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2020 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000074026021000048 Filed on February 23, 2021

Income Statement

Concept	2020 Q4	2020 Q3	2020 Q2
Revenue	$921.2M	$918.9M	$943.2M
YoY Change	-7.51%	-6.53%	-0.79%
Cost Of Revenue	$463.4M	$495.5M	$499.1M
YoY Change	-3.64%	7.23%	14.37%
Gross Profit	$457.8M	$423.4M	$444.1M
YoY Change	-11.14%	-18.73%	-13.65%
Gross Profit Margin	49.7%	46.07%	47.08%
Selling, General & Admin	$23.40M	$34.20M	$30.00M
YoY Change	-43.75%	-15.56%	-30.39%
% of Gross Profit	5.11%	8.08%	6.76%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$262.0M	$249.4M	$349.6M
YoY Change	-24.91%	6.31%	54.55%
% of Gross Profit	57.23%	58.9%	78.72%
Operating Expenses	$261.0M	$275.6M	$270.3M
YoY Change	-6.62%	3.57%	1.62%
Operating Profit	$196.8M	$147.8M	$173.8M
YoY Change	-16.5%	-42.02%	-30.0%
Interest Expense	-$96.50M	$115.5M	$123.1M
YoY Change	-17.17%	1.35%	11.56%
% of Operating Profit	-49.03%	78.15%	70.85%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$20.30M	-$5.681M	-$5.286M
YoY Change	144.58%	162.52%	-146.04%
Pretax Income	$111.3M	-$2.945M	-$102.9M
YoY Change	718.38%	-103.31%	-166.77%
Income Tax	-$700.0K	-$3.195M	$56.36M
% Of Pretax Income	-0.63%
Net Earnings	$112.0M	$13.74M	-$159.2M
YoY Change	768.32%	-84.2%	-175.15%
Net Earnings / Revenue	12.15%	1.49%	-16.88%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.29	$0.03	-$0.42
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.29	$0.03	-$0.42
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	374.6M shares	373.2M shares	373.0M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		376.3M shares	376.0M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2020 Q4	2020 Q3	2020 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$413.0M	$588.0M	$993.0M
YoY Change	289.62%	297.3%	1110.98%
Cash & Equivalents	$413.3M	$600.0M	$1.000B
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$413.0M	$588.0M	$993.0M
YoY Change	289.62%	297.3%	1110.98%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$20.55B	$20.98B	$20.89B
YoY Change	-5.43%	-4.35%	3.25%
Goodwill	$1.052B	$1.051B	$1.050B
YoY Change	0.05%	0.07%	-0.03%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$745.0M	$437.0M	$427.0M
YoY Change	117.84%	164.85%	165.22%
Other Assets	$58.00M	$56.00M	$118.0M
YoY Change	-67.6%	-13.85%	103.45%
Total Long-Term Assets	$23.52B	$23.63B	$23.60B
YoY Change	-4.35%	-4.15%	3.01%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$413.0M	$588.0M	$993.0M
Total Long-Term Assets	$23.52B	$23.63B	$23.60B
Total Assets	$23.93B	$24.22B	$24.59B
YoY Change	-3.09%	-2.35%	6.96%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$1.133B	$1.235B	$998.0M
YoY Change	-1.13%	3.43%	-12.3%
Accrued Expenses	$321.0M	$345.0M	$367.0M
YoY Change	-11.33%	3.29%	6.38%
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	$1.454B	$1.580B	$1.365B
YoY Change	-3.58%	3.4%	-7.96%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$11.90B	$12.05B	$12.53B
YoY Change	-2.17%	-0.04%	22.17%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$3.000M	$2.000M	$6.000M
YoY Change	-40.0%	0.0%	500.0%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$11.90B	$12.05B	$12.54B
YoY Change	-2.19%	-0.04%	22.22%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.454B	$1.580B	$1.365B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$11.90B	$12.05B	$12.54B
Total Liabilities	$13.42B	$13.68B	$13.96B
YoY Change	-3.3%	-0.34%	17.39%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$4.030B	-$3.973B	-$3.816B
YoY Change	9.85%	17.38%	20.27%
Common Stock	$14.26B	$14.24B	$14.21B
YoY Change	0.81%	0.89%	1.27%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$0.00
YoY Change	-100.0%
Treasury Stock Shares	0.000 shares	33.00K shares	24.00K shares
Shareholders Equity	$10.18B	$10.20B	$10.31B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$23.93B	$24.22B	$24.59B
YoY Change	-3.09%	-2.35%	6.96%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2020 Q4	2020 Q3	2020 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$112.0M	$13.74M	-$159.2M
YoY Change	768.32%	-84.2%	-175.15%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$262.0M	$249.4M	$349.6M
YoY Change	-24.91%	6.31%	54.55%
Cash From Operating Activities	$295.8M	$434.4M	$405.5M
YoY Change	-16.51%	22.61%	3.15%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$124.2M	-$170.5M	-$112.9M
YoY Change	-46.23%	8.6%	11.78%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$91.90M	$9.000M	-$56.20M
YoY Change	36.15%	-101.19%	-83.42%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$32.30M	-$161.5M	-$169.1M
YoY Change	-80.23%	-82.33%	-61.56%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-442.3M	-674.5M	-2.095B
YoY Change	73.86%	-207.06%	-4764.81%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	295.8M	434.4M	405.5M
Cash From Investing Activities	-32.30M	-161.5M	-169.1M
Cash From Financing Activities	-442.3M	-674.5M	-2.095B
Net Change In Cash	-178.8M	-401.6M	-1.858B
YoY Change	181.57%	-672.9%	97694.74%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$295.8M	$434.4M	$405.5M
Capital Expenditures	-$124.2M	-$170.5M	-$112.9M
Free Cash Flow	$420.0M	$604.9M	$518.4M
YoY Change	-28.24%	18.31%	4.92%

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CY2019	vtr	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments And Remeasurement Gain On Equity Interest In Acquiree IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsAndRemeasurementGainOnEquityInterestInAcquiree	-2454000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	26022000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	46247000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-96534000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-56310000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-39953000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	439297000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	415991000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Discontinued Operations Net Of Tax IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax	0	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	439297000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	415981000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	2036000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	6281000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	6514000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	433016000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	409467000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	1.18
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CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Diluted Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerDilutedShare	1.19
