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Health Care REIT, Inc. Completes $1.7 Billion Common Stock Offering

Business Wire (Tue, 5:05PM)
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Eyal Zimbelman • Thu, May 9 • 13 Comments
Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Pricing of 20,000,000 Shares of Common Stock at $73.50 Per Share

Business Wire (May 8, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Proposed Offering of 18,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

Business Wire (May 8, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Agreement for $1.35 Billion Investment with Revera Inc.

Business Wire (May 8, 2013)
Health Care REIT Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, May 7 • 1 Comment
Health Care REIT, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results

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Health Care REIT, Inc. Declares First Quarter Dividend

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HTA Is In The REIT Class That Teaches The ABCs Of The MOBs
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Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Date of First Quarter 2013 Earnings Release, Conference Call, and Webcast

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The Intelligent REIT Investor Was Not Swayed By Mr. Market This Time
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Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Conversion Option for 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2029

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Health Care REIT Announces Ratings Upgrade from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

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Why We're Expecting Modest Dividend Growth At Health Care REIT
Valuentum • Fri, Jan 11 • 3 Comments
This Health Care REIT Is A Dividend Story For Your Wallet
Kapitall • Tue, Oct 9, 2012 • 8 Comments
Buy Health Care REIT For A Safe 5% Dividend Yield And Growth
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Complex, Cross-Border REITs Deal Completed
Streetwise Blog • Fri, May 4, 2012 • 1 Comment
Healthcare REIT Raises $287mm - Look For The Series F To Get Called
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Health Care REIT Earnings Preview
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Invigorate Your Portfolio With This High Dividend Healthcare REIT
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Earnings Scorecard: Health Care REIT Inc.
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Is Medical Properties Trust Still An Opportunity?
Eyal Zimbelman • Thu, May 9 • 13 Comments
Which Of The 10 Best-Yielding S&P 500 Financial Companies Is Most Attractive To Dividend Investors?
Arie Goren • Fri, Apr 26 • 12 Comments
HTA Is In The REIT Class That Teaches The ABCs Of The MOBs
Brad Thomas • Mon, Apr 22 • 61 Comments
The Intelligent REIT Investor Was Not Swayed By Mr. Market This Time
Brad Thomas • Mon, Apr 15 • 53 Comments
Cramer's Lightning Round - More People Have Bought Verizon Than Any Other Stock I've Recommended (4/12/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Sun, Apr 14 • 3 Comments
Cramer's Mad Money - 13 Things To Watch In The Week Ahead (4/5/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Sun, Apr 7 • 3 Comments
3 Healthcare REITs With Mispriced Risk
Brad Thomas • Thu, Apr 4 • 74 Comments
IPO Preview: Aviv REIT
IPOdesktop • Thu, Mar 21 • 4 Comments
Danger Zone For This Week: Ventas
David Trainer • Tue, Mar 19 • 6 Comments
A Newbie Active Investor Discusses His Portfolio
Oneota Investor • Tue, Mar 19 • 97 Comments
6 High-Yield REITs To Profit From Aging Boomers
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Health Care REIT Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, May 7 • 1 Comment
Health Care REIT Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Feb 26
Health Care REIT Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Nov 6, 2012
Health Care REIT Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Aug 6, 2012
Sunrise's CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Aug 3, 2012
Health Care REIT's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, May 8, 2012
Sunrise Senior Living's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, May 2, 2012
Sunrise Senior Living's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Mar 1, 2012
Health Care REIT's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
Sunrise Senior Living's CEO Presents at UBS Global Healthcare Services Conference (Transcript)
Tue, Feb 7, 2012
Sunrise Senior Living's CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Nov 8, 2011
Health Care REIT's CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Nov 3, 2011
Health Care REIT's CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Aug 4, 2011
Sunrise Senior Living' CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Aug 4, 2011
Sunrise Senior Living's CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, May 6, 2011 • 1 Comment
Health Care REIT's CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, May 3, 2011
Sunrise Senior Living CEO Discusses Q4 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Feb 25, 2011
Health Care REIT's CEO Discusses Q4 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Feb 16, 2011
Sunrise Senior Living CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Nov 5, 2010
Health Care REIT, Inc. Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Aug 5, 2010

Health Care REIT, Inc. Completes $1.7 Billion Common Stock Offering

Business Wire (Tue, 5:05PM)
Midday Movers: FB, HCN, Q & More

at CNBC.com (May 9, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Pricing of 20,000,000 Shares of Common Stock at $73.50 Per Share

Business Wire (May 8, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Proposed Offering of 18,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

Business Wire (May 8, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Agreement for $1.35 Billion Investment with Revera Inc.

