Healthcare Realty Reports Fourth Quarter 2025 Results

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE:HR) today announced results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025 and introduced full year 2026 guidance.

“2025 represented a transformational year for Healthcare Realty,” commented Peter Scott, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our operational team delivered same-store growth that continues to exceed historical levels while our transactions team exceeded targets with $1.2 billion in dispositions at attractive pricing levels. We are encouraged by secular long-term trends driving demand for outpatient medical services, tenant space and assets across the country. We have strategically strengthened our corporate governance, leadership team and balance sheet over the past nine months, and I would like to thank the entire Healthcare Realty team for their strong efforts as we position the Company for sustainable long-term growth.”

FOURTH QUARTER 2025 HIGHLIGHTS

• GAAP Net Income of $0.04 per share, NAREIT FFO of $0.36 per share, Normalized FFO of $0.40 per share, and FAD of $113.9 million (payout ratio of 75%)

• Same store cash NOI growth of +5.5% was driven by tenant retention of 82.7% with +3.7% cash leasing spreads

• Fourth quarter lease executions totaled 1.5 million square feet including 316,000 square feet of new lease executions

  • Sequential lease up of over 500 bps in redevelopment projects versus prior quarter

  • Significant leasing momentum in early 2026 with nearly 1 million square feet of new and renewal leases executed year-to-date

• During the fourth quarter and through February, completed asset sales of $682 million, inclusive of one transaction expected to close later this month

• Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA of 5.4x

• In December, Moody's Investors Service revised outlook to Stable and affirmed a Baa2 credit rating

FULL YEAR 2025 HIGHLIGHTS

• GAAP Net Loss of $0.71 per share, NAREIT FFO of $1.38 per share, Normalized FFO of $1.61 per share, and FAD of $448.3 million (payout ratio of 87%)

• Same store cash NOI growth of +4.8% was driven by 103 basis points in occupancy gain and tenant retention of 81.5% with +3.1% cash leasing spreads

• Full year lease executions totaled approximately 5.8 million square feet including 1.6 million square feet of new lease executions

• During 2025 and through February 2026, completed asset sales of $1.2 billion, inclusive of one transaction expected to close later this month, through 34 separate transactions at a blended cap rate of 6.7%

• Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA was 5.4x at December 31, 2025, down from 6.1x at prior year end

• Repaid approximately $650 million of term loans and $250 million of senior notes. Extended $1.5 billion revolver to mature in July 2030 (inclusive of extension options) and added 1 to 2 years of additional extension options on outstanding term loans

• Reduced run-rate G&A expense by $10 million through cost saving implementations

• Appointed Peter Scott as President & Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Gabbay as Chief Financial Officer and supplemented leadership team with experienced industry executives

FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2025 RESULTS

LEASING ACTIVITY

During the fourth quarter, the Company executed 292 new and renewal leases for 1.5 million square feet with a weighted average lease term of 6.2 years and average annual escalators of 3.0%.

Key leasing highlights:

• Memphis, TN. 166,000 square feet of renewals with our health system partner, Baptist Memorial Health, maintaining 100% occupancy across four on-campus medical office buildings

• Austin, TX. 92,100 square feet of renewals with Baylor Scott & White Health in two fully occupied on-campus assets

• Hartford, CT. 65,500 square feet of new leases with Hartford Health (A rated) expanding our existing relationship, which also resulted in a substantial credit upgrade from the former tenant, Prospect Health

• Charlotte, NC. 15,500 square foot new lease with a leading multi-specialty healthcare provider aligned with Novant Health

CAPITAL ALLOCATION

Dispositions

During the fourth quarter and through February, the Company successfully completed most of its previously identified dispositions for a total of $682 million, inclusive of one transaction expected to close later this month. A summary of the significant sale transactions is as follows:

