Thursday, February 28, 2019

Does Gap Stock Have What It Takes to Move Higher?

Gap (NYSE:GPS) had a decent year in 2018. Gap stock did not. It delivered a total return of -21.6%. Year to date it is down 2.75% through this morning.

Can Gap (GPS) Stock Rally in 2019 Despite Its Headwinds?Can Gap (GPS) Stock Rally in 2019 Despite Its Headwinds?Source: Shutterstock

InvestorPlace contributor Vince Martin took a page out of the Dogs of the Dow playbook this past December recommending 15 stocks that lost money in 2018 which he thinks will deliver the goods in 2019.

One of Martin’s recommendations was Gap stock, which has been leaning hard in recent years on its Old Navy business. With two months in the books, GPS stock is going in the wrong direction, which begs the question: Does Gap stock have what it takes to move higher as we head into the spring?

Here are the pros and cons of owning GPS stock.

The Pros of Gap Stock

Old Navy: As my colleague so eloquently stated in his December piece, Old Navy is the engine that drives Gap, the company. Gap, the flagship franchise, might be on life support, but Gap Inc. is doing just fine because consumers continue to buy a lot of its modest apparel.

As Martin said, Old Navy generates about two-thirds of the company’s overall profits, it continues to deliver mid-single-digit same-store-sales growth and accounts for almost the entire $9.5 billion market cap of Gap stock.  

As long as Old Navy continues to perform, shareholders shouldn’t be concerned about GPS stock falling very far in 2019.

Banana Republic: I’m sure a lot of shoppers had forgotten about Banana Republic, but if the third quarter was any indication, it’s slowly pulling itself off the mat. In Q3 of 2018, Banana Republic had same-store-sales growth of 2% on a global basis, three percentage points higher than a year earlier. More importantly, as Banana Republic’s been closing stores, it’s managed to grow same-store-sales for four consecutive quarters, a testament to the brand’s staying power.

It might be down, but it’s not out.

The Dividend: If you’re an income investor, you might want to check out the GPS dividend yield. It’s currently 3.9%, considerably higher than many of its peers. In Q3, the company raised its quarterly payment by more than 5% to $0.2425 a share. Yet, it retains a low payout ratio of 38%, ensuring that it will have no problem continuing to increase its dividend.


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Online Sales: In the span of three years, Gap’s annual online sales have grown from approximately $2.7 billion to more than $3.5 billion in fiscal 2018. During this period, Gap’s online sales went from 17% of its overall revenue to 21% in 2018. 

If you want to be a player in omnichannel retail, your online sales have to be more than 20% of your total sales. GPS meets that criteria. 

Athleta: If you’ve followed the success of Lululemon (NASDAQ:LULU), it’s not hard to see why Gap CEO Art Peck continues to focus on  the company’s athleisure brand. In the 39 weeks ended November 3, 2018, Gap opened nine net new Athleta stores; it now has a total of 157 of these stores. Athleta might not have the scale of Old Navy, but it’s vital to the future success of Gap stock.

The Cons of Gap Stock

The Gap brand: Gap’s legacy brand has been a noose around Gap Inc.’s neck for more than a decade. In the past 19 quarters, Gap’s had negative same-store-sales growth on 16 occasions. Its average same-store sales decline over that period has been 4.2%.

It’s not surprising that pundits wonder if Gap (the brand) should be killed off. I’ve long felt that Old Navy and Gap are too much alike, making Gap’s higher prices a real drag on its business.

Why go to Gap when you can get similar products for less at Old Navy?

The Gap brand and stores should be spun off or sold at this point because the odds of them remaining relevant are slim to none.

Old Navy: I’m not sure why anyone shops at Old Navy because its clothes are awful and its service is even worse. It might offer low prices, but you can get that from a lot of different retailers.

Consumers’ preferences continue to change. More people are opting for items that are better made and long lasting. Quality over quantity. As a result, Fast Fashion is losing its grip on the retail world.

In the U.K., a recent survey suggests that consumers are willing to pay more for items that will last longer, thereby avoiding a quick trip to the dump.   

“After years of shopping for trendy and – invariably – cheaper fast fashion, could consumers finally be making the move towards longer-lasting and timeless items?” Lee Lucas, principal of the Fashion Retail Academy, asked in a statement.

