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2018 Q2 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000074026018000145 Filed on July 27, 2018

Income Statement

Concept	2018 Q2	2017 Q2
Revenue	$942.3M	$895.5M
YoY Change	5.23%	5.55%
Cost Of Revenue	$421.9M	$366.4M
YoY Change	15.15%	3.56%
Gross Profit	$520.4M	$529.1M
YoY Change	-1.64%	6.98%
Gross Profit Margin	55.23%	59.08%
Selling, General & Admin	$36.70M	$33.30M
YoY Change	10.21%	3.74%
% of Gross Profit	7.05%	6.29%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$223.6M	$224.1M
YoY Change	-0.22%	0.99%
% of Gross Profit	42.97%	42.35%
Operating Expenses	$256.6M	$247.0M
YoY Change	3.89%	-2.79%
Operating Profit	$263.8M	$282.1M
YoY Change	-6.49%	17.3%
Interest Expense	$113.0M	$113.6M
YoY Change	-0.48%	9.56%
% of Operating Profit	42.85%	40.26%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$3.500M	-$1.800M
YoY Change	94.44%	-21.74%
Pretax Income	$139.1M	$150.2M
YoY Change	-7.4%	20.29%
Income Tax	-$734.0K	-$2.159M
% Of Pretax Income	-0.53%	-1.44%
Net Earnings	$169.3M	$153.0M
YoY Change	10.68%	6.64%
Net Earnings / Revenue	17.97%	17.08%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.47	$0.43
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.46	$0.42
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	356.2M shares	355.0M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	359.0M shares	358.3M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2018 Q2	2017 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$94.00M	$103.0M
YoY Change	-8.74%	80.7%
Cash & Equivalents	$93.68M	$103.4M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$94.00M	$103.0M
YoY Change	-8.74%	80.7%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$20.14B	$20.54B
YoY Change	-1.97%	6.9%
Goodwill	$1.034B	$1.034B
YoY Change	0.02%	-0.9%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$368.0M	$163.0M
YoY Change	125.77%	29.37%
Other Assets	$80.00M	$158.0M
YoY Change	-49.37%	-39.46%
Total Long-Term Assets	$22.61B	$23.75B
YoY Change	-4.83%	7.79%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$94.00M	$103.0M
Total Long-Term Assets	$22.61B	$23.75B
Total Assets	$22.70B	$23.86B
YoY Change	-4.85%	7.98%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$1.134B	$930.0M
YoY Change	21.94%	26.53%
Accrued Expenses	$93.00M	$87.00M
YoY Change	6.9%	8.75%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.227B	$1.017B
YoY Change	20.65%	24.79%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$10.40B	$11.91B
YoY Change	-12.64%	9.24%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$1.000M	$10.00M
YoY Change	-90.0%	-88.76%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$10.40B	$11.92B
YoY Change	-12.7%	8.44%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.227B	$1.017B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$10.40B	$11.92B
Total Liabilities	$11.87B	$13.23B
YoY Change	-10.28%	9.12%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$2.529B	-$2.689B
YoY Change	-5.94%	16.24%
Common Stock	$13.16B	$13.11B
YoY Change	0.38%	8.81%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$573.0K	$0.00
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares	11.00K shares	0.000 shares
Shareholders Equity	$10.62B	$10.37B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$22.70B	$23.86B
YoY Change	-4.85%	7.98%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2018 Q2	2017 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$169.3M	$153.0M
YoY Change	10.68%	6.64%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$223.6M	$224.1M
YoY Change	-0.22%	0.99%
Cash From Operating Activities	$402.3M	$377.6M
YoY Change	6.54%	-1.56%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$103.2M	-$88.90M
YoY Change	16.09%	53.01%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$658.5M	-$28.30M
YoY Change	-2426.86%	141.88%
Cash From Investing Activities	$555.3M	-$117.3M
YoY Change	-573.4%	68.05%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-962.8M	-275.5M
YoY Change	249.47%	-10.52%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	402.3M	377.6M
Cash From Investing Activities	555.3M	-117.3M
Cash From Financing Activities	-962.8M	-275.5M
Net Change In Cash	-5.200M	-15.20M
YoY Change	-65.79%	-357.63%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$402.3M	$377.6M
Capital Expenditures	-$103.2M	-$88.90M
Free Cash Flow	$505.5M	$466.5M
YoY Change	8.36%	5.61%

