Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) (“Ventas” or the “Company”) today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024.

CEO Remarks

“Ventas delivered another strong quarter executing on our focused strategy to capture the unprecedented multiyear growth opportunity in senior housing,” said Debra A. Cafaro, Ventas Chairman and CEO.

“We drove occupancy and revenue outperformance and double-digit NOI growth in our senior housing operating portfolio, supported by broad-based demand.

“We also have closed or placed under contract $1.7 billion of senior housing investments year to date. This accelerating activity underscores our ability to capture value-creating opportunities in senior housing, and to meaningfully expand our participation in the multiyear senior housing growth opportunity.

“As a result of our momentum, we are updating and improving our full year guidance,” Cafaro concluded.

Third Quarter and Other 2024 Highlights

• Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders (“Attributable Net Income”) per share of $0.05
• Normalized Funds From Operations* (“Normalized FFO”) per share of $0.80, an increase of approximately 7% compared to the prior year
• Total Company Net Operating Income* (“NOI”) year-over-year growth of 4.9% and Total Company Same-Store Cash NOI* year-over-year growth of 7.6%
• On a Same-Store Cash NOI* basis, the senior housing operating portfolio (“SHOP”) grew 15.3% year-over-year and was led by average occupancy growth of 350 basis points
• Year to date, the Company closed on approximately $1.4 billion of senior housing investments, with an additional $300 million of senior housing investments under contract and expected to close by year end
• Year to date, the Company issued 19.8 million shares of common stock under its at-the-market equity offering program for gross proceeds of approximately $1.1 billion, of which 3.4 million shares are issuable for gross proceeds of approximately $210 million under forward sales agreements and subject to future settlement. Year to date, the Company has completed over $300 million of dispositions
• As of September 30, 2024, the Company had $4.0 billion in liquidity, including availability under its unsecured revolving credit facility, $1.1 billion of cash and cash equivalents and $0.2 billion available under issuances of forward sales of common stock subject to future settlement

Third Quarter 2024 Company Results

For the Third Quarter 2024, reported per share results were:

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Delivering Profitable Organic Growth in Senior Housing

The third quarter SHOP Same-Store portfolio grew average occupancy by 350 basis points year-over-year. When combined with rate growth, total revenue grew 8.7%. The SHOP Same-Store portfolio delivered year-over-year Same-Store Cash NOI growth of over 15% in the third quarter.

Third quarter average occupancy growth in the SHOP Same-Store portfolio was led by the U.S. at 400 basis points year-over-year. Canada average occupancy grew 200 basis points year-over-year, reaching a new record of 96.5% in the third quarter.

External Growth Opportunities Focused on Senior Housing

Ventas has closed or placed under contract $1.7 billion of senior housing investments year to date. These senior housing investments are expected to generate attractive NOI yields, are priced below replacement cost, and offer significant multiyear NOI growth potential consistent with the Company’s investment criteria. The Company intends to continue to build on its investment momentum to capture value-creating opportunities in senior housing and meaningfully expand its participation in the multiyear senior housing growth opportunity.

Financial Strength and Flexibility

Ventas’s long-term success is supported by its scale, strong liquidity and access to multiple sources of attractive capital. Net Debt-to-Further Adjusted EBITDA* improved to 6.3x at the end of the third quarter led by SHOP organic growth and equity-funded senior housing investments, representing an improvement of 0.6x from year-end 2023.

Corporate Sustainability Leadership

In September, Ventas released its 2023-2024 Corporate Sustainability Report (“CSR”). The report details the Company’s environmental, social and governance initiatives to support the growth and success of its business and to advance its vital mission of helping a large and rapidly growing aging population live longer, healthier, happier lives. Ventas continues to earn global recognition for sustainability leadership and accomplishments, including distinction as the #1 Listed Healthcare REIT in the GRESB global ESG real estate assessment since 2017 and ENERGY STAR ® Partner of the Year in Energy Management for four consecutive years, with the Sustained Excellence designation for the second consecutive year. The report is available at www.ventasreit.com/csr2024.

*Some of the financial measures throughout this press release are non-GAAP measures. Refer to the Non-GAAP Financial Measures Reconciliation tables at the end of this press release for additional information and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.

Updated and Improved Full Year 2024 Guidance

The Company is updating and improving its guidance for the full year. The Company’s guidance contains forward-looking statements and is based on a number of assumptions, including select assumptions identified later in this press release. Actual results may differ materially.