“This shift towards quality over quantity is surely a reflection of how customers are increasingly mindful of sustainability and the supply chain of clothes manufacturing – as well as acknowledging that more expensive price tags might mean more mileage from certain items of clothing.”

Gap’s moneymaker will be in serious trouble if consumers abandon Fast Fashion and lower prices.

The Bottom Line on Gap Stock

If it weren’t for Gap’s dividend, I’d be negative about Gap stock, despite the fact that I’ve listed more pros than cons about GPS stock.

Gap should have acted much sooner to grow its Athleta business. Now, I’m afraid that LULU has permanently captured a big chunk of the athleisure market.

As for Old Navy, I get that it wants to make hay while the sun shines, but ultimately, it could end up being another brand with a massive real estate footprint and fewer and fewer customers, much like Gap’s namesake brand. If that happens, the owners of Gap stock should look out below.

For now, if you want to earn the income from Gap’s dividend, I don’t see a problem owning Gap stock. Long-term, I’d be much less confident about GPS stock.

Gap is slated to announce its Q4 2018 earnings today after the markets closes.  

As of this writing Will Ashworth did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

GVK Power & Infrastructure jumps 16% as stake in Mumbai International Airport raised to 64%

GVK Power & Infrastructure shares rallied 16.4 percent in morning on Monday after the company increased its equity stake in Mumbai International Airport to 64 percent.

The stock was quoting at Rs 8.26, up Rs 0.88, or 11.92 percent on the BSE, at 10:15 hours IST.

On February 23, GVK Airport Holdings, a step down subsidiary of GVK Power & Infrastructure, said it has exercised its right to acquire 16.2 crore equity shares of Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), constituting 13.5 percent of the total paid-up share capital of MIAL, from Bid Services Division (Mauritius) Limited.

It acquired those shares at the rate of Rs 77 per share.

Upon completion of this acquisition, equity shareholding of the GVK Group will increase to 64 percent from the existing 50.5 percent of the total paid-up share capital of MIAL, the company said.

The acquisition was as per their Shareholders Agreement dated April 4, 2006, and also in accordance with the various contractual agreements between GVK Airport Holdings and Bid Services Division (Mauritius) Limited. First Published on Feb 25, 2019 10:27 am

Sunday, February 24, 2019

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (TKC) Trading Down 8.4% After Earnings Miss

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (NYSE:TKC) shares traded down 8.4% during trading on Thursday after the company announced weaker than expected quarterly earnings. The stock traded as low as $6.33 and last traded at $6.40. 2,025,141 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 210% from the average session volume of 653,621 shares. The stock had previously closed at $6.99.

The Wireless communications provider reported $0.19 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.20 by ($0.01). Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. had a net margin of 7.04% and a return on equity of 12.65%. The company had revenue of $1.05 billion for the quarter.

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Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 22nd. VTB Capital lowered shares of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. The stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $7.25.

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. by 14.6% in the third quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 5,576,806 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock worth $26,880,000 after purchasing an additional 712,143 shares during the period. Oldfield Partners LLP raised its holdings in shares of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. by 11.0% during the fourth quarter. Oldfield Partners LLP now owns 5,183,104 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock worth $29,129,000 after acquiring an additional 512,306 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. by 631.7% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,784,989 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock worth $13,423,000 after acquiring an additional 2,404,352 shares during the period. FMR LLC raised its holdings in shares of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. by 426.6% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,833,407 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock worth $8,837,000 after acquiring an additional 1,485,233 shares during the period. Finally, Freestone Capital Holdings LLC raised its holdings in shares of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. by 8,176.3% during the fourth quarter. Freestone Capital Holdings LLC now owns 1,250,550 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock worth $7,028,000 after acquiring an additional 1,235,440 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 3.46% of the company’s stock.

The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.21 and a beta of 0.70.

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Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. provides mobile telecommunication services for consumer, corporate, and wholesale customers. The company operates in two segments, Turkcell Turkey and Turkcell International. It offers mobile communication and fixed voice services; and broadband services that consist of mobile broadband, fiber to the home/building, and ADSL.

