How Ventas, Inc. stacks up

VTR · against 182 other Real Estate companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

30/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #116 of 183 · scores higher than 35% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

18 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including VTR · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 30?

Weighted metrics compared with all Real Estate companies.

Mainly because of its return on assets and operating margin, which are weaker than most Real Estate peers.

a lower return on assets: weaker than 71% of peers. Return on assets: 0.9% vs peer median 2.1%
a thinner operating margin: weaker than 64% of peers. Operating margin: 14.7% vs peer median 26.8%
Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 2.7% vs peer median 3.4%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = VTR, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	VTR	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 179 reported	2.7%	3.6%	39%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 160 reported	14.7%	23.6%	35%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 185 reported	0.9%	1.9%	34%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 177 reported	2.0%	5.5%	33%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 186 reported	40.0%	66.3%	21%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around VTR

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.ARI · US-listed	310M USD	100	72
2	Annaly Capital Management, Inc.NLY · US-listed	13.7B USD	99	70
3	Apartment Investment and Management CompanyAIV · US-listed	255M USD	98	71
3	SBA Communications CorporationSBAC · US-listed	19.6B USD	98	48
5	Highwoods Properties, Inc.HIW · US-listed	3.5B USD	97	59
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114	Orchid Island Capital, Inc.ORC · US-listed	946M USD	31	56
116	ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.ARR · US-listed	1.7B USD	30	41
116	Safehold Inc.SAFE · US-listed	795M USD	30	48
116	UMH Properties, Inc.UMH · US-listed	1.3B USD	30	43
116	Ventas, Inc.VTR · US-listed	44.6B USD	30	39
120	Chatham Lodging TrustCLDT · US-listed	735M USD	29	44
121	Easterly Government Properties, Inc.DEA · US-listed	1.1B USD	28	43
121	Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.IVR-PC · US-listed	Unavailable	28	41
121	Marcus & Millichap, Inc.MMI · US-listed	1.1B USD	28	50

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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