$VTR
Ventas, Inc. Stock $vtr

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2019 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000074026019000168 Filed on October 25, 2019

Income Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2019 Q3	2018 Q3
Revenue	$996.0M	$983.2M	$936.5M
YoY Change	7.88%	4.98%	4.07%
Cost Of Revenue	$480.9M	$462.1M	$428.8M
YoY Change	12.49%	7.77%	13.86%
Gross Profit	$515.2M	$521.0M	$507.7M
YoY Change	3.91%	2.62%	-2.98%
Gross Profit Margin	51.73%	52.99%	54.21%
Selling, General & Admin	$41.60M	$40.50M	$39.70M
YoY Change	8.05%	2.02%	19.22%
% of Gross Profit	8.07%	7.77%	7.82%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$348.9M	$234.6M	$218.6M
YoY Change	42.87%	7.32%	2.44%
% of Gross Profit	67.72%	45.03%	43.06%
Operating Expenses	$279.5M	$266.1M	$258.3M
YoY Change	32.15%	3.02%	6.65%
Operating Profit	$235.7M	$254.9M	$249.4M
YoY Change	-17.09%	2.21%	-11.28%
Interest Expense	-$116.5M	$114.0M	$107.6M
YoY Change	-1.02%	5.94%	-5.52%
% of Operating Profit	-49.43%	44.71%	43.14%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$8.300M	-$2.164M	-$1.244M
YoY Change	-114.09%	73.95%	-90.43%
Pretax Income	$13.60M	$88.90M	$96.00M
YoY Change	-60.81%	-7.4%	-35.29%
Income Tax	$700.0K	$2.005M	-$7.327M
% Of Pretax Income	5.15%	2.26%	-7.63%
Net Earnings	$12.89M	$86.92M	$103.3M
YoY Change	-79.63%	-15.84%	-83.21%
Net Earnings / Revenue	1.29%	8.84%	11.03%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.03	$0.23	$0.29
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.03	$0.23	$0.28
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	372.7M shares	372.4M shares	356.3M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		376.6M shares	359.4M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2019 Q4	2019 Q3	2018 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$106.0M	$148.0M	$86.00M
YoY Change	47.22%	72.09%	1.18%
Cash & Equivalents	$106.4M	$148.1M	$148.5M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$106.0M	$148.0M	$86.00M
YoY Change	47.22%	72.09%	1.18%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$21.73B	$21.93B	$20.02B
YoY Change	8.14%	9.54%	-2.17%
Goodwill	$1.051B	$1.050B
YoY Change	0.06%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$342.0M	$165.0M	$319.0M
YoY Change	9.62%	-48.28%	99.38%
Other Assets	$179.0M	$65.00M	$87.00M
YoY Change	175.38%	-25.29%	-40.0%
Total Long-Term Assets	$24.59B	$24.66B	$22.51B
YoY Change	9.21%	9.52%	-4.83%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$106.0M	$148.0M	$86.00M
Total Long-Term Assets	$24.59B	$24.66B	$22.51B
Total Assets	$24.69B	$24.80B	$22.60B
YoY Change	9.33%	9.76%	-4.81%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$1.146B	$1.194B	$1.135B
YoY Change	5.52%	5.2%	20.23%
Accrued Expenses	$362.0M	$334.0M	$77.00M
YoY Change	262.0%	333.77%	-19.79%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.508B	$1.528B	$1.212B
YoY Change	27.15%	26.07%	16.54%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$12.16B	$12.05B	$10.48B
YoY Change	13.28%	15.03%	-8.28%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$5.000M	$2.000M	$15.00M
YoY Change		-86.67%	50.0%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$12.16B	$12.06B	$10.49B
YoY Change	13.32%	14.89%	-8.23%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.508B	$1.528B	$1.212B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$12.16B	$12.06B	$10.49B
Total Liabilities	$13.87B	$13.73B	$12.00B
YoY Change	14.42%	14.4%	-6.01%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$3.669B	-$3.384B
YoY Change	25.21%
Common Stock	$14.15B	$14.11B
YoY Change	7.47%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$132.0K
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares	2.000K shares
Shareholders Equity	$10.45B	$10.67B	$10.60B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$24.69B	$24.80B	$22.60B
YoY Change	9.33%	9.76%	-4.81%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2019 Q3	2018 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$12.89M	$86.92M	$103.3M
YoY Change	-79.63%	-15.84%	-83.21%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$348.9M	$234.6M	$218.6M
YoY Change	42.87%	7.32%	2.44%
Cash From Operating Activities	$354.3M	$354.3M	$307.3M
YoY Change	-2.64%	15.29%	-14.35%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$231.0M	-$157.0M	-$105.7M
YoY Change	45.01%	48.53%	11.73%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$67.50M	-$757.1M	$44.70M
YoY Change	-137.27%	-1793.74%	-91.63%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$163.4M	-$914.2M	-$61.00M
YoY Change	-52.0%	1398.69%	-113.88%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-254.4M	630.0M	-255.8M
YoY Change	534.41%	-346.29%	-68.26%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	354.3M	354.3M	307.3M
Cash From Investing Activities	-163.4M	-914.2M	-61.00M
Cash From Financing Activities	-254.4M	630.0M	-255.8M
Net Change In Cash	-63.50M	70.10M	-9.500M
YoY Change	282.53%	-837.89%	26.67%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$354.3M	$354.3M	$307.3M
Capital Expenditures	-$231.0M	-$157.0M	-$105.7M
Free Cash Flow	$585.3M	$511.3M	$413.0M
YoY Change	11.87%	23.8%	-8.91%

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	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	-2621000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	-47826000	USD
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CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	18000	USD
	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	24633000	USD
	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	35893000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	2005000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-7327000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-57004000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-11303000	USD
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CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	103281000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	426404000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	352689000	USD
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CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Income Loss From Discontinued Operations Net Of Tax IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax	0	USD
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Discontinued Operations Net Of Tax IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax	0	USD
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Discontinued Operations Net Of Tax IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax	-10000	USD
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CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	103281000	USD
	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	426404000	USD
	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	352679000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	1659000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	1309000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	4831000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	5485000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	85259000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	101972000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	421573000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	347194000	USD