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CY2020	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	1.17
CY2019	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	1.17
CY2018	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	1.14
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CY2019	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	439297000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	415981000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Gain Loss Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	5729000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Gain Loss Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	-9436000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	-3549000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	11634000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	14944000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Other Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeOtherNetOfTax	-17918000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Other Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeOtherNetOfTax	-30814000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Other Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeOtherNetOfTax	10030000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-18213000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-13451000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	15538000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	422972000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	425846000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	431519000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	3613000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	7649000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	6514000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	419359000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	418197000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	425005000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	10932185000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	415981000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	15538000	USD
CY2018	vtr	Noncontrolling Interest Period Increase Decreaseincludingtheimpactto Equity NoncontrollingInterestPeriodIncreaseDecreaseincludingtheimpacttoEquity	24206000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	1129626000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Share Based Compensation StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensation	34530000	USD
CY2018	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Related To Redeemable Operating Partner Unitholder Interests To Record At Fair Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalRelatedToRedeemableOperatingPartnerUnitholderInterestsToRecordAtFairValue	-3323000	USD
CY2018	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Stock Purchase Of Limited Partnership Units AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalStockPurchaseOfLimitedPartnershipUnits	-128000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	10271594000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	439297000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-13451000	USD
CY2019	vtr	Noncontrolling Interest Period Increase Decreaseincludingtheimpactto Equity NoncontrollingInterestPeriodIncreaseDecreaseincludingtheimpacttoEquity	-23842000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	1172653000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues	942338000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Share Based Compensation StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensation	61973000	USD
CY2019	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Related To Redeemable Operating Partner Unitholder Interests To Record At Fair Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalRelatedToRedeemableOperatingPartnerUnitholderInterestsToRecordAtFairValue	-7388000	USD
CY2019	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Stock Purchase Of Limited Partnership Units AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalStockPurchaseOfLimitedPartnershipUnits	-738000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	10545452000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	2036000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	441185000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-18213000	USD
CY2020	vtr	Noncontrolling Interest Period Increase Decreaseincludingtheimpactto Equity NoncontrollingInterestPeriodIncreaseDecreaseincludingtheimpacttoEquity	-3078000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	800475000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues	66011000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Share Based Compensation StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensation	22779000	USD
CY2020	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Related To Redeemable Operating Partner Unitholder Interests To Record At Fair Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalRelatedToRedeemableOperatingPartnerUnitholderInterestsToRecordAtFairValue	18638000	USD
CY2020	vtr	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Stock Purchase Of Limited Partnership Units AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalStockPurchaseOfLimitedPartnershipUnits	-264000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	10278191000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	441185000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	439297000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	415981000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Depreciation And Amortization OtherDepreciationAndAmortization	1109763000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Depreciation And Amortization OtherDepreciationAndAmortization	1045620000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Depreciation And Amortization OtherDepreciationAndAmortization	919639000	USD
CY2020	vtr	Amortizationof Deferred Revenueand Lease Intangibles AmortizationofDeferredRevenueandLeaseIntangibles	-40856000	USD
CY2019	vtr	Amortizationof Deferred Revenueand Lease Intangibles AmortizationofDeferredRevenueandLeaseIntangibles	-7967000	USD
