Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") is intended to promote an understanding of our operating results and financial condition. The MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, as included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The MD&A contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, those presented below in Forward-Looking Statements and Certain Risk Factors and in Item 1A. Risk Factors as included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
Overview
We are a real estate investment trust ("REIT") that commenced operations in 1986. We invest in healthcare and human-service related facilities currently including acute care hospitals, behavioral health care hospitals, specialty facilities, free-standing emergency departments, childcare centers and medical/office buildings. As of March 31, 2026, we have seventy-seven real estate investments or commitments in twenty-one states consisting of:
Forward Looking Statements and Certain Risk Factors
You should carefully review all of the information contained in this Quarterly Report, and should particularly consider any risk factors that we set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, this Quarterly Report and in other reports or documents that we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). In this Quarterly Report, we state our beliefs of future events and of our future financial performance. This Quarterly Report contains "forward-looking statements" that reflect our current estimates, expectations and projections about our future results, performance, prospects and opportunities. Words such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "would," "predicts," "potential," "continue," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "appears," "projects" and similar expressions, or the negative of those words and expressions, as well as statements in future tense, identify forward-looking statements. You should be aware that those statements are only our predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating those statements, you should specifically consider various factors, including the risks described elsewhere herein and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 in Item 1A Risk Factors and in Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Forward Looking Statements and Risk Factors and in Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Forward Looking Statements and Certain Risk Factors, as included herein. Those factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any of our forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by which, such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking information is based on information available at the time and/or our good faith belief with respect to future events and is subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Many factors could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in the statements. Such factors include, among other things, the following:
Given these uncertainties, risks and assumptions, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Our actual results and financial condition, including the operating results of our lessees and the facilities leased to subsidiaries of UHS, could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made. We assume no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except as may be required by law. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
There have been no significant changes to our critical accounting policies or estimates from those disclosed in our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Results of Operations
During the three-month period ended March 31, 2026, net income was $5.0 million, as compared to $4.8 million during the first quarter of 2025. Our net income during the first quarter of 2026, as compared to the first quarter of 2025, included the following:
Revenues decreased slightly amounting to $24.5 million during each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
Our other operating expenses include expenses related to the consolidated MOBs as well as the vacant land and the vacant specialty facility (as discussed herein). Other operating expenses incurred in connection with these properties totaled $6.3 million during the first quarter of 2026 and $6.4 million during the first quarter of 2025. A large portion of the expenses associated with our MOBs are passed on directly to the tenants either directly as tenant reimbursements of common area maintenance expenses or included in base rental amounts. Tenant reimbursements for operating expenses are accrued as revenue in the same period during which the related expenses are incurred and are included as lease revenue in our condensed consolidated statements of income.
Funds from operations ("FFO") is a widely recognized measure of performance for Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs"). We believe that FFO and FFO per diluted share, which are non-GAAP financial measures, are helpful to our investors as measures of our operating performance. We compute FFO in accordance with standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"), which may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not compute FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition, or that interpret the NAREIT definition differently than we interpret the definition. FFO adjusts for the effects of certain items, such as gains on transactions that occurred during the periods presented. To the extent a REIT recognizes a gain or loss with respect to the sale of incidental assets, the REIT has the option to exclude or include such gains and losses in the calculation of FFO. We have opted to exclude gains and losses from sales of incidental assets in our calculation of FFO, if and when applicable. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered to be an alternative to net income determined in accordance with GAAP. In addition, FFO should not be used as: (i) an indication of our financial performance determined in accordance with GAAP; (ii) an alternative to cash flow from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP; (iii) a measure of our liquidity, or; (iv) an indicator of funds available for our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions to shareholders.
Below is a reconciliation of our reported net income to FFO for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
2026 | 2025 | |||||||
Net income | $ | 5,019 | $ | 4,777 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization expense on consolidated | 6,954 | 6,845 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense on unconsolidated | 293 | 308 | ||||||
Funds From Operations | $ | 12,266 | $ | 11,930 | ||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - Diluted | 13,875 | 13,851 | ||||||
Funds From Operations per diluted share | $ | 0.88 | $ | 0.86 | ||||
Our FFO increased by $336,000 to $12.3 million during the first quarter of 2026, as compared to $11.9 million during the first quarter of 2025. The net increase was primarily due to the above-mentioned increase in our net income during the first quarter of 2026, as compared to the first quarter of 2025, as well as an increase in depreciation and amortization expense.