• Portfolio Sale/Various Markets. Completed strategic market exits of the El Paso, TX; Des Moines, IA; Fort Wayne, IN; Cincinnati, OH; Salt Lake City, UT; Las Vegas, NV; and Kokomo, IN MSAs with the sale of a 25-property portfolio for $348.9 million to a single private purchaser, reducing exposure to non-priority markets and further refining the Company's core operating portfolio

• Phoenix, AZ. Disposed of two unaffiliated, off-campus properties to private market purchasers for $27.5 million. One asset was fully vacant at the time of the sale

• Atlanta, GA. Opportunistic sale of one fully stabilized asset to the affiliated health system at a premium valuation of $21.9 million

• Jacksonville, FL. Completed strategic market exit of the Jacksonville, FL MSA with the $18.6 million sale of two fully-leased MOBs at attractive market pricing

Development and Redevelopment

During the fourth quarter, the Company added five new redevelopments and made significant progress on its development and redevelopment pipeline, advancing several key projects across major markets. Highlights of new projects commenced include:

• Houston, TX. Part of a two-MOB cluster in the growing Clear Lake submarket located between two major hospitals, HCA Houston Clear Lake and Houston Methodist Clear Lake. The $10.4 million redevelopment will transform the large user space layouts into modern, multi-tenant clinical suites

• Denver, CO. A two-MOB cluster located in a rapidly growing submarket between UC Highlands Ranch hospital and Advent Health Littleton hospital. The $10.2 million redevelopment project will modernize the properties and deliver an expected return on investment through lease up of 31,000 square feet at strong rental rates

Balance Sheet

• Debt paydown from asset sales reduced Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA to 5.4x. At year-end, the Company has approximately $1.4 billion of liquidity on the line of credit and cash on hand

• In the fourth quarter, the Company fully repaid $542 million of term loans due in 2027

• In January 2026, the Company repurchased 2.9 million shares of its common stock at an average price of $17.27 per share for a total of $50 million

• In addition, on February 12, 2026, Healthcare Realty announced the establishment of its inaugural commercial paper program, with a total size of up to $600 million, further diversifying the Company’s range of financing alternatives

DIVIDEND

The Board unanimously approved a common stock dividend in the amount of $0.24 per share to be paid on March 11, 2026, to Class A common stockholders of record on February 24, 2026. Additionally, the eligible holders of operating partnership units will receive a distribution of $0.24 per unit, equivalent to the Company's Class A common stock dividend.

GUIDANCE

The Company's 2026 per share estimated guidance ranges are as follows:

The 2026 annual guidance range reflects the Company's view of current and future market conditions, including assumptions with respect to rental rates, occupancy levels, interest rates, and operating and general and administrative expenses. The Company's guidance does not contemplate impacts from gains or losses from dispositions, potential impairments, or debt extinguishment costs, if any. The Company's guidance also does not include any future acquisitions, developments or share issuances or repurchases, other than as discussed in the detailed guidance assumptions on page 30 of the 4Q 2025 Supplemental. There can be no assurance that the Company's actual results will not be materially higher or lower than these expectations. If actual results or timing vary from these assumptions, the Company's expectations may change. See page 30 of the 4Q 2025 Supplemental for additional details and assumptions.

EARNINGS CALL

On Friday, February 13, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Healthcare Realty Trust has scheduled a conference call to discuss earnings results, quarterly activities, general operations of the Company and industry trends.

Simultaneously, a webcast of the conference call will be available to interested parties at https://investors.healthcarerealty.com/corporate-profile/webcasts under the Investor Relations section. A webcast replay will be available following the call at the same address.

Live Conference Call Access Details:

• Domestic Dial-In Number: +1 800-715-9871 access code 4950066

• All Other Locations: +1 646-307-1963 access code 4950066

Replay Information:

• Domestic Dial-In Number: +1 800-770-2030 access code 4950066

• All Other Locations: +1 609-800-9909 access code 4950066

ABOUT HEALTHCARE REALTY

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE: HR) is the largest public, pure-play owner, operator and developer of medical outpatient buildings in the United States.

