Welltower

WELL

Market cap $112B

REITs in 2025 have shown disciplined capital raising, issuing equity mainly when trading at premiums to NAV and capturing low-cost debt opportunistically. Welltower and CareTrust issued equity at significant premiums, signaling management's awareness of overvaluation and maximizing accretion for shareholders. Undervalued REITs like UMH Properties are shifting to share buybacks, recognizing the accretive opportunity at deep discounts to NAV and cheap AFFO multiples.

Welltower (WELL) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

TOLEDO, Ohio , Oct. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Welltower® Inc. (NYSE: WELL) today announced it will release third quarter 2025 financial results after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, October 27, 2025. The Company will host a conference call and webcast on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.

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A rise in the senior citizen population and healthcare expenses, restructuring efforts, and a healthy balance sheet are likely to support WELL.

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National Health Investors offers similar senior housing growth as Welltower but trades at less than half the valuation multiple. Senior housing fundamentals are strong, driven by demographic trends, low new supply, and recovering occupancy, supporting robust long-term growth. WELL is substantially overvalued, trading at 38x AFFO and 198% of NAV, while NHI trades at just 16x AFFO with comparable underlying growth.

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Proceeds raised by US equity real estate investment trusts through at-the-market offerings dipped sequentially in the second quarter of 2025. Twenty-six US REITs utilized their at-the-market programs during the quarter, raising $4.85 billion in aggregate, down a slight 3.9% from the quarter prior but up 50.7% YoY. By property sector, healthcare REITs raised the majority of proceeds through ATM offerings during Q2, totaling $2.92 billion in aggregate.