Healthpeak Properties

DOC

Market cap $12.9B

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Healthpeak Properties is a diversified healthcare REIT with a strong tenant mix, robust financials, and a 6.3% monthly dividend yield. DOC benefits from merger synergies, AFFO per share growth, and decent balance sheet management, positioning it well for an improving macro environment. Rate cuts and lower treasury yields are key near-term catalysts, while fundamentals support DOC for further dividend increases.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (NYSE: DOC), a leading owner, operator, and developer of real estate for healthcare discovery and delivery, announced that on October 6, 2025, its Board of Directors declared a monthly common stock cash dividend of $0.10167 per share for the fourth quarter of 2025, payable on the payment dates set forth in the table below to stockholders of record as of the close of business on the corresponding record date in the table below. The monthly div.

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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (NYSE: DOC), a leading owner, operator, and developer of real estate for healthcare discovery and delivery, is scheduled to report third quarter 2025 financial results after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, October 23, 2025. Healthpeak will host a conference call and webcast on Friday, October 24, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time (10:00 a.m. Eastern Time) to review its financial performance and operating result.