CY2018	vtr	Amortizationof Deferred Revenueand Lease Intangibles AmortizationofDeferredRevenueandLeaseIntangibles	-30660000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Amortization Of Deferred Charges OtherAmortizationOfDeferredCharges	20719000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Amortization Of Deferred Charges OtherAmortizationOfDeferredCharges	22985000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Amortization Of Deferred Charges OtherAmortizationOfDeferredCharges	18886000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Provision For Loan Lease And Other Losses ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses	24238000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Provision For Loan Lease And Other Losses ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses	0	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Provision For Loan Lease And Other Losses ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses	0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	21487000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	33923000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	29963000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Straight Line Rent StraightLineRent	-103082000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Straight Line Rent StraightLineRent	30073000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Straight Line Rent StraightLineRent	-13396000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Extinguishment Of Debt Gain Loss Net Of Tax ExtinguishmentOfDebtGainLossNetOfTax	-10791000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Extinguishment Of Debt Gain Loss Net Of Tax ExtinguishmentOfDebtGainLossNetOfTax	-41900000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Extinguishment Of Debt Gain Loss Net Of Tax ExtinguishmentOfDebtGainLossNetOfTax	-58254000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	262218000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	26022000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	46247000	USD
CY2020	vtr	Gains Losseson Real Estate Loan Investments GainsLossesonRealEstateLoanInvestments	167000	USD
CY2019	vtr	Gains Losseson Real Estate Loan Investments GainsLossesonRealEstateLoanInvestments	0	USD
CY2018	vtr	Gains Losseson Real Estate Loan Investments GainsLossesonRealEstateLoanInvestments	13202000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Tax Expense Benefit OtherTaxExpenseBenefit	-101985000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Tax Expense Benefit OtherTaxExpenseBenefit	-58918000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Noncash Income Expense OtherNoncashIncomeExpense	779000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Noncash Income Expense OtherNoncashIncomeExpense	-13264000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Tax Expense Benefit OtherTaxExpenseBenefit	-43026000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	1832000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	-2464000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	-55034000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Equity Method Investment Dividends Or Distributions EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions	4920000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Equity Method Investment Dividends Or Distributions EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions	1600000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Equity Method Investment Dividends Or Distributions EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions	2934000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Impairment Of Real Estate ImpairmentOfRealEstate	0	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Impairment Of Real Estate ImpairmentOfRealEstate	0	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Impairment Of Real Estate ImpairmentOfRealEstate	52510000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Noncash Income Expense OtherNoncashIncomeExpense	-3720000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Assets IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets	68233000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Assets IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets	76693000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Assets IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets	23198000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Interest Payable Net IncreaseDecreaseInInterestPayableNet	276000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Interest Payable Net IncreaseDecreaseInInterestPayableNet	9737000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Interest Payable Net IncreaseDecreaseInInterestPayableNet	4992000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities	189785000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities	26666000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities	-37509000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	1450176000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	1437783000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	1381467000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Real Estate PaymentsToAcquireRealEstate	78648000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Real Estate PaymentsToAcquireRealEstate	958125000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Real Estate PaymentsToAcquireRealEstate	265907000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Loans Receivable PaymentsToAcquireLoansReceivable	115163000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Loans Receivable PaymentsToAcquireLoansReceivable	1258187000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Loans Receivable PaymentsToAcquireLoansReceivable	229534000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Real Estate Heldforinvestment ProceedsFromSaleOfRealEstateHeldforinvestment	1044357000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Real Estate Heldforinvestment ProceedsFromSaleOfRealEstateHeldforinvestment	147855000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Real Estate Heldforinvestment ProceedsFromSaleOfRealEstateHeldforinvestment	353792000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale And Collection Of Loans Receivable ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfLoansReceivable	119011000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale And Collection Of Loans Receivable ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfLoansReceivable	1017309000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale And Collection Of Loans Receivable ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfLoansReceivable	911540000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Develop Real Estate Assets PaymentsToDevelopRealEstateAssets	380413000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments To Develop Real Estate Assets PaymentsToDevelopRealEstateAssets	403923000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Develop Real Estate Assets PaymentsToDevelopRealEstateAssets	330876000	USD
