Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund Grows Stock Holdings in Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI)

Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund raised its position in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) by 5.1% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 54,892 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 2,667 shares during the period. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund’s holdings in Omega Healthcare Investors were worth $2,078,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 12,339,753 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $502,228,000 after purchasing an additional 114,085 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,426,129 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $261,589,000 after purchasing an additional 192,465 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its position in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors by 9.9% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,216,835 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $171,625,000 after purchasing an additional 380,626 shares during the last quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors by 317.7% in the 3rd quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 3,949,368 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $160,739,000 after purchasing an additional 3,003,845 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Omega Healthcare Investors by 6.7% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,830,302 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $155,893,000 after purchasing an additional 240,006 shares during the last quarter. 65.25% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Omega Healthcare Investors from $39.00 to $43.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Mizuho increased their price objective on shares of Omega Healthcare Investors from $35.00 to $37.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. JMP Securities reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of Omega Healthcare Investors in a report on Friday, February 7th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upgraded shares of Omega Healthcare Investors from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $45.00 price target on the stock in a report on Monday, December 9th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $41.67.

Omega Healthcare Investors Price Performance

Shares of NYSE OHI opened at $36.87 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.79, a PEG ratio of 1.09 and a beta of 0.99. Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. has a 12 month low of $29.66 and a 12 month high of $44.42. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $37.21 and its 200-day simple moving average is $39.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 7.07 and a quick ratio of 7.07.

Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.33. Omega Healthcare Investors had a net margin of 38.65% and a return on equity of 9.71%. Analysts expect that Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. will post 2.86 EPS for the current year.

Omega Healthcare Investors Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 10th were paid a dividend of $0.67 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 10th. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.27%. Omega Healthcare Investors’s payout ratio is 172.90%.

Omega Healthcare Investors Profile

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc engages in the provision of financing and capital to the long-term healthcare industry with a particular focus on skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, rehabilitation and acute care facilities, and medical office buildings.