Business Wire (May 8, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results

Business Wire (May 7, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Declares First Quarter Dividend

Business Wire (Apr 25, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Date of First Quarter 2013 Earnings Release, Conference Call, and Webcast

Business Wire (Apr 15, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Conversion Option for 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2029

Business Wire (Apr 9, 2013)
Health Care REIT Announces Ratings Upgrade from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

Business Wire (Apr 4, 2013)
Health Care REIT to Present at the Barclay’s Global Healthcare Conference

Business Wire (Mar 7, 2013)
Health Care REIT to Present at the Citi 2013 Global Property CEO Conference

Business Wire (Feb 27, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2012 Results

Business Wire (Feb 25, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Date of Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Release, Conference Call, and Webcast

Business Wire (Jan 30, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend

Business Wire (Jan 24, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Sunrise Senior Living and Sale of Management Company

Business Wire (Jan 9, 2013)
Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces Closing of New $2.75 Billion Unsecured Credit Facility

Business Wire (Jan 8, 2013)
Sunrise Stockholders Approve Acquisition by Health Care REIT

PR Newswire (Jan 7, 2013)
Sunrise Announces Special Cash Dividend in Connection with Proposed Merger with Health Care REIT

PR Newswire (Dec 28, 2012)
Sunrise Senior Living Shares Winter Preparedness Tips

PR Newswire (Dec 11, 2012)

HCN vs. ETF Alternatives

Company Description

Health Care REIT, Inc., an S&P 500 company with headquarters in Toledo, Ohio, is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that invests in senior housing and health care real estate. We also provide an extensive array of property management and development services. As of December 31, 2009, our... More

Sector: Financial

Industry: REIT - Healthcare Facilities

Country: United States

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Monday, May 13, 1:56 PM The NAREIT U.S. REIT Index (IYR, VNQ) had a pretty good year just in April, rising 5.8% vs. the S&P up 1.9%. YTD through April, the index was up 15.44% vs. 12.74% for the S&P. Y/Y, REITs are up 22.2% vs. the S&P at 16.89% The best performers in April were the retail REITs (SPG, TCO, GGP, O, ARCP, PEI), gaining 9.9%. Taking a break were the timber REITs (PCH, PCL), down 1.6% in April after rising 7.3% the previous month. YTD, the leading REIT performer is Health Care (VTR, HCP, HCN HTA), +23.7%. Comment! [Financials]
Wednesday, May 8, 7:39 AM Health Care REIT (HCN) launches an 18M share secondary with underwriters granted an option for another 2.7M shares. If the underwriters exercise it would add about 8% to the float. The company is also acquiring a 75% stake in privately-held Canadian senior housing provider Revera for about $1.35B. Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, May 7, 7:42 AM More on Health Care REIT (HCN) Q1 earnings: Normalized FFO of $0.91/share up 5% Y/Y, FAD up 4%. Same-store cash NOI up 3.5%, including 5.6% growth in seniors housing operating portfolio. Private-party pay mix bumped to 82% from 73%. FY13 FFO outlook is unchanged at $3.70-$3.80/share, FAD at $3.25-$3.35. Conference call at 10 ET. (PR) Comment! [Financials, Earnings]
Tuesday, May 7, 7:36 AM Health Care REIT (HCN): Q1 FFO of $0.91 beats by $0.01. Gross Revenue of $633.9M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Tuesday, May 7, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: ACM, AFAM, AKRX, ALLT, ARCC, ARIA, BCRX, CHTR, CMLP, CNK, CQB, CRZO, CVLT, DFT, DISCA, DTV, DWRE, EMR, ENDP, FE, FOSL, HCN, HFC, HPT, HSIC, KWK, LPX, NRG, NRGY, NVAX, OAK, OMX, PQ, PRGO, RIGL, SHOO, TA, TAP, TDG, TGH, TICC, TRGT, TW, WRES, XEC 2 Comments [Earnings]
Monday, May 6, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Tuesday's open: ACM, AFAM, AKRX, ALLT, ARCC, ARIA, BCRX, CHTR, CMLP, CNK, CQB, CRZO, CVLT, DFT, DISCA, DTV, DWRE, EMR, ENDP, FE, FOSL, HCN, HFC, HPT, HSIC, KWK, LPX, NRG, NRGY, NVAX, OAK, OMX, PQ, PRGO, RIGL, SHOO, TA, TAP, TDG, TGH, TICC, TRGT, TW, WRES, XEC Comment! [Earnings]
Friday, April 26, 9:16 AM Health Care REIT, Inc. (HCN) declares $0.765/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 4.16%. For shareholders of record May 07. Payable May 20. Ex-div date May 03. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, April 4, 8:08 PM Health Care REIT (HCN) is upgraded to a BBB credit rating at S&P from BBB- previously. "HCN's diversified and good quality portfolio will produce steady cash flow over the next couple of years," says S&P, but further ratings improvement is unlikely thanks to the company's "fairly robust growth appetite and the need to fully integrate the Sunrise acquisition." Comment! [Financials]
Monday, February 25, 5:05 PM Health Care REIT (HCN): Q4 FFO of $0.85 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $500.6M beats by $2.96M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Monday, February 25, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday’s close: ADSK, CZR, HALO, HCN, IPXL, LGCY, MELI, MR, OAS, OKE, OKS, SGY, TWI, URS, VVUS Comment! [Earnings]
Sunday, February 24, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Monday’s close: ADSK, CZR, HALO, HCN, IPXL, LGCY, MELI, MR, OAS, OKE, OKS, SGY, TWI, URS, VVUS Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, January 24, 5:57 PM Health Care REIT, Inc. (HCN) declares $0.765/share quarterly dividend. Forward yield 4.86%. For shareholders of record Feb. 05. Payable Feb. 27. Ex-div date Feb. 01. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, January 7, 7:37 PM Sunrise Senior Living (SRZ) says that stockholders have voted to approve the merger with Health Care REIT (HCN), with 98.3% of the votes cast in favor of the proposal. The tally represented 69.4% of the outstanding stock entitled to vote. The merger is expected to close on January 9. Comment! [M&A]
Friday, December 28, 2012, 4:12 PM Sunrise Senior Living (SRZ) announces that in connection with the proposed merger with Health Care REIT (HCN) and the related proposed sale of its management business, the board has declared a conditional special cash dividend of $2.10 per share of SRZ to holders as of the close of business on January 8. Comment! [Healthcare, M&A]
Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 5:32 PM Sunrise Senior Living (SRZ): Q3 EPS of $0.35 beats by $0.30. Revenue of $323.8M beats by $9M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Healthcare]
Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday’s close: ARAY, ATO, ATVI, AWK, BONE, CBS, CLR, CODI, CPE, CPNO, CTL, CXO, ETE, ETP, EXEL, FTK, GMXR, GSS, HIMX, HNSN, ITMN, KGC, MAKO, MBI, MDLZ, MNST, MWE, NQ, OAS, ONTY, OSUR, PAAS, PANL, PRI, PRU, QCOM, SGEN, SLXP, SNTS, SRZ, SSRI, SXL, TCAP, TIE, TS, WFM Comment! [Earnings]

