US Stocks Move: Welltower up 5% in pre-market trading as Q2 results beat expectations and full-year guidance raised

Glonghui July 28｜A certain exchange rose 5% in pre-market trading. In terms of news, the company achieved revenue of $3.544 billion in Q2, a year-on-year increase of 39.1%, far exceeding the market expectation of $3.36 billion. Normalized FFO reached $1.60 per share, a year-on-year increase of 25.0%, also surpassing market expectations (expected $1.55 per share). The company's core business—senior housing operations (SHO) segment—saw same-store net operating income (SSNOI) grow 20.5% year-on-year, with occupancy rate rising by 330 basis points and revenue per occupied room increasing by 5.2%, driving organic same-store revenue up by 9.2%. In addition, the company raised its full-year 2026 normalized FFO guidance to $6.36–$6.44 per share, higher than the previous guidance of $6.21–$6.35 per share.