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Friday, February 22, 2019

Ask a Fool: Why Would I Want to Pay Trading Commissions When There's a Free Option?

Q: There are a few platforms that allow investors to trade stocks commission-free. Why would anyone want to pay $6.99 or whatever their brokerage charges when there is a free option?

Commission-free platforms like Robinhood can be an excellent choice for many investors. For example, if you want to be able to buy say, one share of a stock for $40, it's not practical to do that if you have to pay a $6.99 commission.

However, I pay for stock trades and have no plans to make a switch. Here's why.

Robinhood only offers taxable brokerage accounts -- at least for now. My top investing priority is to max out my retirement accounts. The tax savings involved with maxing out my individual 401(k) outweigh the commissions I pay to trade. I maintain a comparatively small amount in a taxable account, and like having everything in one place.

Robinhood also doesn't offer mutual funds, which can be a major downside for investors who don't want all of their money in individual stocks.

Finally, compared to the leading (commission-based) online brokerages, Robinhood's platform is extremely light on features. You can't access analyst research reports or extensive financial data on the companies you're considering, nor does it offer an advanced trading platform like TD Ameritrade and E*Trade (among others) do.

In a nutshell, Robinhood has everything you need to start trading stocks. But it might not have everything you need to start investing in the best way for you.

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Stock Market Today: CVS Battles Headwinds and Tilray Enters the US Hemp Market

Stocks rose Wednesday as investors interpreted the minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting as pointing to a more dovish stance on interest rate hikes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) closed with modest gains.

Today's stock market Index Percentage Change Point Change
Dow 0.24% 63.12
S&P 500 0.18% 4.94

Data source: Yahoo! Finance.

The materials sector led the market, with the SPDR S&P Metals and Mining ETF (NYSEMKT:XME) jumping 2.4%. Real estate stocks were laggards; the iShares US Real Estate ETF (NYSEMKT:IYR) fell 0.7%. 

As for individual stocks, CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) announced a disappointing outlook and marijuana company Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY) is expanding into the U.S.

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CVS faces challenges in 2019

Shares of CVS Health got hammered, falling 8.1% after it beat profit expectations for the fourth quarter but gave disappointing guidance as the company integrates its Aetna acquisition. Revenue, which was helped along by a little over a month of revenue from Aetna, increased 12.5% to $54.4 billion, a bit below the analyst consensus of $54.6 billion. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $2.14, above expectations of $2.05.

CVS' revenue forecast is ahead of what Wall Street was expecting, but profit in what the company calls a transition year will be disappointing. The midpoint of first-quarter revenue guidance is about 0.5% above the analyst consensus, and full-year guidance is above expectations by about 1.8%. But the company expects adjusted Q1 EPS to be between $1.49 and $1.53, missing the analyst forecast of $1.67, with full-year adjusted EPS of between $6.68 and $6.88, far less than the $7.41 Wall Street was modeling.

Besides challenges relating to the Aetna integration, CVS said it is facing headwinds, including a squeeze on profits by its pharmacy benefits management segment.

Tilray buys the world's largest hemp food business

Canadian marijuana producer Tilray is jumping into the U.S. hemp and cannabidiol (CBD) oil market in a big way, buying Manitoba Harvest from Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE:CODI) in a cash-and-stock deal worth up to 419 million Canadian dollars. Shares of Tilray bounced 5.3% on the news and those of Compass rose 2.7%.

Manitoba Harvest is the world's largest hemp food manufacturer, and its products, including Hemp Hearts and Hemp Yeah! granola, are sold in over 16,000 retail stores in the U.S. and Canada. It also plans to launch a line of CBD oil and CBD-infused wellness products. Today's deal gives Tilray the opportunity to expand into the U.S. and take advantage of what is expected to be soaring demand for hemp and CBD products.

Compass owns and manages a diversified portfolio of middle-market businesses, each a leader in a niche market, and distributes their profits in the form of dividends, which currently amount to a 9% yield. Manitoba Holdings was its only subsidiary in the cannabis industry.

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Top 10 Biotech Stocks For 2019

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Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) jumped to the top of the S&P 500 today after Barclays upgraded the biotech stock to Overweight from Equal Weight citing fewer macro headwinds.

