Should You be Bullish on American Healthcare REIT (AHR)?

Baron Capital's Q2 2026 letter for the Baron Real Estate Income Fund revealed its bullish outlook on American Healthcare REIT (NYSE:AHR). Despite elevated interest rates, housing affordability pressures, and AI-related disruption, the company believes a multi-year recovery in real estate is underway. This optimism is backed by attractive valuations, accelerating M&A activity, favorable supply-demand dynamics, healthy balance sheets, improving debt conditions, and the growing recognition of real estate as an AI beneficiary.

American Healthcare REIT, a Maryland-based self-managed REIT, operates a diversified portfolio of clinical healthcare real estate. At the end of second quarter 2026, the stock closed at $52.15 per share, showing a decline of 7.19% over the past month but a gain of 23.84% over the past 52 weeks. Baron Real Estate Fund chose to reduce its exposure to the REIT category, citing strong relative performance and the desire to invest in more attractively valued REITs.

They remain bullish on the long-term prospects of senior housing-focused REITs Ventas and American Healthcare REIT, potentially acquiring additional shares in the future.