada raised Welltower from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $146.00 to $168.00 in a report on Friday. Bank of America upped their price objective on Welltower from $221.00 to $242.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. StockNews.com lowered Welltower from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, Wedbush raised Welltower from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $145.00 to $167.00 in a report on Friday, February 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Welltower presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $145.96.

Welltower Price Performance

Welltower stock opened at $153.54 on Friday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $136.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $131.38. Welltower Inc. has a 52 week low of $87.87 and a 52 week high of $153.90. 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 has a market cap of $98.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 98.42, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 1.23.

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) last released its 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 3.15% and a net margin of 11.91%. On average, research analysts forecast that Welltower Inc. will post 4.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Welltower Dividend Announcement

The company 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.75%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 25th. Welltower’s payout ratio 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.