Welltower Inc. (WELL)☆

Welltower is a healthcare REIT focused on senior housing and medical properties. It is a member of the S&P 500 and is classified in the Real Estate sector — REITs and property companies whose income is tied to rents and interest rates.

Welltower Inc. trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol WELL. As of the most recent market data, the stock was priced around $243.25, up 0.73% on the session, giving Welltower Inc. a market capitalization of roughly $171.71B.

Over the past 52 weeks, WELL has traded between $156.96 and $246.43. Shares are valued at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 116.4, a common gauge of how richly the market prices the company's earnings. Welltower Inc. also pays a dividend, currently yielding around 1.23%.

As one of the larger companies in the Real Estate sector, Welltower Inc. is closely followed by investors and often moves with broader trends across REITs and property companies whose income is tied to rents and interest rates. Traders watch WELL for earnings reports, analyst rating changes, and headlines that can shift sentiment — each of which is summarized on this page as it breaks.

Because the S&P 500 is weighted by market value, Welltower Inc.'s size means its share-price moves can also nudge the index as a whole, making WELL a stock that even index investors pay attention to.