Welltower Inc’s recently made public that its Director DeSalvo Karen B acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.61 million on Apr 30 ’25. In the deal valued at $151.35 per share,4,000 shares were bought.
Then, BACON KENNETH J sold 2,200 shares, generating $286,418 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $130.19, the Director now owns 12,379 shares.
Before that, Kenneth J. Bacon bought 2,200 shares. Welltower Inc shares valued at $289,014 were divested by the Director at a price of $131.37 per share.
Wells Fargo upgraded its Welltower Inc [WELL] rating to an Overweight from a an Equal weight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including RBC Capital Mkts’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in late February from “a Sector perform” to “an Outperform”. Wedbush also remained covering WELL and has increased its forecast on February 14, 2025 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Neutral” rating. Jefferies revised its rating on January 02, 2025. It rated WELL as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Hold”.
Price Performance Review of WELL
On Monday, Welltower Inc [NYSE:WELL] saw its stock jump 1.30% to $150.65. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 3.45%. Welltower Inc shares have risen nearly 19.54% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 49.16% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Welltower Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Welltower Inc stocks on 2025-04-30, growing by 2.87 million shares to a total of 11.86 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-03-31 was 8.98 million shares. There was a rise of 24.23%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on March 18, 2024 when Exane BNP Paribas began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating along with a $104 price target.