Other Operating Results
Interest Expense:
As reflected in the schedule below, interest expense was $4.5 million and $4.7 million during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively (amounts in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31, |
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||
Credit agreement | $ | 4,599 | $ | 5,043 | ||||
Mortgage interest | 196 | 205 | ||||||
Interest rate swaps income, net (a.) | (509 | ) | (773 | ) | ||||
Amortization of financing fees | 192 | 193 | ||||||
Other interest | (26 | ) | 1 | |||||
Interest expense, net | $ | 4,452 | $ | 4,669 | ||||
(a) Includes: (i) a $55 million interest rate swap with a fixed interest rate of 0.5050% that is scheduled to mature in March, 2027; (ii) a $25 million interest rate swap with a fixed interest rate of 3.9495% that is scheduled to mature in December, 2027, and; (iii) an $85 million interest rate swap with a fixed interest rate of 3.2725% that is scheduled to mature in September, 2028. During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, net interest was paid to us from the counterparties pursuant to the interest rate swaps that were active during each period.
Interest expense decreased by $217,000 during the three-month period ended March 31, 2026, as compared to the comparable period of 2025, due primarily to: (i) a $264,000 increase due to a net decrease in interest rate swap income pursuant to our various interest rate swap agreements as discussed in (a) above; (ii) a $444,000 decrease in the interest expense pursuant to our credit agreement resulting primarily from a decrease in our average effective cost of borrowings (to 5.280% during the first quarter of 2026 as compared to 5.935% during the comparable quarter of 2025), partially offset by an increase in our average outstanding borrowings (to $353.3 million during the first quarter of 2026 as compared to $344.6 million during the comparable quarter of 2025); (iii) a $28,000 decrease in amortization of financing fees and other interest, and; (iv) a decrease of $9,000 in mortgage interest expense.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Net cash provided by operating activities
Net cash provided by operating activities was $12.0 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2026 as compared to $11.6 million during the comparable period of 2025. The $339,000 net increase was attributable to:
Net cash used in investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities was $4.5 million during the first three months of 2026 as compared to $1.9 million during the first three months of 2025.
During the three-month period ended March 31, 2026 we funded: (i) $4.3 million in additions to real estate investments, including tenant improvements at various MOBs and the contruction costs related to the Miller Medical Plaza in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, and; (ii) $191,000 in equity investments in unconsolidated LLCs.
During the three-month period ended March 31, 2025 we funded: (i) $328,000 in equity investments in unconsolidated LLCs, and; (ii) $1.6 million in additions to real estate investments, including tenant improvements at various MOBs.
Net cash used in financing activities
Net cash used in financing activities was $7.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to $9.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
During the three-month period ended March 31, 2026, we paid: (i) $10.3 million of dividends, and; (ii) $148,000 on mortgage notes payable that are non-recourse to us. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2026, we received: (i) $3.3 million of net borrowings pursuant to our Credit Agreement, and; (ii) $38,000 of net cash from the issuance of shares of beneficial interest.
During the three-month period ended March 31, 2025, we paid: (i) $322,000 on mortgage notes payable that are non-recourse to us, and; (ii) $10.2 million of dividends. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, we received: (i) $600,000 of net borrowings pursuant to our Credit Agreement, and; (ii) $35,000 of net cash from the issuance of shares of beneficial interest.
Equity Issuance Program:
During the second quarter of 2024, we filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-278730) (the "Form S-3"), registering the offer and sale, from time-to-time, of an indeterminate amount of the common shares of beneficial interest, preferred shares and debt securities up to an aggregate initial offering price of $100 million to or through one or more underwriters, dealers or agents, or directly to purchasers. The Form S-3 became effective on April 30, 2024.
No shares were issued under the Form S-3 since the effective date of April 30, 2024 through March 31, 2026. As of March 31, 2026, we have paid or incurred approximately $291,000 in various fees and expenses related to the Form S-3. The availability of the potential liquidity under this shelf registration statement depends on investor demand, market conditions and other factors. We make no assurance regarding when, or if, we will issue any securities under this registration statement.
Additional cash flow and dividends paid information for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
As indicated on our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows, we generated net cash provided by operating activities of $12.0 million and $11.6 million during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. As also indicated on our statement of cash flows, non-cash expenses including depreciation and amortization expense, amortization related to above/below market leases, amortization of deferred financing costs and stock-based compensation expense, as well as changes in certain assets and liabilities, are the primary differences between our net income and net cash provided by operating activities during each period.
We declared and paid dividends of $10.3 million and $10.2 million during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. During the first three months of 2026, the $12.0 million of net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $1.6 million greater than the $10.3 million of dividends paid. During the first three months of 2025, the $11.6 million of net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $1.5 million greater than the $10.2 million of dividends paid.