Additional information regarding the Company, including this quarter's operations, can be found at www.healthcarerealty.com. In addition to the historical information contained within, this press release contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to the Company. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts and can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “target,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “project,” “continue,” “should,” “could," "budget" and other comparable terms. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current plans, objectives, estimates, expectations and intentions and inherently involve significant risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the following: the Company’s expected results may not be achieved; risks related to future opportunities and plans for the Company, including the uncertainty of expected future financial performance and results of the Company; pandemics or other health crises; increases in interest rates; the availability and cost of capital at expected rates; competition for quality assets; negative developments in the operating results or financial condition of the Company's tenants, including, but not limited to, their ability to pay rent; the Company's ability to reposition or sell facilities with profitable results; the Company's ability to release space at similar rates as vacancies occur; the Company's ability to renew expiring leases; government regulations affecting tenants' Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates and operational requirements; unanticipated difficulties and/or expenditures relating to future acquisitions and developments; changes in rules or practices governing the Company's financial reporting; the Company may be required under purchase options to sell properties and may not be able to reinvest the proceeds from such sales at rates of return equal to the return received on the properties sold; uninsured or underinsured losses related to casualty or liability; the incurrence of impairment charges on its real estate properties or other assets; other legal and operational matters; and other risks and uncertainties affecting the Company, including those described from time to time under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in the Company’s filings and reports with the SEC, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. Moreover, other risks and uncertainties of which the Company is not currently aware may also affect the Company's forward-looking statements and may cause actual results and the timing of events to differ materially from those anticipated. The forward-looking statements made in this communication are made only as of the date hereof or as of the dates indicated in the forward-looking statements, even if they are subsequently made available by the Company on its website or otherwise. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information, future events, changes in its expectations or other circumstances that exist after the date as of which the forward-looking statements were made, except as required by law. Stockholders and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely on such forward-looking statements when evaluating the information presented in the Company’s filings and reports, including, without limitation, estimates and projections regarding the performance of development projects the Company is pursuing. For a detailed discussion of the Company’s risk factors, please refer to the Company's filings with the SEC, including this report and the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

1. Normalizing items primarily include restructuring, severance-related costs and non-routine advisory fees associated with shareholder engagement.

2. Potential common shares are not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share when a loss exists (or when dividends paid are greater than income), as the effect would be an antidilutive per share amount. As a result, the outstanding limited partnership units in the Company's operating partnership ("OP"), totaling 4,280,972 units were not included.
   
   

1. Funds from operations (“FFO”) and FFO per share are operating performance measures adopted by NAREIT. NAREIT defines FFO as “net income (computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding depreciation and amortization related to real estate, gains and losses from the sale of certain real estate assets, gains and losses from change in control, and impairment write-downs of certain real assets and investments in entities when the impairment is directly attributable to decreases in the value of depreciable real estate held by the entity.”

2. FFO, Normalized FFO and Funds Available for Distribution ("FAD") do not represent cash generated from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP and are not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs. FFO, Normalized FFO and FAD should not be considered alternatives to net income attributable to common stockholders as indicators of the Company's operating performance or as alternatives to cash flow as measures of liquidity.

3. Potential common shares are not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share when a loss exists (or when dividends paid are greater than income), as the effect would be an antidilutive per share amount.

4. Includes loss on debt extinguishment, loss on derivatives, and legal fees related to the amended and restated credit facility.

5. Includes the Company's proportionate share of normalizing items related to unconsolidated joint ventures such as lease intangibles and transaction costs.

6. Includes the amortization of deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums, and non-cash financing receivable amortization.

7. Includes the Company's proportionate share of straight-line rent, net and rent reserves, net related to unconsolidated joint ventures.

8. The Company utilizes the treasury stock method, which includes the dilutive effect of nonvested share-based awards outstanding of 581,073 for the three months ended December 31, 2025. Also includes the diluted impact of 4,280,972 OP units outstanding.
   

Management considers funds from operations ("FFO"), FFO per share, normalized FFO, normalized FFO per share, and funds available for distribution ("FAD") to be useful non-GAAP measures of the Company's operating performance. A non-GAAP financial measure is generally defined as one that purports to measure historical financial performance, financial position or cash flows, but excludes or includes amounts that would not be so adjusted in the most comparable measure determined in accordance with GAAP. Set forth below are descriptions of the non-GAAP financial measures management considers relevant to the Company's business and useful to investors.

The non-GAAP financial measures presented herein are not necessarily identical to those presented by other real estate companies due to the fact that not all real estate companies use the same definitions. These measures should not be considered as alternatives to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP), as indicators of the Company's financial performance, or as alternatives to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as measures of the Company's liquidity, nor are these measures necessarily indicative of sufficient cash flow to fund all of the Company's needs.

FFO and FFO per share are operating performance measures adopted by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. (“NAREIT”). NAREIT defines FFO as “net income (computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding depreciation and amortization related to real estate, gains and losses from the sale of certain real estate assets, gains and losses from change in control, and impairment write-downs of certain real assets and investments in entities when the impairment is directly attributable to decreases in the value of depreciable real estate held by the entity.” The Company defines Normalized FFO as FFO excluding acquisition-related expenses, lease intangible amortization and other normalizing items that are unusual and infrequent in nature. FAD is presented by adding to Normalized FFO non-real estate depreciation and amortization, deferred financing fees amortization, share-based compensation expense and rent reserves, net; and subtracting maintenance capital expenditures, including second generation tenant improvements and leasing commissions paid and straight-line rent income, net of expense. The Company's definition of these terms may not be comparable to that of other real estate companies as they may have different methodologies for computing these amounts. FFO, Normalized FFO and FAD do not represent cash generated from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP and are not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs. FFO, Normalized FFO and FAD should not be considered an alternative to net income as an indicator of the Company’s operating performance or as an alternative to cash flow as a measure of liquidity. FFO, Normalized FFO and FAD should be reviewed in connection with GAAP financial measures.

Management believes FFO, FFO per share, Normalized FFO, Normalized FFO per share, and FAD provide an understanding of the operating performance of the Company’s properties without giving effect to certain significant non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization expense. Historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. However, real estate values instead have historically risen or fallen with market conditions. The Company believes that by excluding the effect of depreciation, amortization, gains or losses from sales of real estate, and other normalizing items that are unusual and infrequent, FFO, FFO per share, Normalized FFO, Normalized FFO per share and FAD can facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods. The Company reports these measures because they have been observed by management to be the predominant measures used by the REIT industry and by industry analysts to evaluate REITs and because these measures are consistently reported, discussed, and compared by research analysts in their notes and publications about REITs.

Cash NOI and Same Store Cash NOI are key performance indicators. Management considers these to be supplemental measures that allow investors, analysts and Company management to measure unlevered property-level operating results. The Company defines Cash NOI as rental income plus interest from financing receivables less property operating expenses. Cash NOI excludes non-cash items such as above and below market lease intangibles, straight-line rent, lease inducements, lease termination fees, financing receivable amortization, tenant improvement amortization and leasing commission amortization. Cash NOI is historical and not necessarily indicative of future results.

Same Store Cash NOI compares Cash NOI for stabilized properties. Stabilized properties are properties that have been included in operations for the duration of the year-over-year comparison period presented. Accordingly, stabilized properties exclude properties that were recently acquired or disposed of, properties classified as held for sale, properties undergoing redevelopment, and newly redeveloped or developed properties.

The Company utilizes the redevelopment classification for properties where management has approved a change in strategic direction through the application of additional resources, including an amount of capital expenditures significantly above routine maintenance and capital improvement expenditures.

Any recently acquired property will be included in the same store pool once the Company has owned the property for five full quarters. Newly developed or redeveloped properties will be included in the same store pool five full quarters after substantial completion.

Ron Hubbard
Vice President, Investor Relations
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