Investor Presentation

A Third Quarter Earnings Presentation is posted to the Events & Presentations section of Ventas’s website at ir.ventasreit.com/events-and-presentations. Additional information regarding the Company can be found in its Third Quarter 2024 Supplemental posted at ir.ventasreit.com. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the Company’s website, including the information contained in the aforementioned Earnings Presentation and Supplemental, is not incorporated by reference into, and is not part of, this document.

Third Quarter 2024 Results Conference Call

Ventas will hold a conference call to discuss this earnings release on Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (9:00 a.m. Central Time).

The dial-in number for the conference call is (888) 330-3576 (or +1 (646) 960-0672 for international callers), and the participant passcode is 7655497. A live webcast can be accessed from the Investor Relations section of www.ventasreit.com.

A telephonic replay will be available at (800) 770-2030 (or +1 (609) 800-9909 for international callers), passcode 7655497, after the earnings call and will remain available for 30 days. The webcast replay will be posted in the Investor Relations section of www.ventasreit.com.

About Ventas

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) is a leading S&P 500 real estate investment trust enabling exceptional environments that benefit a large and growing aging population. With approximately 1,350 properties in North America and the United Kingdom, Ventas occupies an essential role in the longevity economy. The Company’s growth is fueled by its over 800 senior housing communities, which provide valuable services to residents and enable them to thrive in supported environments. The Ventas portfolio also includes outpatient medical buildings, research centers and healthcare facilities. The Company aims to deliver outsized performance by leveraging its unmatched operational expertise, data-driven insights from its Ventas OI^TM platform, extensive relationships and strong financial position. Ventas’s seasoned team of talented professionals shares a commitment to excellence, integrity and a common purpose of helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release of Ventas, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms) includes certain financial performance measures not defined by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), such as Nareit FFO, Normalized FFO, Net Operating Income (“NOI”), Same-Store Cash NOI, Same-Store Cash NOI Growth and Net Debt to Further Adjusted EBITDA. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in the appendix to this press release. Our definitions and calculations of these non-GAAP measures may not be the same as similar measures reported by other REITs.

These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as alternatives for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.

Cautionary Statements

Certain of the information contained herein, including intra-quarter operating information, has been provided by our operators and we have not verified this information through an independent investigation or otherwise. We have no reason to believe that this information is inaccurate in any material respect, but we cannot assure you of its accuracy.

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements include, among others, statements of expectations, beliefs, future plans and strategies, anticipated results from operations and developments and other matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding our and our officers’ intent, belief or expectation as identified by the use of words such as “assume,” “may,” “will,” “project,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “seek,” “target,” “forecast,” “plan,” “potential,” “opportunity,” “estimate,” “could,” “would,” “should” and other comparable and derivative terms or the negatives thereof.

Forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events. You should not put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We do not undertake a duty to update these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. We urge you to carefully review the disclosures we make concerning risks and uncertainties that may affect our business and future financial performance, including those made below and in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as in the sections titled “Cautionary Statements — Summary Risk Factors,” “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

