Senior Housing Buys Healthcare Assets - Analyst Blog
27 Setembro 2011 - 9:58AM
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Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH), a real
estate investment trust (REIT) which primarily owns private pay
senior living communities and medical office buildings (MOBs)
across the U.S., has recently announced its decision to acquire a
portfolio of 13 MOBs across 8 states for $167 million.
Senior Housing Properties will purchase the assets from
CommonWealth REIT (CWH) – its erstwhile parent
company. Senior Housing Properties was previously a 100% subsidiary
of CommonWealth REIT until 1999, when it spun off to become a
separate entity. The transaction is expected to be funded by cash
on hand and availability under its unsecured revolving bank credit
facility.
The healthcare properties spanning 1.3 million square feet of
space are presently 95% occupied. About 3 of the acquired
properties are located in California; while Illinois, New York, and
Pennsylvania have 2 properties each; and Arizona, Minnesota, Ohio,
and South Carolina have a property each. The acquisition is
expected to be completed by the end of the current fiscal.
Senior Housing Properties has one of the most diversified
portfolios in the healthcare sector with exposure to nearly all
types of facilities. The company leases some of its owned
healthcare related and senior housing facilities to third-party
operators under "triple net" leases, under which the tenant pays
all taxes, insurance, and maintenance for the properties, in
addition to rent.
Healthcare is relatively immune to the economic problems faced
by office, retail and apartment companies. Consumers will continue
to spend on healthcare at the expense of discretionary
purchases.
The healthcare industry is also the single largest industry in
the U.S., based on Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Consequently,
healthcare REITs like Senior Housing Properties are poised to
continue their bull run in the long term.
We presently have a Neutral rating on Senior Housing Properties,
which currently has a Zacks #3 Rank that translates into a
short-term Hold recommendation indicating that the stock is
expected to perform in line with the overall U.S. equity market for
the next 1–3 months.
COMMONWEALTH RE (CWH): Free Stock Analysis Report
SENIOR HOUSING (SNH): Free Stock Analysis Report
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