---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000766704-22-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WELL"
cik: "0000766704"
company_name: "WELLTOWER INC."
filed_at: "2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T06:08:11.003191+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Welltower reports Q3 normalized FFO $0.84, up 5%; authorizes $3B buyback

## Summary
- Net loss of $0.01 per diluted share; normalized FFO of $0.84 per share, up 5.0% YoY.
- Total portfolio same-store NOI growth of 7.2%; Seniors Housing Operating same-store NOI growth of 17.6%.
- Board authorized $3B share repurchase program and $3B ATM program for common stock.
- Q4 guidance: net income $0.08-$0.13 per share; normalized FFO $0.80-$0.85 per share.
- Completed $1.1B of gross investments in Q3; reduced variable rate debt by $817M post-quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000766704-22-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WELL
- cik: 0000766704
- company_name: WELLTOWER INC.
- filed_at: 2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766704/000076670422000059/0000766704-22-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766704/000076670422000059/well-20221107.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000766704-22-000059.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  WELLTOWER INC. reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
  - Period: the quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On November 7, 2022 , Welltower Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release that announced operating results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766704/000076670422000059/0000766704-22-000059-index.htm

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