Welltower Guides FY FFO to $6.07-$6.13 Per Share
WELL sits 38% above its 52-week low of $174.91.
Summary
Welltower raised its 2026 EPS and FFO guidance, with full-year FFO now guided to $6.07 to $6.13 per share. The midpoint of $6.10 annualizes to roughly $1.53 a quarter, in line with the $1.56 normalized FFO it reported for Q2 2026, so this reads as a steady continuation rather than a step up. In the third quarter, normalized FFO per share rose 25%, with EPS of 54c, net income of $396.5M and revenue of $3.71B. It follows the July 28 10-Q that beat estimates by 25% and raised guidance, and the September CMA clearance of its UK acquisition that keeps the external growth pipeline intact. The company closed $7.2B of acquisitions in H1 and has said it plans more than $5B in H2, funded partly through the new $7.5B at-the-market equity program. The key question is whether FFO per share keeps pace as that equity issuance grows the share count.
At the time of this announcement, WELL was trading at $240.65 on NYSE in the Real Estate & Construction sector, with a market capitalization of approximately $173.4B. The 52-week trading range was $174.91 to $255.20. This news item was assessed with positive market sentiment and an importance score of 7 out of 10. Source: Dow Jones Newswires.