EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) saw an upside of 0.31% to close Friday at $41.89 after adding $0.13 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 494,700 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $43.50 in the past week and touched a new high 2 times within the past 5 days. An average of 536,575 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 598,894.
EPR’s 1-month performance is -5.27% or -$1.61 on its low of $41.55 reached on 09/21/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $33.92 and high of $47.71, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 07/05/23. YTD, EPR has achieved 11.06% or $4.17 and has reached a new high 24 times. However, the current price is down -12.19% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
EPR stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Aug 30.Mater Tonya L. (SVP & Chief Accounting Officer) most recently sold 5,000 shares at $44.61 per share on Aug 30. This transaction cost the insider $223,050.
Valuation Metrics
EPR stock has a beta of 1.65. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 4.61 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 1.27, with the price to cash flow ratio at 7.08.
As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 1.23, while the total debt to equity was 1.23. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 67.66%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $310.31 million against revenue of $658.03 million.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income shrunk -361.38% to $7.56 million, while revenue of $51.62 million was -582.8% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected EPR to announce $0.65 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $0.1, representing a -84.60% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $91.82 million. Shareholders hold equity totaling $75.32 million.
Let’s look briefly at EPR Properties (EPR) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 22 September was 30.43% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 15.65%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $42.29, reflecting a -1.67% or -$0.71 change from its current price. EPR is currently trading -4.60% above its 20-day SMA, +0.41% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -8.90% and SMA200 by+2.95%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 11.40% and 11.83% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.79. The RSI (14) points at 34.71%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 11.07% with the period’s ATR at 0.79. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.40 and -0.94 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR), Wells Fargo launched coverage with an Underweight rating. Analysts offering their rating for EPR stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Hold. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate EPR as a “sell,”, while 7 advise that investors “Hold.” 1 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 1 rates the stock as overweight while 3 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is EPR’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $40.00 and a high of $54.00, with their median price target at $49.50. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for EPR Properties (EPR) stock is $48.41.
