What to Expect From Welltower Inc. in 2018
Leading healthcare real estate investment trust Welltower (NYSE: HCN), along with most other REITs, has not performed particularly well in 2017. As of mid-November, the stock is up by just 2.2%, and although the total return including dividends is a more respectable 7.5%, it is roughly half of the company's long-term average. This is also less than half of the S&P's total return so far in 2017.
The key point for investors to know is that the main reason for the mediocre performance are headwinds that affect real estate stock prices, as opposed to anything wrong with Welltower's business itself. Here's a rundown of why REITs as a group haven't done so well in 2017, what's going on with Welltower as a company, and what could be in store for 2018.
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