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Neutral 53 (OpenAI - 5.2)
Rating:53Neutral
Price Target:
$16.50
▼(-1.67% Downside)
The score is held back primarily by pressured profitability/leverage (financials) and a weak technical trend (trading below key moving averages). Earnings-call guidance points to near-term FFO pressure (lab occupancy and refinancing) despite clear strengths in outpatient and senior housing, while valuation remains a drag due to the very high P/E, only partly offset by the strong dividend yield.
Positive Factors
Outpatient medical strength
Sustained sector-leading outpatient leasing, high occupancy (91%) and positive same-store NOI indicate durable demand and strong operator partnerships. This supports predictable rental cash flows, recurring NOI growth and a defensible competitive position in outpatient medical real estate over the medium term.
Senior housing platform & IPO
Very strong senior housing NOI growth and a plan to spin out Janus Living create a structural path to unlock value while preserving management involvement. The IPO and portfolio focus position Healthpeak to monetize gains, concentrate capital, and scale a high-growth specialty REIT platform.
Cash flow generation
Improving operating and free cash flow provides durable financial flexibility to fund development, dividends and deleveraging. Strong cash generation offsets some accounting volatility in net income and supports capital recycling, refinancing and shareholder returns over the next several quarters.
Negative Factors
Rising leverage & refinancing risk
Materially higher debt and ~5.2x net debt/EBITDA raise structural refinancing risk as sizable maturities hit in 2026. Elevated leverage limits financial flexibility, increases interest expense sensitivity, and can pressure cash available for growth or distributions if capital markets remain constrained.
Life-science occupancy pressure
Significant life-science occupancy decline and the outlook for material lab NOI contraction imply a multi-quarter earnings drag. Recovery depends on leasing, fitout timing and capital markets — structural lags that can cap FFO growth and increase volatility in portfolio income for multiple quarters.
Profitability & margin volatility
A sharp drop in net income and compressed margins signal earnings quality risk despite top-line growth. Persistent margin volatility undermines return on equity and can complicate payout sustainability and capital allocation decisions during cycles, creating medium-term operational pressure.

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Healthpeak Properties Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company DescriptionHealthpeak Properties, Inc. is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) and S&P 500 company. Healthpeak owns, operates, and develops high-quality real estate for healthcare discovery and delivery.
How the Company Makes MoneyHealthpeak Properties generates revenue primarily through leasing its properties to tenants, which include healthcare providers and operators. The company earns rental income from long-term leases, typically structured with fixed annual increases. Key revenue streams include income from senior housing communities, medical office buildings, and life sciences properties. Additionally, Healthpeak may engage in development projects that create new income-generating properties. The company's strategic partnerships with healthcare operators and providers enhance its revenue potential by ensuring high occupancy rates and stable cash flows. Economic trends in the healthcare sector, demographic shifts, and regulatory changes significantly influence its earnings, as they affect demand for healthcare real estate.

