American Healthcare REIT (NYSE:AHR) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Meets Expectations

American Healthcare REIT (NYSE:AHR - Get Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.40, Zacks reports. The firm had revenue of $542.74 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $552.54 million. American Healthcare REIT had a negative net margin of 1.84% and a negative return on equity of 1.87%. American Healthcare REIT updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.560-1.600 EPS.

American Healthcare REIT Stock Up 2.5 %

Shares of NYSE AHR traded up $0.74 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $30.53. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,184,149 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,579,675. American Healthcare REIT has a 1 year low of $12.81 and a 1 year high of $30.90. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $28.37 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $26.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.37 and a quick ratio of 0.37. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.67 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -63.58.

American Healthcare REIT Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.28%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. American Healthcare REIT's payout ratio is -370.37%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on AHR shares. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of American Healthcare REIT from $27.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, December 30th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price target on shares of American Healthcare REIT from $28.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Finally, Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of American Healthcare REIT from $27.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, November 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $26.00.

American Healthcare REIT Company Profile

Formed by the successful merger of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III and Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, as well as the acquisition of the business and operations of American Healthcare Investors, American Healthcare REIT is one of the larger healthcare-focused real estate investment trusts globally with assets totaling approximately $4.2 billion in gross investment value.