As indicated in the cash flows from investing activities and cash flows from financing activities sections of the statements of cash flows, there were various other sources and uses of cash during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. From time to time, various other sources and uses of cash may include items such as investments and advances made to/from LLCs, additions to real estate investments, acquisitions/divestiture of properties, net borrowings/repayments of debt, and proceeds generated from the issuance of equity. Therefore, in any given period, the funding source for our dividend payments is not wholly dependent on the operating cash flow generated by our properties. Rather, our dividends as well as our capital reinvestments into our existing properties, acquisitions of real property and other investments are funded based upon the aggregate net cash inflows or outflows from all sources and uses of cash from the properties we own either in whole or through LLCs, as outlined above.
In determining and monitoring our dividend level on a quarterly basis, our management and Board of Trustees consider many factors in determining the amount of dividends to be paid each period. These considerations primarily include: (i) the minimum required amount of dividends to be paid in order to maintain our REIT status; (ii) the current and projected operating results of our properties, including those owned in LLCs, and; (iii) our future capital commitments and debt repayments, including those of our LLCs. Based upon the information discussed above, as well as consideration of projections and forecasts of our future operating cash flows, management and the Board of Trustees have determined that our operating cash flows have been sufficient to fund our dividend payments. Future dividend levels will be determined based upon the factors outlined above with consideration given to our projected future results of operations.
We expect to finance all capital expenditures and acquisitions and pay dividends utilizing internally generated and additional funds. Additional funds may be obtained through: (i) borrowings under our Credit Agreement (the borrowings capacity of which was increased to $475 million in April, 2026 (from $425 million previously), and which had $359.5 million of outstanding borrowings as of March 31, 2026); (ii) borrowings under or refinancing of existing third-party debt pursuant to mortgage loan agreements entered into by our consolidated and unconsolidated LLCs/LPs; (iii) the issuance of other long-term debt, and/or; (iv) the issuance of equity. In April, 2024 we filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to which we may offer up to $100 million of securities pursuant to supplemental prospectuses which we may file from time to time.
We believe that our operating cash flows, cash and cash equivalents, available borrowing capacity under our Credit Agreement and access to the capital markets provide us with sufficient capital resources to fund our operating, investing and financing requirements for the next twelve months, including providing sufficient capital to allow us to make distributions necessary to enable us to continue to qualify as a REIT under Sections 856 to 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. In the event we need to access the capital markets or other sources of financing, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain financing on acceptable terms or within an acceptable time. Our inability to obtain financing on terms acceptable to us could have a material unfavorable impact on our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity.
Credit facilities and mortgage debt
Management routinely monitors and analyzes the Trust's capital structure in an effort to maintain the targeted balance among capital resources including the level of borrowings pursuant to our revolving credit facility, the level of borrowings pursuant to non-recourse mortgage debt secured by the real property of our properties and our level of equity including consideration of equity issuances. This ongoing analysis considers factors such as the current debt market and interest rate environment, the current/projected occupancy and financial performance of our properties, the current loan-to-value ratio of our properties, the Trust's current stock price, the capital resources required for anticipated acquisitions and the expected capital to be generated by anticipated divestitures. This analysis, together with consideration of the Trust's current borrowings outstanding under the credit agreement, non-recourse mortgage borrowings and equity, assists management in deciding which capital resource to utilize when events such as refinancing of specific debt components occur or additional funds are required to finance the Trust's growth.
On April 21, 2026, we entered into the First Amendment ("First Amendment") to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, among the Trust as borrower, the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent ("Credit Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the First Amendment, among other things, the borrowing capacity was increased to $475 million (from $425 million previously) and the minimum tangible net worth requirement was changed to $100 million (from $125 million previously). The maturity date, which was unchanged, is September 30, 2028, and we have the option to extend the maturity date for two additional six-month periods.
The Credit Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, is comprised of $175 million of non-amortizing term loans and a $300 million revolving loan commitment which includes a $40 million sublimit for letters of credit, and a $30 million sublimit for swingline/short-term loans. Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, we may request that the revolving line of credit and/or the Term Loan be increased by up to an additional aggregate amount of $50 million. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of the Trust. In addition, borrowings are secured by first priority security interests in and liens on all equity interests in most of the Trust's wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement will bear interest at a rate equal to, at our option, term SOFR for either one, three, or six months or the Base Rate, plus in either case, a specified margin depending on our total leverage ratio, as determined by the formula set forth in the Credit Agreement. The applicable margin on revolving loans range from 1.10% to 1.35% for Adjusted Term SOFR loans and 0.10% to 0.35% for Base Rate loans. The applicable margin on term loans range from 1.20% to 1.65% for Adjusted Term SOFR loans and 0.20% to 0.65% for Base Rate loans. The Credit Agreement defines "Base Rate" as the greatest of (a) the Administrative Agent's prime rate, (b) the federal funds effective rate plus 1/2 of 1%, and (c) one month Adjusted Term SOFR plus 1%. The Trust will also pay a quarterly facility fee on the $300 million revolving loan commitment ranging from 0.15% to 0.35% (depending on the Trust's total leverage ratio).
