Where do healthcare REITs – including Ventas – fit in the overall REIT industry?
The 12 publicly traded equity healthcare REITS had total enterprise value of approximately $60 billion as of September 30, 2010. Healthcare REITs also offer an attractive average dividend yield of 6.0 percent. The MSCI US REIT Index began including healthcare REITs in the Index on July 16, 2002, with the addition of eight healthcare REIT companies, including Ventas, to the Index. Healthcare REITs own a spectrum of senior housing and healthcare assets, ranging from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities to independent and assisted living facilities to medical office buildings. (source: KeyBanc Capital Markets).
The 12 publicly traded equity healthcare REITS had total enterprise value of approximately $69 billion as of March 31, 2011. Healthcare REITs also offer an attractive average dividend yield of 5.7 percent. The MSCI US REIT Index began including healthcare REITs in the Index on July 16, 2002, with the addition of eight healthcare REIT companies, including Ventas, to the Index. Healthcare REITs own a spectrum of senior housing and healthcare assets, ranging from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities to independent and assisted living facilities to medical office buildings. (source: KeyBanc Capital Markets).