CY2020	vtr	Us Gaap Payments To Acquire And Develop Real Estate UsGaap_PaymentsToAcquireAndDevelopRealEstate	148234000	USD
CY2019	vtr	Us Gaap Payments To Acquire And Develop Real Estate UsGaap_PaymentsToAcquireAndDevelopRealEstate	156724000	USD
CY2018	vtr	Us Gaap Payments To Acquire And Develop Real Estate UsGaap_PaymentsToAcquireAndDevelopRealEstate	131858000	USD
CY2020	vtr	Proceedsfromequitymethodinvestmentsdistributionofnonoperatingcashflows Proceedsfromequitymethodinvestmentsdistributionofnonoperatingcashflows	0	USD
CY2019	vtr	Proceedsfromequitymethodinvestmentsdistributionofnonoperatingcashflows Proceedsfromequitymethodinvestmentsdistributionofnonoperatingcashflows	172000	USD
CY2018	vtr	Proceedsfromequitymethodinvestmentsdistributionofnonoperatingcashflows Proceedsfromequitymethodinvestmentsdistributionofnonoperatingcashflows	57455000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Equity Method Investments PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments	286822000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Equity Method Investments PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments	3855000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Equity Method Investments PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments	47007000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Insurance Settlements Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInInsuranceSettlementsReceivable	-207000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Insurance Settlements Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInInsuranceSettlementsReceivable	-30179000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Insurance Settlements Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInInsuranceSettlementsReceivable	-6891000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	154295000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-1585299000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	324496000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Lines Of Credit ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfLinesOfCredit	-88868000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Lines Of Credit ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfLinesOfCredit	-569891000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Lines Of Credit ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfLinesOfCredit	321463000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Commercial Paper ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfCommercialPaper	-565524000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Commercial Paper ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfCommercialPaper	565524000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Repayments Of Commercial Paper ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfCommercialPaper	0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Debt ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt	733298000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Debt ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt	3013191000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Debt ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt	2549473000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Repayments Of Other Debt RepaymentsOfOtherDebt	479539000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Repayments Of Other Debt RepaymentsOfOtherDebt	2623916000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Repayments Of Other Debt RepaymentsOfOtherDebt	3465579000	USD
CY2020	vtr	Paymentsto Purchase Noncontrolling Interest PaymentstoPurchaseNoncontrollingInterest	8239000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Minority Shareholders ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders	1314000	USD
CY2019	vtr	Paymentsto Purchase Noncontrolling Interest PaymentstoPurchaseNoncontrollingInterest	0	USD
CY2018	vtr	Paymentsto Purchase Noncontrolling Interest PaymentstoPurchaseNoncontrollingInterest	4724000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments Of Financing Costs PaymentsOfFinancingCosts	8379000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments Of Financing Costs PaymentsOfFinancingCosts	21403000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments Of Financing Costs PaymentsOfFinancingCosts	20612000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock	55362000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock	942085000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock	0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	928809000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	1157720000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	1127143000	USD
CY2020	vtr	Cash Distributionsto Redeemable Op Unitholders CashDistributionstoRedeemableOPUnitholders	7283000	USD
CY2019	vtr	Cash Distributionsto Redeemable Op Unitholders CashDistributionstoRedeemableOPUnitholders	9218000	USD
CY2018	vtr	Cash Distributionsto Redeemable Op Unitholders CashDistributionstoRedeemableOPUnitholders	7459000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest PaymentsForRepurchaseOfRedeemableNoncontrollingInterest	575000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest PaymentsForRepurchaseOfRedeemableNoncontrollingInterest	2203000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest PaymentsForRepurchaseOfRedeemableNoncontrollingInterest	1370000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Payments For Other Financing Activities ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities	-8519000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Payments For Other Financing Activities ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities	-5057000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	-1300021000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Minority Shareholders ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders	6282000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Minority Shareholders ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders	1883000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Minority Shareholders PaymentsToMinorityShareholders	12946000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments To Minority Shareholders PaymentsToMinorityShareholders	9717000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Minority Shareholders PaymentsToMinorityShareholders	11574000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	15103000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	