Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc’s recently made public that its Director Sautel Stephen D unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.96 million on Feb 24 ’25. In the deal valued at $31.99 per share,30,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Sautel Stephen D now holds 218,785 shares worth roughly $7.05 million.
Then, Sautel Stephen D sold 27,500 shares, generating $892,925 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $32.47, the Director now owns 191,285 shares.
Before that, Sautel Stephen D sold 12,500 shares. Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc shares valued at $406,750 were divested by the Director at a price of $32.54 per share. As a result of the transaction, Sautel Stephen D now holds 178,785 shares, worth roughly $5.76 million.
B. Riley Securities downgraded its Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc [EPRT] rating to a Neutral from a a Buy in a research note published on February 19, 2025; the price target was increased to $33.50 from $29.50. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including CapitalOne’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in mid February with a ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating. Barclays began covering EPRT with “an Overweight” recommendation on December 17, 2024. Deutsche Bank started covering the stock on December 11, 2024. It rated EPRT as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of EPRT
On Tuesday, Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc [NYSE:EPRT] saw its stock jump 1.35% to $32.23. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 2.87%. Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc shares have risen nearly 3.04% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 28.10% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $34.88 was reached on 03/04/25, a 52-week low of $25.30 was recorded on 04/09/25. SMA at 50 days reached $31.68, while 200 days put it at $31.83.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For EPRT Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 31.96, which if violated will result in even more drops to 31.69. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 32.48. A further resistance level may holdings at 32.73. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 55.10, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 0.99, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bullish at 12.42%. Stochastics %K at 84.53% indicates the stock is a selling.
How much short interest is there in Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc stocks on 2025-03-31, dropping by -0.59 million shares to a total of 12.83 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-28 was 13.42 million shares. There was a decline of -4.57%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on August 19, 2024 when Wedbush began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating .
