Healthcare Realty Trust Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Announces Quarterly Dividend

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Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR) today announced results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2024. Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders for the three months ended December 31, 2024 was $(106.8) million, or $(0.31) per diluted common share. Additionally, the Company announced its quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share and operating partnership unit.

KEY FOURTH QUARTER AND ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS

  • Normalized FFO per share totaled $0.40 for the quarter, at the high end of the previously provided guidance range and up 2.5% over the prior year period. Normalized FFO per share was $1.56 for the year ended December 31, 2024.

  • Cash NOI growth in the fourth quarter and year was as shown below (for more detail on the impact of Steward Health and Prospect Medical please see the related section herein):

 

ACTUAL

 

4Q 2024

2024

Same store

3.1

%

2.9

%

Same store excluding Steward Health and Prospect Medical

3.6

%

3.1

%

     

  • 140,000 square feet, or 44 basis points, of multi-tenant absorption for the quarter and 479,000 square feet, or 149 basis points, for the year

  • 686,000 square feet of signed new leases in the quarter, the sixth consecutive quarter above 400,000 and a new single-quarter high

CAPITAL ALLOCATION

 

 

 

  • The Company closed joint venture and asset sale transactions totaling $522 million in the fourth quarter, and generated approximately $1.3 billion of proceeds for the year, which includes the following:

    • $770 million from joint venture transactions

    • $491 million from asset sales

  • For the year, the Company repurchased approximately 31 million shares totaling $510 million at an average price of $16.56 per share.

  • The Company repaid its $350 million term loan maturing in 2025 and ended the year with leverage at 6.4 times net debt to adjusted EBITDA.

MULTI-TENANT GROWTH AND ABSORPTION

  • Compared to prior year periods, multi-tenant cash NOI growth in the fourth quarter and year was:

 

ACTUAL

 

4Q 2024

2024

Multi-tenant

3.4

%

3.0

%

Multi-tenant excluding Steward Health & Prospect Medical

3.9

%

3.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

  • Multi-tenant occupancy gains at the high end of full year 2024 guidance were:

 

ACTUAL

2024 GUIDANCE

 

4Q 2024

2024

LOW

HIGH

Absorption (SF)

140,182

479,439

370,000

490,000

Change in occupancy (bps)

+ 44

+ 149

+ 100

+ 150

 

 

 

 

 

  • At the end of the year, the multi-tenant portfolio occupancy rate was 86.3% and the leased percentage was 88.3%.

LEASING

  • Portfolio leasing activity that commenced in the fourth quarter totaled 1,534,000 square feet related to 349 leases:

    • 954,000 square feet of renewals

    • 580,000 square feet of new and expansion lease commencements

  • In the fourth quarter, the Company signed new leases totaling 686,000 square feet, a new, single-quarter high for the Company.