Certain factors that could affect our future results and our ability to achieve our stated goals include, but are not limited to: (a) our ability to achieve the anticipated benefits and synergies from, and effectively integrate, our completed or anticipated acquisitions and investments; (b) our exposure and the exposure of our tenants, managers and borrowers to complex healthcare and other regulations, including evolving laws and regulations regarding data privacy, cybersecurity and environmental matters, and the challenges and expense associated with complying with such regulation; (c) the potential for significant general and commercial claims, legal actions, investigations, regulatory proceedings and enforcement actions that could subject us or our tenants, managers or borrowers to increased operating costs, uninsured liabilities, including fines and other penalties, reputational harm or significant operational limitations, including the loss or suspension of or moratoriums on accreditations, licenses or certificates of need, suspension of or nonpayment for new admissions, denial of reimbursement, suspension, decertification or exclusion from federal, state or foreign healthcare programs or the closure of facilities or communities; (d) our reliance on third-party managers and tenants to operate or exert substantial control over properties they manage for, or rent from, us, which limits our control and influence over such properties, their operations and their performance; (e) the impact of market and general economic conditions on us, our tenants, managers and borrowers and in areas in which our properties are geographically concentrated, including macroeconomic trends and financial market events, such as bank failures and other events affecting financial institutions, market volatility, increases in inflation, changes in or elevated interest and exchange rates, tightening of lending standards and reduced availability of credit or capital, geopolitical conditions, supply chain pressures, rising labor costs and historically low unemployment, events that affect consumer confidence, our occupancy rates and resident fee revenues, and the actual and perceived state of the real estate markets, labor markets and public and private capital markets; (f) our reliance and the reliance of our tenants, managers and borrowers on the financial, credit and capital markets and the risk that those markets may be disrupted or become constrained; (g) our ability, and the ability of our tenants, managers and borrowers, to navigate the trends impacting our or their businesses and the industries in which we or they operate, and the financial condition or business prospect of our tenants, managers and borrowers; (h) the risk of bankruptcy, inability to obtain benefits from governmental programs, insolvency or financial deterioration of our tenants, managers, borrowers and other obligors which may, among other things, have an adverse impact on the ability of such parties to make payments or meet their other obligations to us, which could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition; (i) the risk that the borrowers under our loans or other investments default or that, to the extent we are able to foreclose or otherwise acquire the collateral securing our loans or other investments, we will be required to incur additional expense or indebtedness in connection therewith, that the assets will underperform expectations or that we may not be able to subsequently dispose of all or part of such assets on favorable terms; (j) our current and future amount of outstanding indebtedness, and our ability to access capital and to incur additional debt which is subject to our compliance with covenants in instruments governing our and our subsidiaries’ existing indebtedness; (k) risks related to the recognition of reserves, allowances, credit losses or impairment charges which are inherently uncertain and may increase or decrease in the future and may not represent or reflect the ultimate value of, or loss that we ultimately realize with respect to, the relevant assets, which could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition; (l) the risk that our leases or management agreements are not renewed or are renewed on less favorable terms, that our tenants or managers default under those agreements or that we are unable to replace tenants or managers on a timely basis or on favorable terms, if at all; (m) our ability to identify and consummate future investments in, or dispositions of, healthcare assets and effectively manage our portfolio opportunities and our investments in co-investment vehicles, joint ventures and minority interests, including our ability to dispose of such assets on favorable terms as a result of rights of first offer or rights of first refusal in favor of third parties; (n) risks related to development, redevelopment and construction projects, including costs associated with inflation, rising or elevated interest rates, labor conditions and supply chain pressures, and risks related to increased construction and development in markets in which our properties are located, including adverse effect on our future occupancy rates; (o) our ability to attract and retain talented employees; (p) the limitations and significant requirements imposed upon our business as a result of our status as a REIT and the adverse consequences (including the possible loss of our status as a REIT) that would result if we are not able to comply with such requirements; (q) the ownership limits contained in our certificate of incorporation with respect to our capital stock in order to preserve our qualification as a REIT, which may delay, defer or prevent a change of control of our company; (r) the risk of changes in healthcare law or regulation or in tax laws, guidance and interpretations, particularly as applied to REITs, that could adversely affect us or our tenants, managers or borrowers; (s) increases in our borrowing costs as a result of becoming more leveraged, including in connection with acquisitions or other investment activity and rising or elevated interest rates; (t) our exposure to various operational risks, liabilities and claims from our operating assets; (u) our dependency on a limited number of tenants and managers for a significant portion of our revenues and operating income; (v) our exposure to particular risks due to our specific asset classes and operating markets, such as adverse changes affecting our specific asset classes and the real estate industry, the competitiveness or financial viability of hospitals on or near the campuses where our outpatient medical buildings are located, our relationships with universities, the level of expense and uncertainty of our research tenants, and the limitation of our uses of some properties we own that are subject to ground lease, air rights or other restrictive agreements; (w) the risk of damage to our reputation; (x) the availability, adequacy and pricing of insurance coverage provided by our policies and policies maintained by our tenants, managers or other counterparties; (y) the risk of exposure to unknown liabilities from our investments in properties or businesses; (z) the occurrence of cybersecurity threats and incidents that could disrupt our or our tenants’, managers’ or borrower’s operations, result in the loss of confidential or personal information or damage our business relationships and reputation; (aa) the failure to maintain effective internal controls, which could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition; (bb) the impact of merger, acquisition and investment activity in the healthcare industry or otherwise affecting our tenants, managers or borrowers; (cc) disruptions to the management and operations of our business and the uncertainties caused by activist investors; (dd) the risk of catastrophic or extreme weather and other natural events and the physical effects of climate change; (ee) the risk of potential dilution resulting from future sales or issuances of our equity securities; and (ff) the other factors set forth in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Historical cost accounting for real estate assets implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. However, since real estate values historically have risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors deem presentations of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves. For that reason, the Company considers Nareit FFO and Normalized FFO to be appropriate supplemental measures of operating performance of an equity REIT. The Company believes that the presentation of FFO, combined with the presentation of required GAAP financial measures, has improved the understanding of operating results of REITs among the investing public and has helped make comparisons of REIT operating results more meaningful. Management generally considers Nareit FFO to be a useful measure for understanding and comparing our operating results because, by excluding gains and losses related to sales of previously depreciated operating real estate assets, impairment losses on depreciable real estate and real estate asset depreciation and amortization (which can differ across owners of similar assets in similar condition based on historical cost accounting and useful life estimates), Nareit FFO can help investors compare the operating performance of a company’s real estate across reporting periods and to the operating performance of other companies. The Company believes that Normalized FFO is useful because it allows investors, analysts and Company management to compare the Company’s operating performance to the operating performance of other real estate companies across periods on a consistent basis without having to account for differences caused by non-recurring items and other non-operational events such as transactions and litigation. In some cases, the Company provides information about identified non-cash components of Nareit FFO and Normalized FFO because it allows investors, analysts and Company management to assess the impact of those items on the Company’s financial results.

