Healthpeak Properties (DOC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (NYSE:DOC) is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops healthcare-related real estate in the United States. The company primarily serves healthcare providers, research organizations and senior-care operators through a portfolio of specialized properties.

Its main activities include the ownership and leasing of outpatient medical office buildings, life science facilities and senior housing properties. These assets support services such as physician practices, ambulatory care, medical research and senior living. Healthpeak generally generates revenue by leasing space to healthcare and life science tenants and by operating certain senior housing communities through third-party operators.

The company traces its history to 1985 and was formerly known as HCP, Inc. It adopted the Healthpeak Properties name in 2019. In 2024, Healthpeak completed its merger with Physicians Realty Trust, expanding its medical office portfolio and strengthening its focus on outpatient healthcare real estate. Its properties are located across multiple U.S. markets, with the portfolio concentrated in areas that have significant healthcare demand and research activity.

Healthpeak is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Scott Brinker. As a publicly traded healthcare REIT, the company focuses on acquiring, developing and managing properties that are integral to the delivery of healthcare services in the United States.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $18.88 to $19.17
• 50-Day Range: $18.41 to $21.65
• 52-Week Range: $15.70 to $22.95
• Volume: 6.46 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.97 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $13.14 billion
• P/E Ratio: 54.43
• Dividend Yield: 6.40%
• Price Target: $21.60
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Healthpeak Properties Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Healthpeak Properties scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 52nd out of 189 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Healthpeak Properties has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.22, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 14 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Healthpeak Properties has a consensus price target of $21.60, representing about 13.4% upside from its current price of $19.05.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Healthpeak Properties has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 0.56%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Healthpeak Properties are expected to grow by 0.56% in the coming year, from $1.77 to $1.78 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Healthpeak Properties is 54.43, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.67.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Healthpeak Properties is 54.43, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 26.02.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Healthpeak Properties has a PEG Ratio of 2.34. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Healthpeak Properties has a P/B Ratio of 1.63. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.16% of the float of Healthpeak Properties has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Healthpeak Properties has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.45, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Healthpeak Properties has recently decreased by 6.85%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Healthpeak Properties is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.44%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Healthpeak Properties does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Healthpeak Properties is 348.57%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Healthpeak Properties will have a dividend payout ratio of 68.54% next year. This indicates that Healthpeak Properties will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.86

News Sentiment

Healthpeak Properties has a news sentiment score of 0.86. 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 0.59 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Healthpeak Properties this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

29 people have searched for DOC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 123% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

8 people have added Healthpeak Properties to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Healthpeak Properties insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.23% of the stock of Healthpeak Properties is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

93.57% of the stock of Healthpeak Properties is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Record date for 10/30 Dividend: 10/19/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/30 Dividend: 10/19/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/30/2026
• Today: 10/31/2026
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 11/02/2026
• Record date for 11/25 Dividend: 11/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 11/25 Dividend: 11/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 11/25/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Healthcare REITs
• Sub-Industry: Healthcare REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:DOC
• CIK: 765880
• Web: www.healthpeak.com
• Phone: (414) 367-5600
• Fax: 949-407-0800
• Employees: 411
• Year Founded: 2013

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Healthpeak Properties: $21.60
• High Price Target: $24.00
• Low Price Target: $17.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.22
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.35
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 54.43
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.76
• P/E Growth: 2.34
• Net Income: $71.35 million
• Net Margins: 8.24%
• Pretax Margin: 15.10%
• Return on Equity: 2.79%
• Return on Assets: 1.17%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.06
• Current Ratio: 3.02
• Quick Ratio: 3.02

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $543.46 million
• Price / Sales: 24.17
• Cash Flow: $1.49 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.82
• Book Value: $11.72 per share
• Price / Book: 1.63

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 689,527,000
• Free Float: 687,941,000
• Market Cap: $13.14 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.01