Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC Buys Shares of 5,032 EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR)

Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC bought a new stake in EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 5,032 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $223,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of EPR. Wealthfront Advisers LLC purchased a new stake in shares of EPR Properties in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $302,313,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of EPR Properties by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,380,301 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $61,120,000 after acquiring an additional 30,401 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in shares of EPR Properties by 5.6% in the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,145,267 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $50,712,000 after acquiring an additional 60,953 shares during the period. LSV Asset Management raised its stake in shares of EPR Properties by 12.3% in the 4th quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 1,129,098 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $49,996,000 after acquiring an additional 123,400 shares during the period. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. increased its stake in EPR Properties by 44.6% during the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,085,947 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $48,086,000 after buying an additional 334,943 shares during the period. 74.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

EPR has been the topic of several recent research reports. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on shares of EPR Properties from $50.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of EPR Properties from $52.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 13th. StockNews.com raised shares of EPR Properties from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, May 12th. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of EPR Properties from $51.00 to $53.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, March 24th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of EPR Properties from $51.00 to $52.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $52.00.

EPR Properties Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of EPR Properties stock opened at $54.18 on Monday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $50.02 and a 200-day simple moving average of $47.76. EPR Properties has a 12-month low of $39.87 and a 12-month high of $54.25. The company has a current ratio of 7.81, a quick ratio of 7.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. The stock has a market cap of $4.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.46 and a beta of 1.26.

EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.05. EPR Properties had a net margin of 28.87% and a return on equity of 8.22%. The business had revenue of $146.36 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $155.46 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.12 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts forecast that EPR Properties will post 4.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

EPR Properties Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a may 25 dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 16th. Investors of record on Friday, May 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.295 per share. This represents a yield of 6.6%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 30th. EPR Properties’s dividend payout ratio is currently 217.18%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Brian Andrew Moriarty sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $51.99, for a total transaction of $129,975.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 15,299 shares in the company, valued at $795,395.01. This represents a 14.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Gwendolyn Mary Johnson sold 3,900 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $54.02, for a total transaction of $210,678.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now owns 8,216 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $443,828.32. This represents a 32.19% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 9,520 shares of company stock worth $502,581 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 2.31% of the company’s stock.

EPR Properties Company Profile

EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) is the leading diversified experiential net lease real estate investment trust (REIT), specializing in select enduring experiential properties in the real estate industry. We focus on real estate venues that create value by facilitating out of home leisure and recreation experiences where consumers choose to spend their discretionary time and money.