Nareit Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders (“Nareit FFO”)

The Company uses the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Nareit”) definition of FFO. Nareit defines FFO as net income attributable to common stockholders (computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding gains (or losses) from sales of real estate property, including gain (or loss) on re-measurement of equity method investments and impairment write-downs of depreciable real estate, plus real estate depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated entities and noncontrolling interests. Adjustments for unconsolidated entities and noncontrolling interests will be calculated to reflect FFO on the same basis.

Normalized FFO

The Company defines Normalized FFO as Nareit FFO excluding the following income and expense items, without duplication: (a) transaction, transition and restructuring costs; (b) amortization of other intangibles; (c) the impact of expenses related to asset impairment and valuation allowances; (d) the write-off of unamortized deferred financing fees or additional costs, expenses, discounts, make-whole payments, penalties or premiums incurred as a result of early retirement or payment of the Company’s debt; (e) the non-cash impact of income tax benefits or expenses; (f) the non-cash impact of changes to the Company’s executive equity compensation plan; (g) non-cash charges related to leases; (h) the financial impact of contingent consideration; (i) gains and losses on derivatives and changes in the fair value of financial instruments; (j) gains and losses on non-real estate dispositions and other normalizing items related to noncontrolling interests and unconsolidated entities; (k) net expenses or recoveries related to significant disruptive events; and (l) other items set forth in the Normalized FFO reconciliation included herein.

Nareit FFO and Normalized FFO presented herein may not be comparable to those presented by other real estate companies due to the fact that not all real estate companies use the same definitions. Nareit FFO and Normalized FFO should not be considered as alternatives to net income attributable to common stockholders (determined in accordance with GAAP) as indicators of the Company’s financial performance or as alternatives to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as measures of the Company’s liquidity, nor are they necessarily indicative of sufficient cash flow to fund all of the Company’s needs. The Company believes that in order to facilitate a clear understanding of the consolidated historical operating results of the Company, Nareit FFO and Normalized FFO should be examined in conjunction with net income attributable to common stockholders as presented elsewhere herein.

Select Guidance Assumptions:

1. Expect to close $1.7 billion of senior housing investments, with $1.4 billion closed year to date
2. Expect to dispose of assets for $330 million in net proceeds
3. FAD capital expenditures of ~$250 million
4. General and administrative expenses expected to range from $155 million to $160 million
5. Interest expense expected to range from $605 million to $609 million
6. The $9 million gain recognized in the third quarter arising from the Ardent IPO in July 2024 and the year to date impacts of $14 million in net cash proceeds from the exercise and sale of Brookdale warrants are included in Net Income and Nareit FFO and not included in Normalized FFO

Select Guidance Assumptions:

1. Close ~$750 million of investments focused on senior housing, all equity funded (no further investment activity assumed)
2. Dispose of assets for $300 million in net proceeds
3. FAD capital expenditures of ~$250 million
4. General and administrative expenses expected to range from $155 million to $160 million
5. Interest expense expected to range from $603 million to $611 million
6. 2024 Guidance midpoint includes ~($0.015) per share non-cash GAAP impact on Normalized FFO from straight-lining upon potential Kindred lease resolution