Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Reduces Stock Position in Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. $EPRT

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH cut its stake in shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EPRT) by 2.3% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,114,007 shares of the company’s stock after selling 26,426 shares during the period. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH owned about 0.56% of Essential Properties Realty Trust worth $35,548,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. TD Private Client Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust during the 2nd quarter valued at about $25,000. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new stake in Essential Properties Realty Trust during the second quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new position in Essential Properties Realty Trust in the first quarter worth approximately $80,000. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S purchased a new position in shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust during the 1st quarter worth $92,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust by 21.5% during the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 5,003 shares of the company’s stock worth $160,000 after acquiring an additional 885 shares during the last quarter. 96.98% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently commented on EPRT. Stifel Nicolaus set a $36.00 target price on Essential Properties Realty Trust in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Barclays lowered their price objective on Essential Properties Realty Trust from $37.00 to $36.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 21st. Berenberg Bank initiated coverage on Essential Properties Realty Trust in a research note on Monday, October 13th. They set a “buy” rating and a $36.00 price objective for the company. Finally, UBS Group raised their target price on shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust from $36.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 15th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Essential Properties Realty Trust has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $35.46.

Essential Properties Realty Trust Price Performance

NYSE:EPRT opened at $30.80 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $6.10 billion, a PE ratio of 24.84, a P/E/G ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a quick ratio of 5.66, a current ratio of 5.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $30.16 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $31.03. Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. has a 52 week low of $27.44 and a 52 week high of $34.88.

Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October 22nd. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.48. Essential Properties Realty Trust had a return on equity of 6.38% and a net margin of 45.25%.The company had revenue of $144.93 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $140.42 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.43 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 23.7% on a year-over-year basis. Essential Properties Realty Trust has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.980-2.040 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 1.870-1.890 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. will post 1.83 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Essential Properties Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 14th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th were given a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.9%. Essential Properties Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio is currently 96.77%.

About Essential Properties Realty Trust

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc, a real estate company, acquires, owns, and manages single-tenant properties in the United States. The company leases its properties to middle-market companies, such as restaurants, car washes, automotive services, medical and dental services, convenience stores, equipment rental, entertainment, early childhood education, grocery, and health and fitness on a long-term basis.