The margins over Adjusted Term SOFR, Base Rate and the facility fee are based upon our total leverage ratio. At March 31, 2026, the applicable margin over the Adjusted Term SOFR rate for revolving loans was 1.20%, the margin over the Base Rate was 0.20% and the facility fee was 0.20%. At March 31, 2025, the applicable margin over the Adjusted Term SOFR rate for term loans was 1.20%, the margin over the Base Rate was 0.20% and the facility fee was 0.20%.
At March 31, 2026, we had $359.5 million of outstanding borrowings pursuant to the terms of our Credit Agreement. At December 31, 2025, we had $356.2 million of outstanding borrowings pursuant to the terms of our Credit Agreement, and $68.8 million of available borrowing capacity. There are no compensating balance requirements.
The Credit Agreement is structured to allow the Trust to select a one, three or six-month borrowing term for all borrowings on the Term Loan and revolving line of credit, which can be renewed through the commitment period that matures on September 30, 2028. In our consolidated statements of cash flows, we report cash flows pursuant to our Credit Agreement on a net basis, as all borrowings under the Credit Agreement have a term of less than three months as of March 31, 2026 and 2025. Aggregate borrowings under our Credit Agreement were $14.8 million and $13.0 million during the quarters ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and aggregate repayments were $11.5 million and $12.4 million during the quarters ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
The Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including limitations on certain indebtedness, liens, acquisitions and other investments, fundamental changes, asset dispositions and dividends and other distributions. The Credit Agreement also contains restrictive covenants regarding the Trust's ratio of total debt to total assets, the fixed charge coverage ratio, the ratio of
total secured debt to total asset value, the ratio of total unsecured debt to total unencumbered asset value, and minimum tangible net worth, as well as customary events of default, the occurrence of which may trigger an acceleration of amounts then outstanding under the Credit Agreement. We were in compliance with all of the covenants in the Credit Agreement at each of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. We also believe that we would remain in compliance if, based on the assumption that the majority of the potential new borrowings will be used to fund investments, the full amount of our commitment was borrowed.
The following table includes a summary of the required compliance ratios, giving effect to the covenants contained in the Credit Agreement (dollar amounts in thousands):
Covenant |
March 31, |
December 31, | |||||||
Tangible net worth (a) | >= $125,000 | $ | 142,548 | $ | 146,744 | ||||
Total leverage | < =60% | 43.7 | % | 43.6 | % | ||||
Secured leverage | < =30% | 2.2 | % | 2.3 | % | ||||
Unencumbered leverage | < =60% | 45.5 | % | 45.4 | % | ||||
Fixed charge coverage | >=1.50x | 3.4x | 3.3x | ||||||
(a) As discussed above, in April, 2026, the minimum tangible net worth requirement was changed to $100 million pursuant to the terms of the First Amendment.
As indicated on the following table, we have various mortgages, all of which are non-recourse to us, included on our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2026 (amounts in thousands):
Facility Name |
Outstanding |
Interest |
Maturity | |||||||
Phoenix Children's East Valley Care Center fixed rate | $ | 7,274 | 3.95 | % | January, 2030 | |||||
Rosenberg Children's Medical Plaza fixed rate mortgage loan | 11,150 | 4.42 | % | September, 2033 | ||||||
Total, excluding net debt premium and net financing fees | 18,424 | |||||||||
Less net financing fees | (131 | ) | ||||||||
Total mortgages notes payable, non-recourse to us, net | $ | 18,293 | ||||||||
In May, 2025, a fixed rate mortgage loan on Tuscan Professional Building, with a remaining balance of $122,000 as of that date, was fully repaid upon its schedule maturity date.
At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we had various mortgages, all of which were non-recourse to us, included in our condensed consolidated balance sheet. The mortgages are secured by the real property of the buildings as well as property leases and rents. The mortgages outstanding as of March 31, 2026, had a combined carrying value of approximately $18.4 million and a combined fair value of approximately $17.4 million. The mortgages outstanding as of December 31, 2025, had a combined carrying value of approximately $18.6 million and a combined fair value of approximately $17.5 million. The fair value of our debt was computed based upon quotes received from financial institutions. We consider these to be "level 2" in the fair value hierarchy as outlined in the authoritative guidance for disclosure in connection with debt instruments. Changes in market rates on our fixed rate debt impacts the fair value of debt, but it has no impact on interest incurred or cash flow.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
At each of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we had no off balance sheet arrangements.
Acquisition and Divestiture Activity
Please see Note 4 to the condensed consolidated financial statements- Acquisitions, Divestitures and New Construction.