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Shares of Alexion Pharmaceuticals gained 5.2% to $125.59, while the S&P 500 rose 0.1%.

Barclays analyst Geoff Meacham and team explain why they upgraded Alexion Pharmaceuticals:

We are upgrading shares of Alexion to Overweight and increasing our PT to $155 from $150 on an improved outlook for 2017. Specifically, we see lower FX and fewer macroeconomic risks to the core base business over the next 12 months. We also expect approval of Soliris in refractory gMG by YE17 following a planned regulatory submission in 1Q17, which could add another growth lever in early 2018 at the latest. Our upgrade is not a call on the recent 10-Q delay, which according to our discussions with management has to do with an investigation into sales practices following allegations by a former employee. We also do not anticipate major restatements of historical Soliris sales due to the investigation. Furthermore, this is not a call on Kanuma or the Synageva deal, as we have cut our Kanuma sales in our P&L and reduced its contribution in our NPV valuation. Indeed, we would expect minimal weakness in Alexion shares if the company were to take a write-down on Synageva during 2017, but this is not core to our investment thesis. In sum, our bullishness on Alexion shares is due to: 1) lessened FX and macroeconomic headwinds in 2017, 2) near-term Soliris growth from likely regulatory approval in refractory gMG, and 3) attractive upside potential from current levels as the pipeline including line extensions for Soliris and new assets such as 1210 mature.

Top 10 Biotech Stocks For 2019: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.(ALNY)

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Keith Speights]

    I wrote three months ago that I viewed Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) stock as a pretty good pick -- but with a couple of qualifications. First, I didn't think that the biotech would generate returns in 2018 nearly as great as it did last year. Second, I thought that there were even better stocks to buy than Alnylam.

  • [By Logan Wallace]

    Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a hold rating to a sell rating. According to Zacks, “Although Alnylam has a broad and promising pipeline, we note that most candidates are in mid stages of development. These candidates still have a long way to go before hitting the market. The company relies highly on collaborators for funding. Any development/regulatory setback would be a negative for the company.  However, Alnylam reported positive data from the ATLAS study in the first quarter which led to regulatory filings for its late-stage pipeline candidate patisiran and the FDA set an action date of Aug 11, 2018. The company along with its partners Sanofi and The Medicines Company, restarted fitusiran's ATLAS phase III study and advanced inclisiran in the ORION-9, -10, and -11 phase III studies, respectively, with results expected for both programs in 2019. Alnylam expects to achieve the profile of three marketed products by the end of 2020.”

  • [By Jim Crumly]

    As for individual stocks, shares of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) fell despite the announcement of its first-ever drug approval, and those of Sysco (NYSE:SYY) rose on earnings.

  • [By Ethan Ryder]

    Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALNY) was downgraded by stock analysts at ValuEngine from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report released on Tuesday.

Top 10 Biotech Stocks For 2019: ArQule Inc.(ARQL)

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  • [By Ethan Ryder]

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  • [By Logan Wallace]

    ValuEngine downgraded shares of ArQule (NASDAQ:ARQL) from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating in a research report sent to investors on Saturday.

    Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on ARQL. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of ArQule from a hold rating to a buy rating and set a $2.75 target price for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 8th. B. Riley set a $4.00 target price on shares of ArQule and gave the company a buy rating in a research note on Monday, March 26th. Roth Capital raised their target price on shares of ArQule from $5.00 to $6.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 17th. BidaskClub upgraded shares of ArQule from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note on Saturday, May 19th. Finally, Leerink Swann upgraded shares of ArQule from a market perform rating to an outperform rating in a research note on Thursday, April 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. The company has an average rating of Buy and a consensus price target of $5.35.

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    What's behind these dramatic gains? Read on to find out.

    Company Gain in H1 2018 Market Cap Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARWR) 270% $1.19 billion ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARQL) 235% $482 million Endocyte, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECYT) 222% $959 million Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDGL) 205% $3.99 billion

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  • [By Joseph Griffin]

    Shares of ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARQL) were down 5.4% during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as $4.71 and last traded at $4.73. Approximately 3,358,864 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 289% from the average daily volume of 863,008 shares. The stock had previously closed at $5.00.

