Welltower (WELL) Jumps on Impressive Earnings, Optimistic Outlook

We recently published 10 Shock Winners on Wall Street. Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) is one of the best-performing stocks on Monday.

Welltower grew its share prices by 4.85 percent on Tuesday to close at $165.96 as investors took heart from its impressive earnings performance and higher growth outlook for the rest of the year.

In its earnings release, Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) said net income attributable to shareholders in the second quarter of the year grew by 18 percent to $302 million from $255 million in the same period last year, pushing its six-month figure up by 46 percent to $559.8 million from $381.9 million year-on-year.

Revenues for the quarter expanded by 40 percent to $2.5 billion from $1.8 billion, while revenues for the first half grew by 35 percent to $4.97 billion from $3.68 billion year-on-year.

Following the promising results, Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL) raised its full-year 2025 growth outlook on net income attributable to shareholders, now at a range of $1.249 billion to $1.3 billion, versus the $1.127 billion to $1.219 billion previously.

Diluted earnings per share are now pegged at $1.86-$1.94 as compared with $1.7-$1.84 previously.

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