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Healthpeak Properties, Inc. DOC

Market cap $13.8BP/E 57.9× trailingGross margin 2.5%Reports Thu 22 Oct, after the close
$20.02
−0.25 (−1.23%)live 11:30 ET
52-wk $15.70 – $22.95
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Orin's take
0.55conviction · moderate
Refreshed 6 Aug · take v8. A new filing or a print queues the next refresh.

Healthpeak's Q2 2026 FFO beat ($0.46 vs. $0.44 consensus) and raised full-year guidance signal operational improvement in senior housing and lab leasing, with OCF growing to $1.25B in 2025 from $795M in 2021. However, GAAP EPS has collapsed to $0.10 in 2025 from $0.92 in 2022, total debt has surged to $10.4B from $6.4B over the same period, and the trailing PE of 62.3x sits 107% above the peer median of 30.1x, making the stock expensive on earnings despite a discounted 7.5x EV/EBITDA.

With MACD in bearish crossover and RSI at 41, technicals are softening just as fundamentals show early signs of inflection—wait for confirmation that lab occupancy gains translate into sustained GAAP earnings recovery before upgrading.

What could go wrong

  • Life science lab recovery stalls. Lab segment occupancy is improving but remains the key swing factor; if the life science sector recovery disappoints, FFO growth and the raised 2026 guidance could be at risk.
  • Leverage and interest expense. Total debt rose to $10.44B in 2025 from $6.37B in 2021; rising interest costs could pressure AFFO and the 5.6% dividend coverage despite reported 4.7x net debt/EBITDAre.
  • GAAP earnings deterioration. EPS fell from $0.92 in 2022 to $0.10 in 2025 while gross profit dropped from $1.20B to $635M, leaving the PE at 62.3x—any further compression in profitability would deepen the valuation disconnect.
  • Technical weakness. MACD histogram is negative at -0.197 with RSI at 41.4, suggesting near-term downside pressure despite the stock trading above its 200-day MA of $18.30.

What would change my mind

Lab occupancy inflection confirmed. Next quarter shows lab segment occupancy above prior-year levels with positive rent spreads and rising same-property NOIbullish
Debt reduction progress. Total debt declines meaningfully from $10.4B via asset sales or JV proceeds, reducing leverage toward 4.0x net debt/EBITDArebullish
FFO guidance cut or dividend coverage deterioration. Management lowers 2026 FFO guidance or signals dividend coverage falling below 1.0x AFFObearish
Break below 200-day moving average. Stock closes below $18.30 on heavy volume, invalidating the uptrend and signaling further downsidebearish

Where this comes from: Zacks news article, 2026-08-04 · Business Wire press release, 2026-08-04 · FMP annual fundamentals · FMP annual fundamentals. Orin's read on DOC; not advice.

Twelve months actual closes to 2026-09-24 · actual filings

Sept 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26

50-day average 200-day average · volume below

Largest holders · 13F Q2 2026

Money flow
FilerPositionOf fund
Vanguard Portfolio Management$1.2B0.1% of fund
Vanguard Capital Management$963.3M0.0% of fund
State Street$941.8M0.0% of fund
Jpmorgan Chase &$661.0M0.0% of fund
Geode Capital Management$526.9M0.0% of fund
Invesco$396.1M0.0% of fund

84 filers · quarter ended Q2 2026 · positions, not flows

Insiders, last 24 months: 71 Form 4 filings, net $737K. Of the 50 on hand, 4 were open-market purchases and 1 a sale— the rest are grants, option exercises and tax withholding.

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Where it trades

vs its own 5y · Real Estate
MetricNowOwn medianSector
P/E57.9×38.5×56.8×
EV/EBITDA12.7×14.1×—
P/S4.74×5.07×—
P/B1.8×1.7×—

Its P/E sits 80th percentile of its own last 5 years (−0.10σ from its own mean).

What the price assumes

-0.3%

free-cash-flow growth every year for 10 years, discounted at 10%, is what today’s price implies — starting from $1.3B of trailing free cash flow. It is an assumption the market is making, not a forecast Orin is making.

What Wall Street published

41 firms · 2026-09-24
Consensus target

$22

$19 – $24 · +11% against today's price

How they rate it
  • 19 buy or overweight
  • 22 hold
  • 0 underweight or sell

The analysts’ consensus and their own ratings, not Orin’s. A target is a twelve-month opinion published by the firm that wrote it.

Against the companies it is compared to

median P/E 27.1× of 2 peers
CompanyMarket capP/EEV/EBITDAGrossNetROE
DOCHealthpeak Properties, Inc.$14B57.9×12.7×2.5%8.6%3%
BXPBXP, Inc.$10B33.5×13.8×46.8%8.4%6%
REGRegency Centers Corporation$13B20.7×15.6×35.1%38.2%10%

The median is of the 2 peers listed above and nothing else — check it against the column. This company trades 114.0% above it. The peer set is the vendor’s, so a company can appear here that a person would not have chosen.

What it has traded at

P/E by fiscal year
FY14 21.9×FY25 160.8×

What its sector has traded at

Real Estate
FY14 44.0×FY26 52.3×

Two scales, drawn separately on purpose: a sector median and one company’s multiple are not the same number and putting them on one axis invites a comparison neither series supports.

Discounted cash flow

not recomputed since
ModelFair valueAgainstComputed
Standard DCF$43$20.45 · +109%2026-06-10
Levered DCF$27$20.45 · +33%2026-06-10

The vendor’s intrinsic-value models. Treat them as a low-growth anchor — for a fast grower the market routinely pays well above a DCF. These were computed against the price in the “against” column, not today’s.

Every estimate on one scale

price $20.02
52-week range$16 – $23
Analyst targets$19 – $24
Standard DCF$43 as of 2026-06-10, when it was $20.45
Levered DCF$27 as of 2026-06-10, when it was $20.45
At own 5y-median P/E (38×)$13
At 5y P/E range (27–157×)$9 – $55
At sector P/E (57×)$20

The vertical rule is the current price. Ranges and point estimates are the backend’s, published as they were calculated; an arrow means the estimate sits beyond this scale, and its number is on the right.