Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates for Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE: EPRT) recently:

• 11/3/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust had its price target lowered by Cantor Fitzgerald from $37.00 to $31.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/28/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c+)” to “hold (c)”.
• 10/26/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust had its price target lowered by Citigroup from $36.00 to $30.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/24/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “sell”.
• 10/22/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust had its “strong-buy” rating reaffirmed by Raymond James Financial. They now have a $37.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust had its price target lowered by Stifel Nicolaus from $36.00 to $32.50. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/20/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust was downgraded by Deutsche Bank from “buy” to “hold”. They now have a $28.00 price target on the stock, down from $38.00.
• 10/20/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust had its price target lowered by Barclays from $37.00 to $34.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/19/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust had its price target lowered by Wells Fargo & Company from $36.00 to $30.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/19/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust had its price target lowered by Mizuho from $30.00 to $29.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/2/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b-)” to “hold (c+)”.
• 10/1/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust is now covered by Truist Financial. They set a “buy” rating and a $31.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/24/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust had its price target lowered by Scotiabank from $33.00 to $30.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 9/24/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust had its price target lowered by Scotiabank from $33.00 to $30.00. They now have a “sector outperform” rating on the stock.
• 9/21/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Evercore. They now have a $37.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/17/2026 – Essential Properties Realty Trust had its price target lowered by Mizuho from $34.00 to $30.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.

Essential Properties Realty Trust Price Performance

NYSE:EPRT traded down $0.13 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $27.94. The stock had a trading volume of 1,553,345 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,174,531. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $27.04 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $30.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.72, a P/E/G ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 4.94 and a quick ratio of 4.94. Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. has a one year low of $24.62 and a one year high of $34.73.

Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 21st. The company reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.33 by ($0.06). The business had revenue of $168.67 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $158.17 million. Essential Properties Realty Trust had a return on equity of 5.95% and a net margin of 41.03%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 15.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.48 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. will post 1.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Essential Properties Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 14th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 30th were issued a $0.32 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, September 30th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.6%. Essential Properties Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 104.07%.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, owns and manages single-tenant commercial properties across the United States. Its properties are leased to businesses operating in service-oriented and other industries, including restaurants, car washes, early childhood education and medical services. The company primarily uses long-term net leases, under which tenants generally pay property-related expenses such as taxes, insurance and maintenance in addition to rent.