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CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Basic Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare	0.29
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Basic Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare	1.17
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Basic Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare	0.99
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CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	0.29
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	1.16
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	0.97
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CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Diluted Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerDilutedShare	0.29
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Diluted Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerDilutedShare	1.16
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Diluted Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerDilutedShare	0.98
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.23
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.28
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	1.15
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.97
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	86918000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	103281000	USD
	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	426404000	USD
	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	352679000	USD
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CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Gain Loss Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	-5018000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Gain Loss Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	-11770000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Gain Loss Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	-8061000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	-3162000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	5131000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	3734000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	17816000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss After Reclassification And Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCashFlowHedgeGainLossAfterReclassificationAndTax	-10013000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss After Reclassification And Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCashFlowHedgeGainLossAfterReclassificationAndTax	2801000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss After Reclassification And Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCashFlowHedgeGainLossAfterReclassificationAndTax	-32076000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss After Reclassification And Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCashFlowHedgeGainLossAfterReclassificationAndTax	17418000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-20186000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	2914000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-40112000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	27173000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	66732000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	106195000	USD
	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	386292000	USD
	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	379852000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	1659000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	1309000	USD
	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	4831000	USD
	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	5485000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	65073000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	104886000	USD
	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	381461000	USD
	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	374367000	USD
CY2019Q2	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	10876362000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	86918000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-20186000	USD
CY2019Q3	vtr	Noncontrolling Interest Period Increase Decreaseincludingtheimpactto Equity NoncontrollingInterestPeriodIncreaseDecreaseincludingtheimpacttoEquity	-112745000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	296393000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues	76280000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Share Based Compensation StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensation	16500000	USD
CY2019Q3	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Related To Redeemable Operating Partner Unitholder Interests To Record At Fair Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalRelatedToRedeemableOperatingPartnerUnitholderInterestsToRecordAtFairValue	-16015000	USD
CY2019Q3	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Stock Purchase Of Limited Partnership Units AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalStockPurchaseOfLimitedPartnershipUnits	-285000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Restricted Stock Award Net Of Forfeitures StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures	-17000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	10835909000	USD
CY2018Q2	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	10677569000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	103281000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	2914000	USD
CY2018Q3	vtr	Noncontrolling Interest Period Increase Decreaseincludingtheimpactto Equity NoncontrollingInterestPeriodIncreaseDecreaseincludingtheimpacttoEquity	1661000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	282163000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Share Based Compensation StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensation	2679000	USD
CY2018Q3	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Related To Redeemable Operating Partner Unitholder Interests To Record At Fair Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalRelatedToRedeemableOperatingPartnerUnitholderInterestsToRecordAtFairValue	4592000	USD
CY2018Q3	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Stock Purchase Of Limited Partnership Units AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalStockPurchaseOfLimitedPartnershipUnits	-275000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Restricted Stock Award Net Of Forfeitures StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures	6133000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	10513069000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	10271594000	USD
	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	426404000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-40112000	USD
	vtr	Noncontrolling Interest Period Increase Decreaseincludingtheimpactto Equity NoncontrollingInterestPeriodIncreaseDecreaseincludingtheimpacttoEquity	-108089000	USD
	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	876581000	USD
	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues	942436000	USD
