American Healthcare REIT (AHR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

American Healthcare REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AHR) is a real estate investment trust focused on owning and leasing healthcare-related properties across the United States. The company’s portfolio primarily consists of skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities and memory care centers, which are leased to high-quality operators under long-term, triple-net leases. By concentrating on essential senior housing and care facilities, American Healthcare REIT provides investors with a stable, income-generating asset base that addresses the growing demand for long-term care services among an aging population.

Since its inception, American Healthcare REIT has pursued an opportunistic acquisition strategy, targeting well-located properties in markets with favorable demographic trends. The company has completed numerous accretive acquisitions and joint ventures with experienced healthcare operators, expanding its footprint in regions such as the Northeast, Texas, the Midwest and select Western states. Each transaction is structured to align incentives with tenants and ensure a strong covenant profile, with rental escalators designed to keep pace with inflation and rising care costs.

The leadership team at American Healthcare REIT is led by President and Chief Executive Officer John Milunovich, whose background spans decades in healthcare real estate and senior living operations. Supporting Milunovich is a seasoned executive group, including experts in asset management, capital markets and property operations. Together, they focus on disciplined underwriting, proactive asset management and strategic capital deployment to generate long-term shareholder value while maintaining a conservative balance sheet.

With a clear focus on high-quality, mission-critical healthcare real estate, American Healthcare REIT aims to capitalize on demographic tailwinds and the ongoing need for residential care facilities. The company’s disciplined approach to acquisitions, diversified geographic presence and alignment with top-tier operators position it as a specialist in the healthcare property sector, seeking reliable income streams and long-term growth potential.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $35.70 to $36.54
• 50-Day Range: $30.41 to $36.72
• 52-Week Range: $14.79 to $36.96
• Volume: 615,381 shs
• Average Volume: 1.74 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.79 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.75%
• Price Target: $37.75
• Consensus Rating: Buy

American Healthcare REIT Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

American Healthcare REIT scored higher than 54% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 581st out of 936 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

American Healthcare REIT has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 9 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

American Healthcare REIT has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 19.15%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for American Healthcare REIT are expected to grow by 19.15% in the coming year, from $1.41 to $1.68 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of American Healthcare REIT is -134.38, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of American Healthcare REIT is -134.38, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

American Healthcare REIT has a PEG Ratio of 2.06. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

American Healthcare REIT has a P/B Ratio of 2.48. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.89% of the float of American Healthcare REIT has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

American Healthcare REIT has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in American Healthcare REIT has recently increased by 8.57%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

American Healthcare REIT pays a meaningful dividend of 2.72%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

American Healthcare REIT does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, American Healthcare REIT will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.52% next year. This indicates that American Healthcare REIT will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.89% of the float of American Healthcare REIT has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

American Healthcare REIT has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in American Healthcare REIT has recently increased by 8.57%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.00

News Sentiment

American Healthcare REIT has a news sentiment score of 1.00. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.86 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for American Healthcare REIT this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for AHR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -60% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added American Healthcare REIT to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, American Healthcare REIT insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.00% of the stock of American Healthcare REIT is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 16.68% of the stock of American Healthcare REIT is held by institutions.

AHR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have AHR shares performed this year?

American Healthcare REIT's stock was trading at $28.42 at the beginning of the year. Since then, AHR stock has increased by 27.7% and is now trading at $36.2850.
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How were American Healthcare REIT's earnings last quarter?

American Healthcare REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AHR) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 8th. The company reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.01. The company's quarterly revenue was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year.
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When did American Healthcare REIT IPO?

American Healthcare REIT (AHR) raised $672 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, February 7th 2024. The company issued 56,000,000 shares at a price of $12.00 per share.

How do I buy shares of American Healthcare REIT?

Shares of AHR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of American Healthcare REIT own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that American Healthcare REIT investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Home Depot (HD), Meta Platforms (META), Tesla (TSLA) and Netflix (NFLX).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 4/17 Dividend: 3/31/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 4/17 Dividend: 3/31/2025
• Dividend Payable: 4/17/2025
• Last Earnings: 5/08/2025
• Record date for 7/18 Dividend: 6/30/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/18 Dividend: 6/30/2025
• Today: 7/02/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/18/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/04/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: REIT - EQTY TRUST - OTHER
• Sub-Industry: Trading
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AHR
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:AHR
• CIK: 1632970
• Web: www.americanhealthcarereit.com
• Phone: 949-270-9200
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 110
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $37.75
• High Stock Price Target: $45.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $31.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +5.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.27)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.39
• P/E Growth: 2.06
• Net Income: -$37.81 million
• Net Margins: -1.96%
• Pretax Margin: -1.77%
• Return on Equity: -1.85%
• Return on Assets: -0.91%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.45
• Current Ratio: 0.38
• Quick Ratio: 0.38

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.07 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.76
• Cash Flow: $1.14 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 31.49
• Book Value: $14.62 per share
• Price / Book: 2.45

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 159,500,000
• Free Float: 157,902,000
• Market Cap: $5.71 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 1.10