As anticipated in the previous shopping list update, Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc was the purchase of the month this time around. On September 19th I bought 30 shares for 34,64 USD per share. Current quarterly dividend being 0.51USD per share, the projected impact on annual income is 61,20 USD before taxes.
Company profile from http://www.omegahealthcare.com/CorporateProfile.aspx?iid=103065:
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) is a Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) providing financing and capital to the long-term healthcare industry with a particular focus on skilled nursing facilities located in the United States.
At June 30, 2014, the Company owned or held mortgages on 563 skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities and other specialty hospitals with approximately 63,733 licensed beds (61,353 available beds) located in 37 states and operated by 49 third-party healthcare operating companies.
As a source of capital to the healthcare industry, Omega continually evaluates the opportunities, trends and challenges affecting the industry. Our goal is to identify long-term investments in quality healthcare properties with outstanding operators that provide the most favorable risk/reward ratio to our investors.
Stock information: http://www.omegahealthcare.com/stockinfo.aspx?iid=103065