36179000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	8762000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Payments For Other Financing Activities ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities	-4936000	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">NOTE 1–DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS </span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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”) operating at the intersection of healthcare and real estate, with a highly diversified portfolio of senior housing; life science, research and innovation; and healthcare properties; which we generally refer to as “healthcare real estate,” located throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. As of December 31, 2020, we owned or managed through unconsolidated real estate entities approximately 1,200 properties and properties classified as held for sale, consisting of senior housing communities, medical office buildings (“MOBs”), life science, research and innovation centers, inpatient rehabilitation facilities (“IRFs”) and long-term acute care facilities (“LTACs”), and health systems. Our company was originally founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with an additional office in Louisville, Kentucky. </span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We primarily invest in a diversified portfolio of healthcare real estate asset through wholly owned subsidiaries and other co-investment entities. We operate through three reportable business segments: triple-net leased properties, senior living operations, which we also refer to as SHOP, and office operations.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">See “Note 2 – Accounting Policies” and “Note 19 – Segment Information.”</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our senior housing properties are either operated under triple-net leases in our triple-net leased properties segment or through independent third-party managers in our senior living operations segment.</span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of December 31, 2020, we leased a total of 366 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. Our three 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 (together with its subsidiaries, “Kindred”) leased from us 121 properties (excluding eight properties managed by Brookdale Senior Living pursuant to long-term management agreements), 12 properties and 32 properties, respectively, as of December 31, 2020. </span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of December 31, 2020, pursuant to long-term management agreements, we engaged independent managers, such as Atria Senior Living, Inc. (“Atria”) and Sunrise Senior Living, LLC (together with its subsidiaries, “Sunrise”), to manage the 441 senior housing communities in our senior living operations segment for us.</span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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 senior housing and healthcare operators or properties.</span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">COVID-19 Update</span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">During fiscal 2020 and continuing into fiscal 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected our businesses in a number of ways and is expected to continue to do so. </span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Operating Results.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our senior living operations segment was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Occupancy decreased over the course of 2020, while operating expenses increased as our senior living communities responded to the pandemic, resulting in a significant decline in NOI compared to 2019. Our NNN senior housing tenants’ performance was similarly affected by COVID-19. During the course of 2020, we modified certain NNN senior housing leases to reset rent and provided other modest financial accommodations to certain NNN senior housing tenants who needed it as a result of COVID-19. We also wrote-off previously accrued straight-line rental income related to NNN senior housing tenants due to COVID-19. </span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">However, we benefited from our ongoing strategy of diversification, with our office and NNN healthcare businesses demonstrating resilience in the face of the pandemic. The Company’s NNN healthcare tenants benefited from significant government financial support that was deployed early and has partially offset the direct financial impact of the pandemic. Our office operations segment, which primarily serves MOB and research and innovation tenants that were less impacted by the pandemic, delivered steady performance throughout the year. </span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Provider Relief Grants.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In the third and fourth quarter of 2020, we applied for grants under Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the Provider Relief Fund administered by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) on behalf of the assisted living communities in our senior living operations segment to partially mitigate losses attributable to COVID-19. These grants </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">are intended to reimburse eligible providers for expenses incurred to prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19 and lost revenues attributable to COVID-19. Recipients are not required to repay distributions from the Provider Relief Fund, provided that they attest to and comply with certain terms and conditions. See “Government Regulation—Governmental Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic” in Part I, Item 1 of this Annual Report. </span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">During the fourth quarter of 2020, we received $34.3 million and $0.8 million in grants in connection with our Phase 2 and Phase 3 applications, respectively, and recognized these grants within property-level operating expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Income. Subsequent to December 31, 2020, we received $13.6 million in grants in connection with our Phase 3 applications, which we expect to recognize in 2021. While we have received all amounts under our Phase 2 applications and have begun to receive amounts under our Phase 3 applications, there can be no assurance that our remaining applications will be approved or that additional funds will ultimately be received. Any grants that are ultimately received and retained by us are not expected to fully offset the losses incurred in our senior living operating portfolio that are attributable to COVID-19. Further, although we continue to monitor and evaluate the terms and conditions associated with the Provider Relief Fund distributions, we cannot assure you that we will be in compliance with all requirements related to the payments received under the Provider Relief Fund. </span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Capital Conservation Actions. </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we took precautionary steps to increase liquidity and preserve financial flexibility in light of the resulting uncertainty.