Healthcare REITs

Within the past two weeks, many real estate investment trusts (REITs) have defied lowered expectations from Wall Street by announcing third-quarter earnings that either met or exceeded the estimates or showed improvement from the third quarter of 2022. Share prices usually rise when companies...

A handful of healthcare REITs have been on the upswing, as recent improvements in occupancy rates and their ability to restructure leases with facility operators have buoyed the share prices of several companies in the subsector. Analysts are taking note of the improvements. Take a look at three...

It's never easy to figure out Wall Street, where bad news can be good for stocks or vice versa. Sometimes a stock can be flying high, only to have a well-known analyst spoil the party with a downgrade. The reverse also is true, as was the case this week with some healthcare real estate investment...

Poor earnings and analyst downgrades are two negative events that can impact the price of a stock. When a company reports disappointing financial results, it may reflect potential problems with its business operations, a lack of growth or overall financial difficulties. It typically sends investors...

When a stock sells off and loses a large portion of its share price, investors must always ask themselves whether the possible reward of buying the issues at a discount is worth the risk that sent the stock so far down. Last year saw many real estate investment trusts (REITs) lose between 40% and...

A new year often brings new hope for the stock market, and after the terrible performance of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in 2022, it’s refreshing to see analysts coming out with improved forecasts for the same REITs that were downgraded so heavily last year. Healthcare is one area...

While quite a few real estate investment trusts (REITs) are just now coming off of new lows, Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) is up to a three-month high.  The company is focused mostly on healthcare and owns 1,200 properties nationwide totaling 24 million square feet of space. Its market...

More than 200 publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) across 13 sectors are traded on the stock market, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit) With so many REITs to choose from, making decisions on which ones to invest in can be somewhat...

With Wall Street increasing its expectations for a recession in 2023, investors should look for sectors that are expected to either thrive or at least hold their own during the worst of times.  One such sector is healthcare. People get sick or injured whether the economy is in a boom or bust...

It’s been a tough year for Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ: DHC), at least for its stock price.  The real estate investment trust (REIT) dropped to a new 52-week low of $0.74 from a January high of $3.25. The REIT has been sliding since 2017 when it peaked way at $17. That’s a...

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) operating in the healthcare sector, tend to have a trailing 10-year return of 11.6%, according to SP Global. Healthcare REITs tend to invest in properties operated by hospitals, assisted living facilities, and medical offices, among others. Although...

2022 will long be remembered as the year when real estate investment trusts (REITs) were clobbered by inflation and fears of recession. But since mid-October, many of these stocks have bounced back. Yields have risen, and many REITs have surpassed analysts’ expectations with improved third-...

Shopping malls and retail strip centers have been declining for many years. How many empty spaces did you see in your local mall the last time you visited? Have you seen any new malls or strip centers being constructed recently? Main streets across America have also had vacant storefronts for a...

From data gathered on Sept. 30, 2019, healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs) have earned a trailing ten-year return of 11.6% on average. Office REITs, however, tend to have an average ten-year return of 9%. S&P Global reported that healthcare REITs have a five-year average dividend...

A major real estate investment trust (REIT) headed higher on Nov. 8, after reporting third-quarter funds from operation (FFO) met expectations and revenues beat them. Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) gained substantially on the news that the company had a quarterly FFO of $0.84 per share, better than...