	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Share Based Compensation StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensation	61951000	USD
	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Share Based Compensation StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensation	7443000	USD
	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Related To Redeemable Operating Partner Unitholder Interests To Record At Fair Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalRelatedToRedeemableOperatingPartnerUnitholderInterestsToRecordAtFairValue	8878000	USD
	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Stock Purchase Of Limited Partnership Units AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalStockPurchaseOfLimitedPartnershipUnits	-596000	USD
	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Related To Redeemable Operating Partner Unitholder Interests To Record At Fair Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalRelatedToRedeemableOperatingPartnerUnitholderInterestsToRecordAtFairValue	-51024000	USD
	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Stock Purchase Of Limited Partnership Units AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalStockPurchaseOfLimitedPartnershipUnits	-285000	USD
	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Restricted Stock Award Net Of Forfeitures StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures	-7201000	USD
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CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	10835909000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	10932185000	USD
	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	352679000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	27173000	USD
	vtr	Noncontrolling Interest Period Increase Decreaseincludingtheimpactto Equity NoncontrollingInterestPeriodIncreaseDecreaseincludingtheimpacttoEquity	12640000	USD
	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	846432000	USD
	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Restricted Stock Award Net Of Forfeitures StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures	13736000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Cumulative Effect Of New Accounting Principle In Period Of Adoption CumulativeEffectOfNewAccountingPrincipleInPeriodOfAdoption	30643000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	10513069000	USD
	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	426404000	USD
	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	352679000	USD
	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	696710000	USD
	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	675363000	USD
	vtr	Amortizationof Deferred Revenueand Lease Intangibles AmortizationofDeferredRevenueandLeaseIntangibles	-6484000	USD
	vtr	Amortizationof Deferred Revenueand Lease Intangibles AmortizationofDeferredRevenueandLeaseIntangibles	-26001000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Amortization Of Deferred Charges OtherAmortizationOfDeferredCharges	16910000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Amortization Of Deferred Charges OtherAmortizationOfDeferredCharges	13527000	USD
	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	26670000	USD
	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	20761000	USD
	us-gaap	Straight Line Rent StraightLineRent	25680000	USD
	us-gaap	Straight Line Rent StraightLineRent	-19983000	USD
	us-gaap	Extinguishment Of Debt Gain Loss Net Of Tax ExtinguishmentOfDebtGainLossNetOfTax	-41861000	USD
	us-gaap	Extinguishment Of Debt Gain Loss Net Of Tax ExtinguishmentOfDebtGainLossNetOfTax	-50411000	USD
	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	24633000	USD
	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	35893000	USD
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	vtr	Gains Losseson Real Estate Loan Investments GainsLossesonRealEstateLoanInvestments	13202000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Tax Expense Benefit OtherTaxExpenseBenefit	-60249000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Tax Expense Benefit OtherTaxExpenseBenefit	-13464000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	-2621000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	-47826000	USD
	us-gaap	Equity Method Investment Dividends Or Distributions EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions	1400000	USD
	us-gaap	Equity Method Investment Dividends Or Distributions EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions	2734000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Noncash Income Expense OtherNoncashIncomeExpense	-9236000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Noncash Income Expense OtherNoncashIncomeExpense	-390000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Assets IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets	59366000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Assets IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets	34879000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Interest Payable Net IncreaseDecreaseInInterestPayableNet	-15909000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Interest Payable Net IncreaseDecreaseInInterestPayableNet	-17508000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities	54057000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities	-25105000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	1083548000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	1017622000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Real Estate PaymentsToAcquireRealEstate	939805000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Real Estate PaymentsToAcquireRealEstate	35800000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Loans Receivable PaymentsToAcquireLoansReceivable	1257577000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Loans Receivable PaymentsToAcquireLoansReceivable	212089000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Real Estate Heldforinvestment ProceedsFromSaleOfRealEstateHeldforinvestment	77555000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Real Estate Heldforinvestment ProceedsFromSaleOfRealEstateHeldforinvestment	331243000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale And Collection Of Loans Receivable ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfLoansReceivable	1008683000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale And Collection Of Loans Receivable ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfLoansReceivable	866313000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments To Develop Real Estate Assets PaymentsToDevelopRealEstateAssets	229845000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments To Develop Real Estate Assets PaymentsToDevelopRealEstateAssets	230348000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments For Capital Improvements PaymentsForCapitalImprovements	99787000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments For Capital Improvements PaymentsForCapitalImprovements	73025000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Equity Method Investment Dividends Or Distributions Return Of Capital ProceedsFromEquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributionsReturnOfCapital	151000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Equity Method Investment Dividends Or Distributions Return Of Capital ProceedsFromEquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributionsReturnOfCapital	57430000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Equity Method Investments PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments	1711000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Equity Method Investments PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments	45106000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Insurance Settlements Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInInsuranceSettlementsReceivable	-20457000	USD
