Health Care REIT Makes $650 Million of Investments in Q3, FFO Up 60%

Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE:HCN) reported a net income attributable to stockholders of $36.6 million, or $0.21 per share, for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011, a substantial improvement over last year’s loss of $4.6 million, or $0.04, in the third quarter. Normalized funds from operations (FFO) went up nearly 60% to $150.4 million, or […]

Sun Healthcare Revenues Up 3.3%, Withdraws 2011 Guidance Over Medicare Cuts

Sun Healthcare Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNH) second quarter revenue was up 3.3%, coming in at $487.7 million as it saw a boost from nursing home operations. Consolidated consolidated adjusted EBITDAR increased 7.0% to $67.4 million and adjusted EBITDAR margin grew 50 basis points to 13.8%, compared to normalized data for the same period in 2010. “We have been particularly […]

WSJ: Medicare Cuts to Skilled Nursing Hit Health Care REIT Stocks

After news of Medicare’s decision to slash payments to skilled nursing facilities broke on Friday, Health Care REITs are feeling the pain reports the Wall Street Journal. The steep 11.1% cuts to fiscal year 2012 wasn’t expected and investors started to fear it could impair rent payments from skilled nursing tenants. Omega Healthcare Investors recently […]

Five Star Quality Care’s Net Income Down 36% in Second Quarter

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (NYSE:FVE) reported a 36% decrease in net income for the second quarter 2011, with $5.2 million, down from from $8.2 million in 2Q 2010, due in part to a loss of income from discontinued operations. However, it experienced a 3.4% increase in total revenues to $312.6 million in the second quarter […]

Omnicare Q2 Results Up on Strong Cash Flows

Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE:OCR) reported its second quarter results that show an increase in its GAAP net income to .32 per share versus .20 per share for the same period in 2011 and an adjusted EBITDA of $146.3 million compared to $144.5 million in Q2 2011. Omnicare’s cash flow from continuing operations during Q2 saw a […]

Equity Lifestyle Q2 Earnings Up, Works on Closing $1.43 Billion Acquisition

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE: ELS) announced its results for the quarter ending June 30, 2011that shows net income available to common stockholders totaled $6.8 million for the quarter compared to $6.0 million for the same period in 2010.  ELS had Funds From Operations (“FFO”) of $27.3 million for the quarter compared to $27.1 million for […]

Senior Housing Properties Trust to Sell $6.5 Million Shares in Public Offering

Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH), a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) that owns assisted-living communities, nursing homes and rehabilitation hospitals said it would sell at least 6.5 million shares on Monday. Proceeds would be used to reduce the amount due under the company’s revolving credit facility and for general business purposes, which could include funding […]

Lennar Net Income Falls 65% During Q2 2011

Lennar’s (NYSE: LEN and LEN.B) net income fell 65% during the Q2 2011 compared with last year, as the company continues to manage its way through a difficult housing market. One of the nation’s largest senior housing builders, the company earned $13.8 million, or 7 cents per share, for the three months ended May 31. That […]

HCP CEO Sees More Opportunity in Senior Housing and Post Acute Sectors

After closing the deal to acquire the facilities of HCR ManorCare for $6.1 billion in cash, Jay Flaherty, chairman, president and CEO of HCP (NYSE: HCP) says demand for health care facilities is approaching a point where it will outstrip supply. Speaking with REIT.com during REITWeek2011, Flaherty said the growing number of baby boomers will continue to drive […]