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Welltower (NYSE:WELL) is a real estate investment trust that invests with leading seniors housing operators, post-acute providers and health systems to fund the real estate infrastructure needed to scale innovative care delivery models and improve people’s wellness and overall healthcare experience.

It is set to report its Q1 2025 earnings on April 28. Wall Street analysts expect the company to post EPS of $1.16, up from $1.01 in the year-ago period. According to Benzinga Pro, quarterly revenue is expected to reach $2.21 billion, up from $1.56 billion a year earlier.

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If You Bought Welltower Stock 10 Years Ago

The company's stock traded at approximately $78.05 per share 10 years ago. If you had invested $10,000, you could have bought roughly 128 shares. Currently, shares trade at $149.71, meaning your investment's value could have grown to $19,181 from stock price appreciation alone. However, Welltower also paid dividends during these 10 years. 

Welltower's dividend yield is currently 1.79%. Over the last 10 years, it has paid about $30.69 in dividends per share, which means you could have made $3,932 from dividends alone. 

Summing up $19,181 and $3,932, we end up with the final value of your investment, which is $23,113. This is how much you could have made if you had invested $10,000 in Welltower stock 10 years ago. This means a total return of 131.13%. However, this figure is significantly less than the S&P 500 total return for the same period, which was 230.27%.

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What Could The Next 10 Years Bring? 

Welltower has a consensus rating of "Overweight" and a price target of $108.95 based on the ratings of 29 analysts. The price target implies more than 27% potential downside from the current stock price.

On Feb. 11, the company announced its Q4 2024 earnings, posting FFO of $1.13, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.12, as reported by Benzinga.

For full-year 2025, the company expects to report net income attributable to common stockholders in a range of $1.60 to $1.76 per diluted share and normalized FFO attributable to common stockholders between $4.79 and $4.95 per diluted share. 

Check out this article by Benzinga for six analysts' insights on Welltower.

Given the expected downside potential of 27%, growth-focused investors may not find Welltower stock attractive. However, the stock can be a good option for income-focused investors, who can benefit from the company's solid dividend yield of 1.79%.

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This article If You Invested $10,000 In Welltower Stock 10 Years Ago, How Much Would You Have Now? originally appeared on Benzinga.com