Healthpeak Properties Earnings Call Summary

Earnings Call Date:Feb 02, 2026
(Q4-2025)
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Next Earnings Date:Apr 23, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call presented material near-term headwinds driven by the life science (lab) occupancy decline and higher refinancing costs that lowered 2026 FFO guidance versus 2025. However, strong and improving performance in outpatient medical (record leasing, high occupancy, favorable dispositions and realized synergies), an exceptionally strong senior housing performance with a clear strategic path (Janus Living IPO and pipeline), solid liquidity ($2.4B) and active capital recycling/acquisition activity provide multiple offsetting positives. Management highlighted improving capital markets for life science leasing and a sizable leasing pipeline, but acknowledged earnings recovery will lag. On balance, the company appears strategically well-positioned with meaningful operating strength in two of its three core businesses, while near-term lab-driven earnings pressure and refinancing risk remain the primary concerns.
Q4-2025 Updates
Positive Updates
Strong Overall Financials and Same-Store NOI
Q4 FFO as adjusted $0.47 per share and AFFO $0.40 per share; full-year FFO as adjusted $1.84 and AFFO $1.69. Total portfolio same-store cash NOI growth of 3.9% in Q4 and 4.0% for the full year 2025.
Outpatient Medical Outperformance and Record Leasing
Outpatient delivered sector-leading results: executed 4.9 million sq ft of leasing in 2025 (including a company-record 1.0 million sq ft of new leasing), cash releasing spreads of 5% on renewals, 79% tenant retention, 91% year-end occupancy and same-store NOI growth of 3.9% (above guidance).
Value-Accretive Outpatient Dispositions and Synergies
Selling fully stabilized, less-core outpatient assets at attractive prices including $325 million in Q4 at ~6% cap rate; merger with Physicians Realty Trust generated ~$70 million of synergies supporting earnings.
Senior Housing — Strong Growth and Strategic IPO Plan
Senior housing: full-year same-store NOI growth 12.6% and Q4 growth 16.7% (management also referenced 17% in Q4). Announced plan to contribute entire senior housing portfolio to planned Janus Living IPO (Healthpeak to manage and remain a meaningful shareholder). Closed JV partner buyout for $314 million (46.5% interest) and expect to contribute additional $360 million of acquisitions to Janus Living pipeline.
Lab Portfolio: Signs of Leasing Momentum and Improving Capital Markets
Life science leasing activity in 2025 included nearly 1.5 million sq ft executed (562k sq ft of new leasing) and positive 5% cash releasing spreads on renewals. Management reported improving capital raising and M&A since Labor Day 2025, an active pipeline (~1.5 million sq ft) and an additional ~100k sq ft of leasing activity under LOI since year-end.
Balance Sheet Liquidity and Active M&A/Capital Recycling
Net debt to adjusted EBITDA ~5.2x with $2.4 billion liquidity. YTD 2026 completions of $464 million of acquisitions (incl. $314 million JV buyout and Gateway acquisition). Management plans $1B+ of asset sales/recaps/loan repayments in 2026 and has $1.1B of refinancing activity scheduled.
Disciplined 2026 Guidance with Clear Segment Assumptions
2026 FFO as adjusted guidance of $1.70–$1.74; total same-store NOI guide -1% to +1% with outpatient +2% to +3%, lab -5% to -10%, and senior housing +8% to +12% — management articulated drivers and timing for each segment.
Experienced Leadership and Talent Additions
Strategic hires to strengthen platforms and markets: Dennis Sullivan (San Diego), Claire Brown (Boston), Jonathan Hughes (SVP finance & IR for Janus Living effort) and Omkar Joshi (head of enterprise innovation).
Negative Updates
Life Science (Lab) Occupancy and Near-Term Earnings Pressure
Lab total occupancy ended ~77% (reported as depressed by >150 bps due to the Gateway acquisition) with material occupancy loss over the last year (management cited roughly 600 bps of total occupancy decline). Lab same-store NOI is forecast to decline 5%–10% in 2026 and the lost occupancy is estimated to reduce 2026 FFO by approximately $0.12 per share (management noted ~1¢–1.5¢ per 100 bps of occupancy loss).
Reduced 2026 FFO vs. 2025
2026 FFO as adjusted guidance midpoint ($1.72) is below 2025 FFO as adjusted of $1.84, reflecting life science earnings lag, higher refinancing costs, redevelopment drag and a $68 million Salt Lake City contractual purchase option executed at an 11% cap that reduces earnings (~1¢ impact).
Refinancing and Higher Interest Cost Risk
Approximately $1.1 billion of scheduled refinancing in 2026 (including $650 million of senior unsecured notes maturing in July and $440 million of secured mortgages). Management already recognized higher-cost funding (e.g., $150 million loan proceeds drawn in 2025 at ~10% rate), which will pressure earnings until refis are executed at better pricing.
Earnings Timing Lags and One-Time Benefits Unwinding
Q1 2026 FFO expected to be roughly $0.03 lower than Q4 2025 (Q4 $0.47 → ~Q1 $0.43) as one-time fourth-quarter benefits (termination-related receipts, free-rent burn-off and other timing items) unwind and as lower year-end occupancy flows through the income statement.
Life Science Earnings Recovery Is Lagged and Depends on Capital Markets
Management indicated that even as capital raising and leasing activity improve, earnings will lag due to time required to build pipelines, sign leases, complete fits and commence rent — recovery timing is uncertain and dependent on continued capital markets improvement.
Janus Living IPO Uncertainty and Dilution Risk
The planned senior housing IPO (Janus Living) introduces execution and timing risk (SEC process) and will dilute Healthpeak’s ownership; management noted the IPO is not expected to meaningfully affect 2026 guidance but outcomes remain subject to market conditions and regulatory review.
Company Guidance
Healthpeak guided 2026 FFO as adjusted of $1.70–$1.74 per share (midpoint $1.72) with total same-store NOI growth of down 1% to up 1% (outpatient medical +2% to +3%, lab -5% to -10%, senior housing +8% to +12%); management noted roughly $500M of CapEx planned for 2026, ~ $1.1B of refinancing activity (including $650M of senior unsecured notes maturing in July and ~$440M of secured mortgage maturities), $2.4B of liquidity and a 5.2x net debt / adjusted EBITDA leverage at year-end, and expects the Janus Living IPO to have no meaningful impact on 2026 guidance.

