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

This Fund Exits American Healthcare REIT (AHR) Despite Bullish Outlook

Mon, September 21, 2026 at 5:36 PM GMT+3 3 min read

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Baron Capital, an investment management company, released its Q2 2026 letter for the "Baron Real Estate Income Fund." The Fund gained 12.18% (Institutional Shares) during the quarter, modestly outperforming the MSCI US REIT Index, which increased 11.84%. The letter can be downloaded here. Its long-term performance also remains strong, with Morningstar ranking it the #2 real estate fund since its December 2017 inception. The letter discusses management's current views, portfolio composition, key contributors and detractors, recent activity, and the outlook for real estate and the Fund. Management believes a multi-year recovery in real estate is beginning to emerge, despite elevated interest rates, housing affordability pressures, and AI-related disruption. Its constructive outlook is supported by attractive valuations, accelerating M&A, favorable supply-demand dynamics, healthy balance sheets, improving debt conditions, and increasing recognition of real estate as an AI beneficiary. The Fund remains positioned to benefit from improving growth, rising dividends, and potential valuation normalization. Please review the Fund's top five holdings to gain insights into their key selections for 2026.

In its second-quarter 2026 investor letter, Baron Real Estate Fund highlighted American Healthcare REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AHR). American Healthcare REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AHR) is a Maryland-based self-managed REIT that owns and operates a diversified portfolio of clinical healthcare real estate. On September 18, 2026, American Healthcare REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AHR) closed at $52.15 per share. Over the past month, American Healthcare REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AHR) declined 7.19% while its shares gained 23.84% over the past 52 weeks. American Healthcare REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AHR) has a market capitalization of $11.45 billion with a 52-week trading range between $40.00 and $58.70.

Baron Real Estate Fund stated the following regarding American Healthcare REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AHR) in its Q2 2026 investor letter:

"Though we remain bullish on the long-term prospects for senior housing-focused REITs Ventas, Inc. and American Healthcare REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AHR), we chose to consolidate the Fund's exposure to this REIT category given strong relative performance over the last two years and the desire to acquire certain REITs that we believe are more attractively valued. We remain bullish on the long-term prospects for Ventas and American Healthcare and may acquire shares in the future."

American Healthcare REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AHR) is not on our list of the 40 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 51 hedge fund portfolios held American Healthcare REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AHR) at the end of the second quarter which was 33 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of American Healthcare REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AHR) as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock.

In another article, we covered American Healthcare REIT, Inc. (NYSE:AHR) and shared 10 best IPO stocks to buy and hold for 2 years. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q2 2026 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.