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LTC Properties, Inc. LTC
$43.00 +0.77% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.20B
Strong growthStrong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $348.0M, up 59.9% from a year earlier, accelerating from 49.1% a quarter earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 13.4% in a year.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.79, up 53.3% year over year.
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.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 10%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 25%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 19%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 8%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 28%
- Gross marginTop 28%
- Operating marginTop 28%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 16%
- Interest coverTop 15%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 21%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 20%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 34%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 46%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 41%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 27%
- 6-month returnTop 18%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 15%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 1%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 2%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 25%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 21%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 25%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 47%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 6%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 16%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 49.1% | 59.9% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 31.4% | 53.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 90.1% | 67.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 45.0% | 39.3% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 58.2% | -8.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 59.9% | 49.1% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 53.3% | 31.4% | ↑ | Top 25% |
| Gross margin | 67.4% | 90.1% | ↓ | Top 28% |
| Operating margin | 39.3% | 45.0% | ↓ | Top 28% |
| Net margin | 38.9% | 38.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -8.7% | 58.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.4% | — | Top 28% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 14.5% | — | Top 19% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.04×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -154.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.39×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.80%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -12.94%
- Shareholder yield
- -9.14%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +13.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +8.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -24.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $49.67
- Target vs current price
- +15.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 22
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 32%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +16.7% | +0.6% | -1.0% | +7.6% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -8.6% | +0.7% | +1.0% | -8.2% | +5.3% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | +62.3% | -0.4% | +2.1% | -6.4% | -1.5% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -167.7% | +0.5% | +2.5% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | -26.7% | +1.3% | +4.5% | +6.4% | +3.8% |
| May 5, 2025 | -1.6% | -1.9% | +1.8% | +0.1% | -3.0% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | -20.0% | +1.2% | +1.3% | +0.5% | +4.9% |
| Oct 28, 2024 | +26.9% | +1.3% | +5.1% | +9.6% | -3.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.56 | $0.48 | +16.7% | $26.0M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.48 | $0.53 | -8.6% | $26.3M |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $2.11 | $1.30 | +62.3% | $46.3M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -$0.44 | $0.65 | -167.7% | $47.1M |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $0.33 | $0.45 | -26.7% | $48.3M |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.46 | -1.6% | $31.4M |
| Feb 24, 2025 | $0.40 | $0.50 | -20.0% | $34.8M |
| Oct 28, 2024 | $0.66 | $0.52 | +26.9% | $32.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 15.4× | 17.0× | 24th | Top 21% |
| P/E (forward) | 20.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.5× | — | — | Top 34% |
| EV / Sales | 8.45× | — | — | Top 46% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -1.37% | — | — | Bottom 20% |
| Earnings yield | 6.49% | — | — | Top 21% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.8× – 49.4× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +16.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +53.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -27.3%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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
- 36
- Days above the 200-day average
- 72
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +4.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +11.2%
- RSI (14)
- 57.2
- Relative volume
- 1.10×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 23.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 69th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.14
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.12
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -1.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -16.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2022 | Feb 7, 2024 | -32.9% | 361 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Dec 1, 2021 | -28.9% | 182 days | 175 days (Aug 12, 2022) |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -10.9% | 18 days | 9 days (Nov 10, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.20B
- P/E (TTM)
- 15.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.79
- Revenue (TTM)
- $348.0M
- Dividend yield
- 5.74%
- 52-week range
- $33.64 – $43.60
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $155.3M | $175.2M | $197.2M | $209.8M | $262.9M |
| Gross profit | $139.9M | $159.7M | $184.0M | $196.9M | $197.5M |
| Operating income | $54.8M | $99.1M | $90.0M | $92.4M | $126.7M |
| Net income | $55.9M | $100.0M | $89.7M | $91.0M | $118.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.41 | $2.48 | $2.16 | $2.04 | $2.52 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $55.8M | $52.6M | $49.0M | $60.2M | $69.3M | $84.3M | $95.5M | $98.9M |
| Net income | $29.4M | $18.1M | $20.7M | $15.1M | -$20.0M | $102.2M | $23.6M | $29.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.66 | $0.39 | $0.45 | $0.32 | -$0.44 | $2.19 | $0.48 | $0.56 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $91.2M | $105.6M | $104.4M | $125.2M | $136.0M |
| Capital expenditure | $0 | -$9.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Free cash flow | $91.2M | $96.6M | $104.4M | $125.2M | $136.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$90.5M | -$91.5M | -$94.8M | -$100.5M | -$107.4M |
| Net share buybacks | -$3.6M | $68.2M | $53.8M | $82.4M | -$5.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $40.4M
- Total assets
- $2.18B
- Total liabilities
- $835.2M
- Total debt
- $779.5M
- Net debt
- $739.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.27B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.19 | Oct 30, 2026 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $0.19 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $0.19 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $0.19 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | $0.19 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| May 21, 2026 | $0.19 | May 29, 2026 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $0.19 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | $0.19 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,787,783
- Days to cover
- 4.67
- Change vs previous report
- +10.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 1, 1998
- 11-for-10