Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT) Shares Up Despite Recent Market Volatility

Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: EPRT)’s stock price has increased by 0.50 compared to its previous closing price of 31.77. However, the company has seen a -0.93% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-04-27 that US equity markets resumed their recovery this week from the “liberation day” plunge after the White House negotiated trade deals with several nations and indicated plans to ease China tariffs. Trimming its drawdown to around 10% from its mid-February highs, the S&P 500 rallied 4.6% this week – erasing an early-week dip with four-straight days of gains. After posting significant outperformance last week, real estate equities were among the laggards this week despite a solid start to REIT earnings season and a much-needed retreat in benchmark rates.

Is It Worth Investing in Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: EPRT) Right Now?

Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: EPRT) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 27.51x compared to its average ratio, The 36-month beta value for EPRT is at 1.12. Analysts have varying views on the stock, with 11 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 rating it as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”

The public float for EPRT is 196.26M, and currently, shorts hold a 6.56% of that float. The average trading volume for EPRT on April 30, 2025 was 1.83M shares.

EPRT’s Market Performance

EPRT stock saw a decrease of -0.93% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -2.06% and a quarterly a decrease of 0.09%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.28%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.44% for Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 1.89% for EPRT stock, with a simple moving average of 0.05% for the last 200 days.

Analysts’ Opinion of EPRT

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for EPRT stocks, with B. Riley Securities repeating the rating for EPRT by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for EPRT in the upcoming period, according to B. Riley Securities is $33.50 based on the research report published on February 19, 2025 of the current year 2025.

CapitalOne, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see EPRT reach a price target of $35. The rating they have provided for EPRT stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on February 12th, 2025.

Barclays gave a rating of “Overweight” to EPRT, setting the target price at $35.94 in the report published on December 17th of the previous year.

EPRT Trading at 0.55% 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 -8.46% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 3.44%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.28%, as shares sank -2.18% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +2.11% upper at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, EPRT fell by -0.93%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +9.57% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $31.34. In addition, Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc saw 2.08% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at EPRT starting from Peter Mavoides, who proposed sale 78,125 shares at the price of $32.10 back on Apr 29 ’25. After this action, Peter Mavoides now owns shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc, valued at $2,507,812 using the latest closing price.

Sautel Stephen D, the Director of Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc, sale 30,000 shares at $31.99 during a trade that took place back on Feb 24 ’25, which means that Sautel Stephen D is holding 218,785 shares at $959,700 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 0.45. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value 6.01, with 3.83 for asset returns.

Based on Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.36 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.15. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.56. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.52.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is 404.97 million with net debt to EBITDA at 4.64. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 17.63. The receivables turnover for the company is 0.87for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.08.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc (EPRT) has had a mixed performance lately. Opinion on the stock among analysts is mixed, with some giving it a “buy” rating and others a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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