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources; Recent Capital Conservation Actions.” As of February 16, 2021, we had approximately $3.0 billion in liquidity, including availability under our revolving credit facility and cash and cash equivalents on hand, with no borrowings outstanding under our commercial paper program and negligible near-term debt maturing.</span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Continuing Impact. </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The trajectory and future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic remains highly uncertain. The extent of the pandemic’s continuing and ultimate effect on our operational and financial performance will depend on a variety of factors, including the speed at which available vaccines can be successfully deployed; the rate of acceptance of available vaccines, particularly among the residents and staff in our senior housing communities; the impact of new variants of the virus and the effectiveness of available vaccines against those variants; ongoing clinical experience, which may differ considerably across regions and fluctuate over time; and on other future developments, including the ultimate duration, spread and intensity of the outbreak, the availability of testing, the extent to which governments impose, roll back or re-impose preventative restrictions and the availability of ongoing government financial support to our business, tenants and operators. Due to these uncertainties, we are not able at this time to estimate the ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.</span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We have not identified the COVID-19 pandemic, on its own, as a “triggering event” for purposes of evaluating impairment of real estate assets, goodwill and other intangibles, investments in unconsolidated entities and financial instruments. However, as of December 31, 2020, we considered the effect of the pandemic on certain of our assets (described below) and our ability to recover the respective carrying values of these assets. We applied our considerations to existing critical accounting policies that require us to make estimates and assumptions regarding future events that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities. We based our estimates on our experience and on assumptions we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. As a result, we have recognized the following charges for the year ended December 31, 2020:</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">•</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt">Adjustment to rental income:</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> As of December 31, 2020, we concluded that it is probable we will not collect substantially all rents from certain tenants, primarily within our triple-net leased properties segment. As a result, we recognized adjustments to rental income of $74.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Rental payments from these tenants will be recognized in rental income when received.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">•</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt">Impairment of real estate assets:</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> During 2020, we compared our estimate of undiscounted cash flows, including a hypothetical terminal value, for certain real estate assets to the assets’ respective carrying values. During 2020 we recognized $126.5 million of impairments representing the difference between the assets’ carrying value and the then-estimated fair value of $239.9 million. The impaired assets, primarily senior housing communities, represent approximately 1% of our consolidated net real estate property as of December 31, 2020. Impairments are recorded within depreciation and amortization in our Consolidated Statements of Income and are primarily related to our senior living operations reportable business segment.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">•</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt">Loss on financial instruments and impairment of unconsolidated entities:</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> As of December 31, 2020, we concluded that credit losses exist within certain of our non-mortgage loans receivable and government-sponsored pooled loan investments. As a result, we recognized credit loss charges of $34.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 within allowance on loans receivable and investments in our Consolidated Statements of Income. During the fourth </span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">quarter of 2020, we received $10.5 million as a principal payment on previously reserved loans. No allowances are recorded within our portfolios of secured mortgage loans or marketable debt securities. In addition, during 2020 we recognized an impairment of $10.7 million in an equity investment in an unconsolidated entity also recorded within allowance on loans receivable and investments in our Consolidated Statements of Income. </span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">•</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt">Deferred tax asset valuation allowance:</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> During 2020, we concluded that it was not more likely than not that deferred tax assets (primarily US federal NOL carryforwards which begin to expire in 2032) would be realized based on our cumulative loss in recent years for certain of our taxable REIT subsidiaries. As a result, we recorded a valuation allowance of $56.4 million against these deferred tax assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheets with a corresponding charge to income tax benefit (expense) in our Consolidated Statements of Income. We maintained our conclusions regarding the realizability of deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2020.</span></div>
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