---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000740260-26-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VTR"
cik: "0000740260"
company_name: "Ventas, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:07:19.379214+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ventas Q1 Normalized FFO $0.94 (+9% YoY); raises FY investment outlook to $3B

## Summary
- Attributable Net Income $0.11 per share; Normalized FFO $0.94 per share (+9% YoY).
- Total Company Same-Store Cash NOI up 9%; SHOP same-store cash NOI up >15% YoY.
- SHOP occupancy gained 310 bps; RevPOR up 5%; same-store cash operating revenue ~9%.
- Closed $1.7B senior housing YTD; 2026 investment target raised to $3B.
- Raised full-year guidance; $1.6B unsettled equity forwards; settled 10.6M shares for $0.8B in Q1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000740260-26-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VTR
- cik: 0000740260
- company_name: Ventas, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000074026026000016/0000740260-26-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000074026026000016/vtr-20260427.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000740260-26-000016
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000740260-26-000016.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Ventas, Inc. reported the first quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: net income $0.11, EPS $0.11. Guidance raised.
  - Period: the first quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Net income: $0.11
  - EPS: $0.11
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: growing aging population,” Cafaro concluded. First Quarter and Other 2026 Highlights • Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders (“Attributable Net Income”) per share of $0.11 • Normalized Funds From Operations* (“Normalized FFO”) per share of $0.94, an increase of 9% compared to the prior year • Total Company Net Operating Income* (“NOI”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000074026026000016/0000740260-26-000016-index.htm

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