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The price of Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: EPRT) closed at $29.92 in the last session, down -0.13% from day before closing price of $29.96. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.13 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.84 million shares were traded. EPRT stock price reached its highest trading level at $30.23 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $29.86.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at EPRT’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.60 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.59.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Evercore ISI on July 17, 2024, Downgraded its rating to In-line and sets its target price to $32 from $30 previously.
On June 28, 2024, Goldman started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $33.
On May 31, 2024, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $30.UBS initiated its Buy rating on May 31, 2024, with a $30 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 07 ’24 when Jenkins Robert M sold 6,372 shares for $29.08 per share. The transaction valued at 185,298 led to the insider holds 23,395 shares of the business.
Mavoides Peter M. sold 27,817 shares of EPRT for $779,711 on Aug 05 ’24. The President and CEO now owns 473,893 shares after completing the transaction at $28.03 per share. On Aug 07 ’24, another insider, Jenkins Robert M, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 6,372 shares for $29.13 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, EPRT now has a Market Capitalization of 5262449152 and an Enterprise Value of 7169689088. As of this moment, Essential’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 25.59, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 24.71. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.95. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 13.05 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.62. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 17.828 whereas that against EBITDA is 19.666.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, EPRT has reached a high of $31.23, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $20.49. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.21%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 14.89%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, EPRT traded on average about 1.48M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1595430 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 175.33M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 174.10M. Insiders hold about 0.70% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 112.09% stake in the company. Shares short for EPRT as of 1722384000 were 11848018 with a Short Ratio of 8.01, compared to 1719532800 on 12208060. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 11848018 and a Short% of Float of 9.9300005.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for EPRT is 1.14, which was 1.14 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.038050734The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.38.
