Average Independent Living Values Slide Significantly
Some have argued that the independent living market will fare better than assisted living or skilled nursing in the immediate aftermath of COVID-19. This is easy to see, given independent living’s longer average length of stay, lower expenses and younger, healthier resident population. Long-term may be a different story, as we brought up in the June edition of The SeniorCare Investor. But interestingly, in the trailing-12 months ended June 30th, the IL sector recorded the largest drop in values from 2019 compared with the other senior care sectors. The average price per unit fell 16.5% from $233,600 in 2019 to $194,900 in the last four quarters, according to The Senior Care Acquisition... Read More »
Skilled Nursing Values Drop In Last Four Quarters
It still may be too early to tell, but according to our rolling-four quarter M&A statistics, it appears that skilled nursing values have started their descent in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. We say it may be too early simply because of how few transactions have been negotiated and closed since the onset of the virus, and we base our statistics on closed transactions, not just announced ones. The rolling-four quarter average also still consists of three quarters of prices that were not affected by the pandemic and that represent a larger share of the past 12 months of deals than normal because of the dearth of deals in Q2:2020. Nevertheless, the average price... Read More »
Second Quarter Healthcare M&A Drops
The decline in second quarter healthcare M&A probably won’t surprise many of our readers. The second quarter was the first full quarter of healthcare M&A in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, and deal making took a hit as a result, as shown in results from our Deal Search Online database. Compared with Q1:20, Q2:20 dropped 20%, with 322 transactions on the books. Compared with Q2:19 (486 transactions), deal volume in Q2:20 declined even further at 34%. Source: Health Care M&A, July 2020 Long-Term Care and Physician Medical Groups were among the hardest hit sectors, declining 40% and 50% in activity compared with Q1:20, respectively. Year-over-year, the difference... Read More »
Average Seniors Housing Occupancy Falls To Record-Low
The latest occupancy figures are out from NIC, and we suppose it could have been worse. Seniors housing communities reported that their census dropped on average by 280 basis points in the second quarter of 2020, from 87.7% to 84.5%. That is the lowest level ever recorded since NIC started reporting this data 14 years ago. Separating the market out, assisted living communities experienced a steeper decline, from 85.3% to 82.1% during the quarter, while independent living, which was in better health as a sector going into the pandemic, fell 240 basis points to 87.4%. Given the longer lengths of stay and the younger, healthier residents in independent living, that makes sense. Being a more... Read More »