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EPR Properties EPR
$55.59 -1.52% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.32B
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 17.8× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.12, up 53.7% year over year.
- Net debt is 6.0× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
Growth71Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 33%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 24%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 49%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 19%
Quality67Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 27%
- Gross marginTop 25%
- Operating marginTop 15%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 23%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Interest coverTop 20%
Value79Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 26%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 49%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 33%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 36%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 9%
Momentum71Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 44%
- 6-month returnTop 20%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 44%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 21%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 39%
Revisions26Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 47%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 21%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 32%
Stability72Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 26%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 9%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 48%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.9% | 11.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 98.8% | 53.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 90.9% | 69.6% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 53.4% | 55.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 61.2% | 32.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.3% | 7.9% | ↑ | Top 33% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 53.7% | 98.8% | ↓ | Top 24% |
| Gross margin | 69.6% | 90.9% | ↓ | Top 25% |
| Operating margin | 55.2% | 53.4% | ↑ | Top 15% |
| Net margin | 36.0% | 27.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 32.1% | 61.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% | — | Top 27% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.6% | — | Top 49% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.89×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -15.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.99×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 6.71%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.70%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +4.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $65.50
- Target vs current price
- +17.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 22
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 32%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +6.0% | -0.6% | -4.8% | -6.2% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -2.6% | +0.6% | +4.1% | +0.6% | +10.9% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +12.8% | -0.8% | +1.8% | -14.4% | -0.7% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +2.4% | -0.8% | -5.8% | -0.7% | +0.3% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +15.9% | -0.6% | -3.7% | -5.2% | -4.3% |
| May 7, 2025 | +10.6% | +0.3% | +4.3% | +11.1% | +9.6% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -128.8% | +1.0% | +4.3% | +0.6% | +3.0% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -24.1% | +1.5% | -2.7% | -3.4% | +0.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.79 | $0.75 | +6.0% | $169.0M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.74 | $0.76 | -2.6% | $155.2M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.80 | $0.71 | +12.8% | $157.1M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $0.80 | $0.78 | +2.4% | $154.8M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.91 | $0.79 | +15.9% | $150.4M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.79 | $0.71 | +10.6% | $146.4M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -$0.19 | $0.66 | -128.8% | $149.1M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.53 | $0.70 | -24.1% | $148.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 17.8× | 21.0× | 0th | Top 26% |
| P/E (forward) | 18.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.4× | — | — | Top 33% |
| EV / Sales | 10.72× | — | — | Bottom 36% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.42% | — | — | Top 49% |
| Earnings yield | 5.61% | — | — | Top 26% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 17.9× – 139.4× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -4.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +53.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -24.3%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -2.4%
- RSI (14)
- 34.2
- Relative volume
- 0.79×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 19.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 29th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.57
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.35
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -20.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2022 | Mar 23, 2023 | -38.5% | 247 days | 549 days (Jun 2, 2025) |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Oct 16, 2020 | -24.7% | 10 days | 16 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Dec 22, 2020 | -23.7% | 19 days | 23 days (Jan 27, 2021) |
| Jul 14, 2021 | Jan 27, 2022 | -23.1% | 137 days | 42 days (Mar 29, 2022) |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 | -20.4% | 178 days | 75 days (Jul 16, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.32B
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.12
- Revenue (TTM)
- $730.5M
- Dividend yield
- 6.56%
- 52-week range
- $48.11 – $64.97
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $512.9M | $610.6M | $659.7M | $641.0M | $718.4M |
| Gross profit | $456.1M | $554.7M | $602.2M | $581.9M | $320.9M |
| Operating income | $278.8M | $311.0M | $306.4M | $315.7M | $377.0M |
| Net income | $98.6M | $176.2M | $173.0M | $146.1M | $274.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.00 | $2.03 | $1.97 | $1.60 | $3.28 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $163.1M | $164.0M | $163.4M | $165.8M | $170.2M | $182.9M | $181.3M | $196.1M |
| Net income | $46.6M | -$8.4M | $65.8M | $75.6M | $66.6M | $66.9M | $62.6M | $67.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.53 | -$0.19 | $0.78 | $0.91 | $0.79 | $0.80 | $0.74 | $0.79 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $306.9M | $441.7M | $447.1M | $393.1M | $421.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$113.2M | -$13.4M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Free cash flow | $193.7M | $428.3M | $447.1M | $393.1M | $421.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$117.5M | -$265.7M | -$272.2M | -$279.9M | -$290.7M |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.3M | -$3.5M | -$3.1M | -$10.6M | -$8.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $16.2M
- Total assets
- $6.05B
- Total liabilities
- $3.74B
- Total debt
- $3.52B
- Net debt
- $3.51B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.31B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.31 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.31 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $0.31 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.31 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.31 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.31 | May 15, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.31 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.30 | Mar 16, 2026 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 7,314,707
- Days to cover
- 8.11
- Change vs previous report
- +8.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.