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Welltower (Welltower) Debt-to-Equity : 0.63 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Welltower Debt-to-Equity?

Welltower's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. Welltower's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $16,119 Mil. Welltower's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $25,404 Mil. Welltower's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.63.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Welltower's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

WELL' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.63   Med: 0.83   Max: 0.99
Current: 0.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Welltower was 0.99. The lowest was 0.63. And the median was 0.83.

WELL's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
63.6% of 673 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 0.78 vs WELL: 0.63

Welltower Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Welltower's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Welltower Debt-to-Equity Chart

Welltower Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.99 0.89 0.83 0.74 0.63

Welltower Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.74 0.75 0.77 0.71 0.63

Competitive Comparison of Welltower's Debt-to-Equity

For the REIT - Healthcare Facilities subindustry, Welltower's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Welltower's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Welltower's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Welltower's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Welltower Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Welltower's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Welltower's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Welltower  (NYSE:WELL) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Welltower (Welltower) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, OH, USA, 43615
Welltower owns a diversified healthcare portfolio of over 2,000 in-place properties spread across the senior housing, medical office, and skilled nursing/post-acute care sectors. The portfolio includes over 100 properties in both Canada and the United Kingdom as the company looks for additional investment opportunities in countries with mature healthcare systems that operate similarly to that of the United States.
Executives
John F. Burkart officer: EVP-Chief Operating Officer C/O ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INC., 1100 PARK PLACE, SUITE 200, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Ade J. Patton director 4500 DORR STREET, TOLEDO DE 43515
Dennis G Lopez director 12700 HILL COUNTRY BOULEVARD, SUITE T-200, AUSTIN TX 78738
Philip L Hawkins director C/O CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST, 6711 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DRIVE, #300, COLUMBIA MD 21046
Diana Reid director 4500 DORR STREET, TOLEDO OH 43615
Ayesha Menon officer: SVP - Strategic Investments 4500 DORR STREET, TOLEDO OH 43615
Timothy Mchugh officer: SVP - Chief Financial Officer 4500 DORR STREET, TOLEDO OH 43515
Thomas J Derosa director C/O WELLTOWER INC., 4500 DORR STREET, TOLEDO OH 43615
John Goodey officer: Chief Financial Officer 4500 DORR STREET, TOLEDO OH 43615
Mercedes Kerr officer: EVP-Business Development 2449 GRIVEL PLACE, TUSTIN CA 92782
Kathryn M Sullivan director PO BOX 98029, BATON ROUGE LA 70898-9029
Johnese Spisso director 4500 DORR STREET, TOLEDO OH 43615
Karen B Desalvo director 500 W MAIN STREET, LOUISVILLE KY 40202
Shankh Mitra officer: SVP, Finance & Investments 4500 DORR STREET, TOLEDO OH 43615
R Scott Trumbull director FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC., 9255 COVERDALE RD, FORT WAYNE IN 46809

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