Welltower (WELL)

Real Estate · REIT - Healthcare Facilities · S&P 500
$225.78 +0.72% on the day Market cap $157.8B 52-week range $163.75 to $255.20 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
24% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $157.8B, Welltower's free cash flow of $1.8B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 24% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Welltower's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price24.3% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years2.9% a year
Revenue, same period7.9% a year
Price to free cash flow86.2x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from WELL's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation2
Profitability3
Growth9
Financial health5
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)108.0x
P/E (forward)74.9x
Price / free cash flow55.4x
EV / EBITDA63.2x
Price / sales16.8x
Price / book3.55x
Revenue growth+49.1%
Operating margin-29.1%
Net margin15.0%
Return on equity3.2%
Dividend yield1.4%
Debt / equity0.51x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Welltower's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$3.2B$4.2B$4.8B$6.0B$8.5B
Net income$336M$141M$340M$952M$937M
Free cash flow$993M$853M$1.1B$1.4B$1.8B
EPS (diluted)$0.78$0.30$0.66$1.57$1.39
Operating margin-43.0%-36.3%-32.3%-23.9%-33.9%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Seniors Housing Operating$8.5B81%
Triple-net$1.2B11%
Outpatient Medical$782M7%

Superinvestors who own WELL

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 7 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Trimmed $280M0.42%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $106M0.04%Q2 2026
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Added $87M0.05%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $47M0.11%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
New position $9M0.01%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Held $5M0.05%Q2 2026
Tom Steyer
Farallon Capital Management LLC
Trimmed $226,9700.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Welltower's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Feb 11, 2026 Jonathan L. Jackson
0$208.03—
Feb 11, 2026 Jonathan L. Jackson
0$208.03—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$185.52—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$185.52—
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$183.56—
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$183.56—

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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Welltower's stock price imply?

At a market value of $157.8B, Welltower would need its free cash flow to grow about 24% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 3% a year.

Are Welltower insiders buying the stock?

6 open-market insider purchases of WELL in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Welltower?

7 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold WELL in their latest 13F, including Ron Baron, Cliff Asness, PRIMECAP Management.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.