	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Insurance Settlements Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInInsuranceSettlementsReceivable	-6327000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-1421879000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	664945000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Lines Of Credit ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfLinesOfCredit	278677000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Lines Of Credit ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfLinesOfCredit	41292000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Commercial Paper ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfCommercialPaper	304508000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Commercial Paper ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfCommercialPaper	0	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Debt ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt	2206577000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Debt ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt	2412420000	USD
	us-gaap	Repayments Of Other Debt RepaymentsOfOtherDebt	2456135000	USD
	us-gaap	Repayments Of Other Debt RepaymentsOfOtherDebt	3294104000	USD
	vtr	Paymentsforthepurchaseofnoncontrollinginterest Paymentsforthepurchaseofnoncontrollinginterest	0	USD
	vtr	Paymentsforthepurchaseofnoncontrollinginterest Paymentsforthepurchaseofnoncontrollinginterest	2429000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments Of Financing Costs PaymentsOfFinancingCosts	17867000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments Of Financing Costs PaymentsOfFinancingCosts	16583000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock	942250000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock	0	USD
	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	861789000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	845248000	USD
	vtr	Cash Distributionsto Redeemable Op Unitholders CashDistributionstoRedeemableOPUnitholders	6882000	USD
	vtr	Cash Distributionsto Redeemable Op Unitholders CashDistributionstoRedeemableOPUnitholders	5594000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Other Equity PaymentsForRepurchaseOfOtherEquity	361000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Other Equity PaymentsForRepurchaseOfOtherEquity	1370000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Minority Shareholders ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders	4959000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Minority Shareholders ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders	500000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments To Minority Shareholders PaymentsToMinorityShareholders	6403000	USD
	us-gaap	Payments To Minority Shareholders PaymentsToMinorityShareholders	9968000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	34134000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	4238000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Payments For Other Financing Activities ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities	-6601000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Payments For Other Financing Activities ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities	-4974000	USD
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	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	-1721820000	USD
	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Excluding Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseExcludingExchangeRateEffect	76736000	USD
	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Excluding Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseExcludingExchangeRateEffect	-39253000	USD
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	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	-453000	USD
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CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	188253000	USD
CY2019Q3	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	208596000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	148547000	USD
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	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><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><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, research and innovation, and healthcare properties located throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. As of </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">September 30, 2019</span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we owned approximately </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”), research and innovation centers, inpatient rehabilitation facilities (“IRFs”) and long-term acute care facilities (“LTACs”), and health systems. We had </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>23</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties under development, including </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>four</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, research and innovation, 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;">September 30, 2019</span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we leased a total of </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>423</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties (excluding properties within our office operations 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;">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 Kindred Healthcare, LLC (formerly Kindred Healthcare, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, “Kindred”) leased from us </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>124</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties (excluding </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>two</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties managed by Brookdale Senior Living pursuant to a long-term management agreement), </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>11</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties and </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><span>32</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties, respectively, as of </span><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">September 30, 2019</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><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;">September 30, 2019</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. 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