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Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated HR

$17.47 +0.23% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $6.13B

Low risk

Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Operating margin widened to 22.6% from 4.0% a year earlier.
  2. Net debt is 6.5× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  3. Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.14B, down 6.3% from a year earlier.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth27Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 36%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 45%
Quality67Positive

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 6%
  • Gross marginBottom 22%
  • Operating marginBottom 46%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 19%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 43%
  • Interest coverTop 43%
Value23Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 24%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 27%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 50%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 48%
Momentum54Neutral

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 40%
  • 6-month returnTop 43%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 47%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 48%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 41%
Revisions8Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 5%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 8%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 43%
Stability85Strong

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 9%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 22%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 17%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 43%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-6.4%-6.3%↑
Gross margin-39.5%16.6%↑
Operating margin4.0%22.6%↑
FCF margin14.9%11.8%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-6.3%-6.4%↑Bottom 14%
Gross margin16.6%-39.5%↑Bottom 22%
Operating margin22.6%4.0%↑Bottom 46%
Net margin-7.6%-33.0%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin11.8%14.9%↓—
Return on invested capital48.0%—Top 6%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR8.2%—Top 36%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-5.9%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
1.8%
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
6.46×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
1.4×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
5.47%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
3.43%
Shareholder yield
8.90%
Share count change, 1 year
-2.1%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-3.3%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
1 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-100.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.3%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$21.88
Target vs current price
+25.2%
Analysts with a rating
30
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
23%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 30, 2026-3276.6%-1.3%-6.5%-11.7%—
Apr 30, 2026+5.1%+1.3%+9.6%+8.9%+16.6%
Feb 12, 2026-90.0%+0.6%+4.0%+4.8%+15.9%
Oct 30, 2025-661.3%+0.1%+1.0%+3.0%-5.7%
Jul 31, 2025-531.4%-1.3%+8.4%+10.9%+20.1%
May 1, 2025-55.2%+2.3%-2.1%-6.4%+0.8%
Feb 19, 2025-287.5%-1.3%-0.8%-1.3%-14.4%
Oct 30, 2024-394.1%-2.8%-3.1%+2.3%-6.2%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 30, 2026-$0.13-$0.00-3276.6%$281.8M
Apr 30, 2026$0.41$0.39+5.1%$279.0M
Feb 12, 2026$0.04$0.40-90.0%$286.3M
Oct 30, 2025-$0.17-$0.02-661.3%$287.4M
Jul 31, 2025-$0.45-$0.07-531.4%$287.1M
May 1, 2025-$0.13-$0.08-55.2%$288.9M
Feb 19, 2025-$0.31-$0.08-287.5%$300.1M
Oct 30, 2024-$0.26-$0.05-394.1%$306.5M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
EV / EBITDA15.5×——Bottom 50%
EV / Sales9.18×——Bottom 48%
Free-cash-flow yield2.20%——Bottom 27%
Earnings yield-1.50%——Bottom 24%

P/E over the past five years

Range 26.6× – 88.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-4.9%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+0.3%
Distance from 50-day average
-9.3%
Distance from 200-day average
-7.0%
RSI (14)
21.4
Relative volume
0.87×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
15.9%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
0th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.24
Correlation with S&P 500
0.19
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-20.1%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-26.1%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Oct 28, 2021Mar 14, 2024-61.6%596 daysNot yet recovered
Nov 16, 2020Jan 11, 2021-12.7%37 days68 days (Apr 20, 2021)
Oct 2, 2020Oct 28, 2020-10.4%18 days9 days (Nov 10, 2020)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$6.13B
EPS, diluted (TTM)
-$0.26
Revenue (TTM)
$1.14B
Dividend yield
5.50%
52-week range
$16.31 – $22.04
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$534.8M$932.6M$1.34B$1.27B$1.18B
Gross profit-$82.9M-$317.6M-$618.1M-$555.4M-$396.5M
Operating income$85.7M$78.7M$49.8M$36.4M$94.9M
Net income$66.7M$40.9M-$278.3M-$654.5M-$246.1M
EPS (diluted)$0.45$0.15-$0.74-$1.81-$0.71
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$315.4M$309.8M$299.0M$297.5M$297.8M$286.3M$279.0M$281.8M
Net income-$93.0M-$106.8M-$44.9M-$157.9M-$57.7M$14.4M-$56,000-$43.5M
EPS (diluted)-$0.26-$0.31-$0.13-$0.45-$0.17$0.04-$0.00-$0.13
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$232.6M$272.7M$499.8M$501.6M$457.1M
Capital expenditure-$100.7M-$163.5M-$231.0M-$249.0M-$330.2M
Free cash flow$131.9M$109.2M$268.8M$252.6M$126.9M
Dividends paid-$175.5M-$1.41B-$472.2M-$457.9M-$386.9M
Net share buybacks$327.3M$19.7M-$2.2M-$519.2M-$4.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$19.0M
Total assets
$9.00B
Total liabilities
$4.73B
Total debt
$4.40B
Net debt
$4.38B
Shareholders’ equity
$4.22B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 11, 2026$0.24Aug 26, 2026
May 11, 2026$0.24May 22, 2026
Feb 24, 2026$0.24Mar 11, 2026
Nov 10, 2025$0.24Nov 21, 2025
Aug 14, 2025$0.24Aug 28, 2025
May 12, 2025$0.31May 23, 2025
Mar 3, 2025$0.31Mar 19, 2025
Nov 12, 2024$0.31Nov 27, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
16,109,127
Days to cover
4.91
Change vs previous report
-4.6%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Dec 16, 2014
1-for-2