Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: EPRT) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 26.68x compared to its average ratio. EPRT has 36-month beta value of 1.40. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 11 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for EPRT is 173.65M, and currently, short sellers hold a 6.67% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of EPRT on February 13, 2025 was 1.09M shares.
EPRT) stock’s latest price update
Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: EPRT)’s stock price has plunge by -1.60relation to previous closing price of 31.20. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -4.12% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-02-12 that The headline numbers for Essential Properties (EPRT) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended December 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
EPRT’s Market Performance
EPRT’s stock has fallen by -4.12% in the past week, with a monthly drop of -0.45% and a quarterly drop of -7.22%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.55% while the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.98% for Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -2.87% for EPRT’s stock, with a -0.17% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of EPRT
Barclays, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see EPRT reach a price target of $35.94. The rating they have provided for EPRT stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on December 17th, 2024.
Deutsche Bank gave a rating of “Buy” to EPRT, setting the target price at $38 in the report published on December 11th of the previous year.
EPRT Trading at -3.67% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought EPRT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -11.98% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.98%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.55%, as shares sank -0.97% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -10.52% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, EPRT fell by -4.12%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +19.32% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $31.61. In addition, Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc saw -1.85% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at EPRT starting from Mavoides Peter M., who sale 16,829 shares at the price of $31.89 back on Nov 04 ’24. After this action, Mavoides Peter M. now owns 402,485 shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc, valued at $536,677 using the latest closing price.
Peter Mavoides, the Officer of Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc, proposed sale 44,646 shares at $32.76 during a trade that took place back on Oct 03 ’24, which means that Peter Mavoides is holding shares at $1,462,603 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for EPRT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.64 for the present operating margin
- 0.92 for the gross margin
The net margin for Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc stands at 0.46. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value 6.53, with 3.92 for asset returns.
Based on Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.41 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.13. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.69. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.89.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 352.05 million with net debt to EBITDA at 5.34. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 17.65. The receivables turnover for the company is 0.85for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.08.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
