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LTC Properties, Inc.

Hot onWhy it's trendingX chatter spiked vs its recent normStrong bullish X conversationRecent insider buying cluster
$LTC·$1.9B·REIT - Healthcare Facilities·Real Estate
$36.37+0.9%YTD+6.0%1Y+4.0%
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LTLTC
LTC Properties, Inc.$LTC
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Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $LTC, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-06-20

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Senior-housing REIT compounding off a low base with insider buying — and the X chatter under this ticker is about Litecoin.

LTC Properties is a small-cap REIT that owns senior housing and skilled-nursing facilities — a textbook bet on the aging-boomer demographic wave that is now genuinely hitting the system. The story is real and quiet: Q1 revenue grew 95% year-over-year (the third quarter of acceleration off a low base), operating margin held at 37%, the company just closed a $54M expansion of its SHOP platform with MorningStar Senior Living, and two different insiders — CIO David Boitano ($347K) and director David Gruber ($154K) — bought stock in the open market in May and June. Trades at 14.5x earnings with a covered monthly dividend and a 2.88x volume multiplier showing fresh attention. The catch is timing: nothing on the chart confirms a breakout yet.

What to watch: August 3 earnings — does Q2 revenue growth hold above ~50% YoY and does the SHOP-platform mix flow through to FFO? Continued insider buying through the summer would reinforce; a sudden rate-shock would weigh on the whole REIT sleeve.

On the calendar: 2026-08-03 — Q2 earnings

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X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment139 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-19

Litecoin chatter centers on the 'boring infrastructure that works' thesis — 399M+ lifetime transactions, ~188K daily transactions at sub-cent fees, zero downtime since 2011, and a fixed 84M supply with only ~8% left to mine. The fresh catalysts are Lite Strategy holding 894K LTC (largest treasury) and committing $1M to the LitVM zero-knowledge L2, plus wallets holding 10K+ LTC up 7% in five months. Skeptics flag that despite 14 years of operation LTC has barely moved on integrations, with one large Binance/OKX sell wall now lifted. Tone is patient accumulation around $40 with traders eyeing a 'beach ball under water' move.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Healthcare REIT investing in senior housing and skilled nursing facilities via sale-leasebacks and mortgage financing.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where REIT - Healthcare Facilities sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $LTC.

REIT - Healthcare Facilities · Real Estate

Aging boomer demographics are the structural occupancy driver for senior housing and skilled nursing REITs — the 'Silver Tsunami' framing for LTC Properties is a long-duration demand tailwind as the 65+ population reaches peak growth. CIO insider buying at LTC signals management conviction at current REIT yields; rating upgrade reinforces the demographic investment thesis.

What this means for $LTC

Direct beneficiary — LTC's senior housing and skilled nursing REIT portfolio directly benefits from the 'Silver Tsunami' demographic tailwind as boomer peak aging accelerates occupancy demand in long-term care facilities; CIO insider buying this week signals management conviction at current yields.

Top industry ETF

$XLREReal Estate Select Sector SPDR
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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
14.5How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
7.0%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
46.5%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
7.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
6.0Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
11.8%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
59.3%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.8Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$0.69$0.72-4.2%
Q4 2025Feb 24, 2026$0.70$1.30-46.2%
Q3 2025Nov 4, 2025$0.69$0.65+6.2%
Q2 2025Aug 4, 2025$0.68$0.67+1.5%
Next earningsMon, Aug 3·consensus EPS $0.48

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$95.5M+94.9%33.5%37.2%$0.48$28.1M
Q4 FY25$84.3M+60.3%64.3%53.5%$2.21$37.9M
Q3 FY25$69.3M+24.2%71.2%47.1%$-0.44$38.4M
Q2 FY25$60.2M+20.2%79.7%50.5%$0.33$30.0M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$325.5M$302.5M – $338.7M$1.88$1.70 – $1.982
FY27$408.4M$379.5M – $425.0M$1.81$1.64 – $1.912
FY28$803.8M$790.5M – $817.1M$1.70$1.54 – $1.792
FY29$337.1M$313.3M – $350.8M$1.86$1.69 – $1.961

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.2.9×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.38%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-4.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-1.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 50.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.8% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.575-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

BuyJun 4David M BoitanoEVP & CIO10.0K sh$348KBuyMay 21David L GruberDirector4.0K sh$154KBuyMar 5David L GruberDirector7.0K sh$266KBuyDec 31, 2025David M BoitanoEVP & CIO10.0K sh$344K
+ 34 other (19 inkinds · 15 awards) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KShareholder voteMay 278-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

LTC (LTC) disclosed the results of its annual meeting of shareholders in an 8-K filing under Item 5.07. Shareholders voted on an advisory say-on-pay resolution, ratification of the independent auditor. All management-sponsored proposals were approved by majority shareholder vote. Annual meeting results are a routine disclosure that confirms shareholder ratification of the board's composition and compensation practices.

+ 10 other (3 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 1 10-Q) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Lite Strategy to Attend Panel at Litecoin Foundation Summit in Amsterdamglobenewswire.com·1d agoLTC Properties CIO Buys Another Big Batch of Sharesfool.com·11d agoLTC Properties: Ride The 'Silver Tsunami' With This Monthly Dividend REIT (Rating Upgrade)seekingalpha.com·13d agoLTC Expands SHOP Platform with $54 Million Acquisition and Welcomes MorningStar Senior Living to SHOPgurufocus.com·18d agoLTC Expands SHOP Platform with $54 Million Acquisition and Welcomes MorningStar Senior Living to SHOPbusinesswire.com·18d ago

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