Healthpeak Properties Financial Statement Overview

Summary
Mixed fundamentals: steady revenue growth and improving operating/free cash flow support the score, but 2025 net income declined sharply, margins compressed, and leverage rose (higher debt and weaker ROE), reducing financial flexibility.
Income Statement
58
Neutral
Revenue has grown steadily over time, with a particularly strong step-up in 2025 versus 2024. Profitability, however, has become less consistent: net income fell sharply in 2025 versus 2024 and net profit margin compressed to a low-single-digit level, even as operating profitability remained solid. Overall, the top-line trajectory is a positive, but the recent drop in bottom-line earnings and margin volatility temper the score.
Balance Sheet
52
Neutral
The balance sheet shows rising leverage: total debt increased meaningfully in 2025 and the debt-to-equity level moved higher versus the prior two years. Equity remains sizable, but returns on equity have weakened materially alongside lower net income in 2025. Overall, asset scale is stable and equity is meaningful, but higher leverage and softer returns reduce financial flexibility.
Cash Flow
66
Positive
Cash generation is a relative strength: operating cash flow and free cash flow increased over time and accelerated in 2025, indicating improved cash-producing capacity. That said, the relationship between cash flow and reported earnings looks inconsistent in 2025 (cash flow stayed strong while net income dropped), which can create volatility in perceived earnings quality. Overall, cash flow momentum is positive, but the earnings-versus-cash disconnect is a key watch item.
BreakdownDec 2025Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021
Income Statement
Total Revenue2.82B2.70B2.18B2.06B1.90B
Gross Profit634.55M1.63B1.28B1.20B1.12B
EBITDA1.60B1.61B1.27B1.39B970.63M
Net Income71.35M243.14M306.01M500.45M505.54M
Balance Sheet
Total Assets20.34B19.94B15.70B15.77B15.26B
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments537.70M119.82M117.64M72.03M158.29M
Total Debt10.44B9.02B7.08B6.71B6.37B
Total Liabilities12.03B10.88B8.77B8.48B8.11B
Stockholders Equity7.50B8.40B6.35B6.65B6.52B
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow1.25B1.07B956.24M900.26M795.25M
Operating Cash Flow1.25B1.07B956.24M900.26M795.25M
Investing Cash Flow-1.03B-113.80M-576.75M-876.34M531.03M
Financing Cash Flow136.11M-941.42M-337.30M-116.53M-1.29B

Healthpeak Properties Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis Sentiment
Negative
Last Price16.78
Price Trends
50DMA
16.89
Negative
100DMA
17.40
Negative
200DMA
17.17
Negative
Market Momentum
MACD
0.05
Positive
RSI
45.21
Neutral
STOCH
14.23
Positive
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For DOC, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 16.78 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 17.26, below the 50-day MA of 16.89, and below the 200-day MA of 17.17, indicating a bearish trend. The MACD of 0.05 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 45.21 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 14.23 is Positive, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for DOC.

