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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000740260-26-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VTR"
cik: "0000740260"
company_name: "Ventas, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-29T20:39:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-29T20:40:06.914037+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ventas Q2 Normalized FFO $0.97 (+9% YoY); raises full-year guidance on $3.4B YTD investments

## Summary
- Attributable net income $0.14/share; Normalized FFO $0.97/share, up 9% YoY.
- Total Company Same-Store Cash NOI grew 10% YoY; SHOP Same-Store Cash NOI grew 16% YoY.
- YTD closed $3.4B senior housing investments; raised 2026 investment volume expectation to $4.5B.
- Raised full-year earnings guidance primarily due to increased investment activity.
- Settled 31.4M shares under equity forward sales for $2.6B; $1.6B unsettled, total $4.2B equity capital.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000740260-26-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VTR
- cik: 0000740260
- company_name: Ventas, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-29T20:39:17+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000074026026000022/0000740260-26-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000074026026000022/vtr-20260729.htm

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