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# Welltower Raises 2026 Profit Outlook As Senior Housing Same-Store Income Jumps 21.0%
- URL: https://www.bullished.co/welltower-raises-2026-profit-outlook-as-senior-housing-same-store-income-jumps-21-0-5d86669c/
- Published: 2026-10-26T20:52:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-26T20:52:23.000Z
- Description: The senior-housing landlord lifted its full-year forecast after third-quarter normalized FFO rose 24.6% to $1.67 per diluted share.
- Author: Matteo Parrino
- Tags: Earnings, WELL, Industry: Real Estate

Welltower, the real estate investment trust that owns rental housing for aging seniors in the U.S., U.K. and Canada, raised its 2026 earnings outlook Monday after [normalized funds from operations climbed 24.6%](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000766704/000076670426000043/a3q26pressreleaseprnnewswi.htm?ref=bullished.co) to $1.67 per diluted share in the third quarter. The company's [8-K](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000766704/000076670426000043/well-20261026.htm?ref=bullished.co) carried the results; management discusses them on a call Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. Eastern.

## A higher bar for the full year

Welltower now expects full-year normalized FFO, a standard REIT profit measure, of [$6.47 to $6.53](https://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/articles/welltower-q3-earnings-snapshot-201249132.html?ref=bullished.co) per diluted share, up from $6.36 to $6.44\. Its net income forecast for common stockholders rose to $3.31 to $3.37 per share from $3.11 to $3.19.

The guidance assumes blended same-store net operating income growth of 15.0% to 16.25%. Seniors Housing Operating is expected at about 20.25% to 21.75%, triple-net seniors housing at 3.5% to 4.5%, and outpatient medical and skilled nursing each at 2.0% to 3.0%. The company said the outlook includes only acquisitions announced or closed to date.

## Occupancy and rents drive the quarter

Third-quarter net income was $415 million, or $0.54 per diluted share for common stockholders. Total revenue reached [$3.72 billion](https://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/articles/welltower-q3-earnings-snapshot-201249132.html?ref=bullished.co), against $2.69 billion a year earlier.

Same-store net operating income rose 15.8% across the portfolio and 21.0% in Seniors Housing Operating, where outside partners run the properties. Organic same-store revenue there grew 9.1%, built on 320 basis points (3.2 percentage points) of higher average occupancy and 5.3% growth in revenue per occupied room.

The company said it has closed or has under contract $21.0 billion of pro rata gross investments this year, excluding development funding: $13.3 billion completed in the first nine months and $7.7 billion closed or under contract since quarter end. Year to date it completed $4.1 billion of dispositions and loan repayments.

## Balance sheet and payout

Net debt stood at 3.02 times adjusted EBITDA at September 30, with about $9.5 billion of available liquidity. In July Welltower sold C$1.15 billion of senior unsecured notes at a weighted-average coupon of 3.95%.

The board declared a $0.85 quarterly dividend, payable November 19 to holders of record November 10\. It is the company's 222nd consecutive quarterly dividend.

## Where the income comes from

Welltower's 10-K shows Seniors Housing Operating made up 78% of 2025 revenue, with triple-net leases at 11% and outpatient medical at 7%. That makes the segment's 21.0% same-store gain the number driving the raised forecast.

Management is due to lay out more detail on its 2026 assumptions on Tuesday's call.

### Sources

- [8-K Filing — WELLTOWER INC. (WELL)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000766704/000076670426000043/well-20261026.htm?ref=bullished.co) — SEC EDGAR
- [Exhibit a3q26pressreleaseprnnewswi.htm — WELLTOWER INC. 8-K exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000766704/000076670426000043/a3q26pressreleaseprnnewswi.htm?ref=bullished.co) — SEC EDGAR
- [Exhibit a3q26combinedearningsrel.htm — WELLTOWER INC. 8-K exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000766704/000076670426000043/a3q26combinedearningsrel.htm?ref=bullished.co) — SEC EDGAR
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- [Welltower: Q3 Earnings Snapshot](https://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/articles/welltower-q3-earnings-snapshot-201249132.html?ref=bullished.co) — Associated Press
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