Healthpeak Properties Risk Analysis

Healthpeak Properties disclosed 58 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Healthpeak Properties reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks

Healthpeak Properties Peers Comparison

Overall Rating
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (65)
Financial Indicators
Name
Overall Rating
Market Cap
P/E Ratio
ROE
Dividend Yield
Revenue Growth
EPS Growth
77
Outperform
$3.88B25.5710.87%4.73%8.04%9.20%
76
Outperform
$12.70B24.1211.28%6.11%13.50%31.56%
74
Outperform
$4.59B25.246.29%6.47%8.12%75.95%
65
Neutral
$2.17B12.193.79%4.94%3.15%1.96%
56
Neutral
$5.82B-15.65-7.26%6.56%-6.59%33.35%
53
Neutral
$11.95B162.390.89%7.73%9.58%-111.99%
48
Neutral
-14.02%6.57%45.56%73.44%
* Real Estate Sector Average
Performance Comparison
Ticker
Company Name
Price
Change
% Change
DOC
Healthpeak Properties
16.78
-1.93
-10.30%
NHI
National Health Investors
81.50
15.19
22.90%
OHI
Omega Healthcare
42.96
7.44
20.95%
SBRA
Sabra Healthcare REIT
18.42
2.48
15.52%
MPW
Medical Properties
5.24
0.66
14.44%
HR
Healthcare Realty Trust
16.56
1.08
6.98%

Healthpeak Properties Corporate Events

Business Operations and StrategyStock BuybackFinancial DisclosuresM&A Transactions
Healthpeak Unveils Janus Living IPO and Portfolio Strategy
Positive
Feb 2, 2026

On February 2, 2026, Healthpeak Properties reported fourth-quarter 2025 results and outlined strategic moves aimed at sharpening its portfolio focus and unlocking value. The company is forming and planning an IPO of Janus Living, a dedicated senior housing REIT, to better surface the value of its senior housing platform, while pursuing an opportunistic capital recycling plan that targets about $1 billion of asset sales, recapitalizations, and loan repayments in 2026 to reinvest in higher-growth life science and outpatient medical opportunities or repurchase shares. Healthpeak is also pushing a technology innovation agenda, hiring a Head of Enterprise Innovation to lead automation and data initiatives, and it signaled cautious optimism that life science real estate fundamentals are nearing an inflection point following improved biopharma M&A and capital markets activity since late 2025. For the quarter ended December 31, 2025, the company posted net income of $0.16 per share, Nareit FFO and FFO as Adjusted of $0.47 per share, AFFO of $0.40 per share, and 3.9% same-store cash NOI growth, supported by strong leasing volumes in outpatient medical and lab space, robust life plan NOI growth, and a series of transactions including a $600 million life science campus acquisition in South San Francisco, a $314 million buyout of a senior housing joint venture stake, and $325 million of outpatient medical sales. For full year 2025, Healthpeak generated net income of $0.10 per share and 4.0% same-store cash NOI growth, delivered record outpatient medical leasing and record non-refundable entry fee cash collections for a fourth consecutive year in its life plan segment, executed more than $500 million of asset sales and loan repayments, and maintained its long-running recognition in major sustainability benchmarks and indices, underscoring its positioning as a leading responsible owner of healthcare real estate with net debt to Adjusted EBITDAre of 5.2x at year-end.

The most recent analyst rating on (DOC) stock is a Hold with a $19.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Healthpeak Properties stock, see the DOC Stock Forecast page.

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This AI Analyst Stock Report is automatically generated by our AI systems using advanced algorithms and publicly available financial, technical, and market data. While the information provided aims to be accurate and insightful, it is intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Any content created by an AI (Artificial Intelligence) system may contain inaccuracies and/or contain errors. Investing in stocks carries inherent risks, and past performance is not indicative of future results. This report does not account for your personal financial circumstances, objectives, or risk tolerance. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions. The analysis and recommendations provided are based on historical and current data and may not fully reflect future market conditions or unexpected developments. Neither the creators of this report nor its affiliated entities guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information presented. Use this report at your own discretion and risk.Date of analysis: Feb 04, 2026