Jim Van Meerten
$HCN - 96% Barchart technical buy signals - 16 new highs and up 8.46% in the last month - Relative Strength Index 82.69%
Apr 15, 2:29 PM
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Option Millionaires
Short term technical signals showing a potential short-term swing to $64 for HCN. Trade strategy here. http://bit.ly/O7JpXj
10/4/12
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Asif Suria
New Post: Merger Arbitrage Mondays http://bit.ly/st1w3P $CVH $DXM $DEXO $HCN $PRST
8/27/12
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Michael Bryant
If planning to buy Sunrise Senior Living (HCN), I would say "don't bet on a bidding war. Most don't happen." http://bit.ly/PegrQD
8/26/12
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Tim Welland
$HCN didnt waste time since their last 2ndary offering - using almost entire proceeds in all-cash deal for $HCN
8/22/12
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DAG1996
HCN the danger of chasing dividends ... i considered buying SRZ back in December but didn't due to lack of dividend ... it has now tripled.
8/22/12
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John Rayhall: Would have been a nice play oh well onto the nest one :)
8/29/12
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Asif Suria
Sunrise Senior Living Signs Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Health Care REIT $HCN $HCN http://bit.ly/ebG9Io
8/22/12
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The Wall Street Transcript
Positive Property Level Trends in Medical Real Estate; Analyst Discusses $HCN, $HCP, $VTR, $OHI,$SUNH, $RBS - http://su.pr/18bMOZ
8/13/12
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Positive Property Level Trends in Medical Real Estate; Analyst Discusses $HCN, $SNH, $SBRA, $SUNH, $RBS, $CWSRF - http://su.pr/5p8gPG
8/6/12
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ZetaKap
4 Small Caps Trading For Cheap Despite Positive Analyst Recommendations http://bit.ly/M6FBTM $CMLS $DLX $HUM $HCN @ZetaKap
6/18/12
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HCN the danger of chasing dividends ... i considered buying SRZ back in December but didn't due to lack of dividend ... it has now tripled.
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John Rayhall: Would have been a nice play oh well onto the nest one :)
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Five S&P 500 High Yield Stocks With Double Digit Earnings Growth + http://bit.ly/zwFuTI + $WIN $HCN $VZ $PBCT $LLY
2/25/12
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Dividend Sheet: +14.42 percent for next year and -8.18 percent for the next five years
2/26/12
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Ocean Man: $3.18 for 2012 and $4.41 for 2011.
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Tim Welland
HCN CEO and Chairman to sell 50k shares out of 450k owned... sensing a top?
11/14/11
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talbano: night
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Irishmedic: Could also be that they are worried about the whole payment thing we discussed last night Talbano!
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