Ventas’s balanced business model, portfolio diversification, and financial strength power our sustained delivery of superior, reliable returns. In the 10-year period ending December 29, 2017, our compound annual total shareholder return of 9.3% outpaced the S&P 500, as we delivered total return of 144.0%.
As one of the world’s foremost real estate investment trusts (REIT), Ventas, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is the premier capital provider to leading seniors housing, healthcare companies and research institutions. A carefully-curated, diverse portfolio of approximately 1,200 properties combined with our highly-focused strategy, financial strength and experienced team has delivered consistent outstanding performance for two decades.
Ventas has retained its sustainability leadership position as ranked by two prominent global ESG (environment, social, governance) benchmarking organizations, GRESB and the Dow Jones Sustainability™ North America Index (DJSI).
For the second consecutive year, Ventas retained the #1 position among the healthcare real estate participants in the GRESB real estate ESG assessment, performing in the top 30% of the 874 participants from around the world. Ventas retained its Green Star designation for the fifth straight year and its “A” ranking, the highest possible score, on the GRESB Public Disclosure Assessment. The Company was again included in DJSI North America, improving its overall score and ranking in the top 20% of publicly traded real estate industry participants across a broad spectrum of ESG metrics.