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	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	249398000	USD
	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	352116000	USD
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	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	354719000	shares
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	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	357919000	shares
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	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	249398000	USD
	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	352116000	USD
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	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	-185000	USD
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	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Other Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeOtherNetOfTax	14617000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Other Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeOtherNetOfTax	316000	USD
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	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	24259000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	12499000	USD
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	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	364615000	USD
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	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	4176000	USD
	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	2158000	USD
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	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	269481000	USD
	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	362457000	USD
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	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	249398000	USD
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	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	564269000	USD
	vtr	Stockissuedduringperiodandothervalue Stockissuedduringperiodandothervalue	4764000	USD
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	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Restricted Stock Award Net Of Forfeitures StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures	7603000	USD
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	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	352116000	USD
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	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	13396000	USD
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	us-gaap	Straight Line Rent StraightLineRent	11155000	USD
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	us-gaap	Other Tax Expense Benefit OtherTaxExpenseBenefit	-7104000	USD
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	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Equity Method Investments PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments	39048000	USD
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	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Insurance Settlements Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInInsuranceSettlementsReceivable	-1393000	USD
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	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">NOTE 1—DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS</span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"> </span><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Ventas, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated or except where the context otherwise requires, “we,” “us” or “our”), an S&P 500 company, is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) with a highly diversified portfolio of seniors housing and healthcare properties located throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. As of </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">June 30, 2018</span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we owned more than </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>1,200</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties (including properties owned through investments in unconsolidated entities and properties classified as held for sale), consisting of seniors housing communities, medical office buildings (“MOBs”), life science and innovation centers, inpatient rehabilitation facilities (“IRFs”) and long-term acute care facilities (“LTACs”), health systems and skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”), and we had </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>16</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties under development, including </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>five</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties that are owned by unconsolidated real estate entities. Our company was originally founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. </span></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We primarily invest in seniors housing and healthcare properties through acquisitions and lease our properties to unaffiliated tenants or operate them through independent third-party managers. As of </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">June 30, 2018</span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we leased a total of </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>468</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties (excluding properties within our office reportable business segment) to various healthcare operating companies under “triple-net” or “absolute-net” leases that obligate the tenants to pay all property-related expenses, including maintenance, utilities, repairs, taxes, insurance and capital expenditures.</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As of </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">June 30, 2018</span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, pursuant to long-term management agreements, we engaged independent operators, such as Atria Senior Living, Inc. (“Atria”) and Sunrise Senior Living, LLC (together with its subsidiaries, “Sunrise”), to manage </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>361</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> seniors housing communities for us. </span></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Our </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>three</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> largest tenants, Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, “Brookdale Senior Living”), Ardent Health Partners, LLC (together with its subsidiaries, “Ardent”) and </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Kindred Healthcare, LLC (formerly Kindred Healthcare, Inc., together with its subsidiaries</span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, “Kindred”) leased from us </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>135</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties (excluding </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>one</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> property managed by Brookdale Senior Living pursuant to a long-term management agreement), </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>10</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties and </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>31</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties, respectively, as of </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">June 30, 2018</span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. </span></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"/><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Through our Lillibridge Healthcare Services, Inc. subsidiary and our ownership interest in PMB Real Estate Services LLC, we also provide MOB management, leasing, marketing, facility development and advisory services to highly rated hospitals and health systems throughout the United States. In addition, from time to time, we make secured and non-mortgage loans and other investments relating to seniors housing and healthcare operators or properties.</span>
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