Top 10 Biotech Stocks For 2019: Biogen Idec Inc(BIIB)

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  • [By Keith Speights]

    Surprising only begins to describe the latest clinical study results announced by Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) and its partner, Japanese drugmaker Eisai (NASDAQOTH:ESALY). On July 5, the two companies reported positive topline results from a phase 2 clinical study of experimental Alzheimer's disease drug BAN2401 at 18 months.

  • [By Chris Lange]

    The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close was Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) which traded down over 5% at $288.75. The stock's 52-week range is $249.17 to $370.57. Volume was 3.2 million compared to the daily average volume of 1.7 million.

  • [By Stephan Byrd]

    Traders bought shares of Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) on weakness during trading on Tuesday. $119.44 million flowed into the stock on the tick-up and $86.88 million flowed out of the stock on the tick-down, for a money net flow of $32.56 million into the stock. Of all companies tracked, Biogen had the 26th highest net in-flow for the day. Biogen traded down ($7.15) for the day and closed at $345.41

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    These are the top 5 holdings of Woodford Investment Management LLPProthena Corp PLC (PRTA) - 11,557,614 shares, 37.95% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 0.25%Alkermes PLC (ALKS) - 5,270,428 shares, 27.32% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 30.52%Theravance Biopharma Inc (TBPH) - 10,898,879 shares, 23.64% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 1.41%Biogen Inc (BIIB) - 279,564 shares, 6.85% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 24.56%Evofem Biosciences Inc (EVFM) - 7,465,538
  • [By George Budwell]

    Not surprisingly, biotech titans Celgene (NASDAQ:CELG) and Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) are among the leaders in this ongoing biopharma revolution. So, with that theme in mind, let's attempt to gauge which of these top biotechs is the more attractive long-term buy for investors right now.

Top 10 Biotech Stocks For 2019: Amgen Inc.(AMGN)

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Logan Wallace]

    Eqis Capital Management Inc. grew its position in Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) by 3.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 42,769 shares of the medical research company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,361 shares during the period. Amgen accounts for approximately 0.5% of Eqis Capital Management Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 23rd biggest position. Eqis Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Amgen were worth $7,895,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

  • [By Keith Speights]

    It's not too hard to find biotech stocks that are bargains right now. Two of the most attractively priced biotech stocks on the market are Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD). Both stocks also provide nice dividend yields for income-seeking investors.

  • [By Todd Campbell]

    One of these two drugs is Amgen's (NASDAQ:AMGN) Repatha, and the other is Praluent, which was co-developed by Sanofi SA (NYSE:SNY) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:REGN). Both drugs launched to billion-dollar blockbuster expectations, but because they're complex biologics that are expensive to make, they cost about $14,000 per year. Their high cost, plus the fact that they're injected rather than taken orally, may make them best suited for patients with stubbornly high cholesterol who are at the greatest risk of heart disease.

  • [By Stephan Byrd]

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  • [By Trey Thoelcke]

    Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) shares saw a nice bump after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved Aimovig (erenumab), Amgen’s preventive treatment of migraine in adults. It is the first FDA-approved preventive migraine treatment in a new class of drugs, which work by blocking the activity of calcitonin gene-related peptide, which is believed to play a critical role in migraine attacks.

  • [By Dan Caplinger]

    The iShares biotech ETF has a structure that's familiar to anyone who invests regularly in exchange-traded funds. The ETF tracks an index of nearly 200 biotech and pharmaceutical stocks, with roughly 80% of assets dedicated to true biotechs and the rest split evenly between pharma and life sciences equipment and services providers. Top ETF holdings Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB), Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN), and Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) make up a total of roughly 25% of the fund's assets.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Atento SA (ATTO) Expected to Post Earnings of $0.17 Per Share

Analysts expect Atento SA (NYSE:ATTO) to post earnings per share (EPS) of $0.17 for the current quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Two analysts have made estimates for Atento’s earnings. The lowest EPS estimate is $0.15 and the highest is $0.18. Atento posted earnings of $0.21 per share during the same quarter last year, which suggests a negative year over year growth rate of 19%. The business is expected to issue its next earnings report on Monday, March 18th.

On average, analysts expect that Atento will report full year earnings of $0.73 per share for the current financial year, with EPS estimates ranging from $0.70 to $0.75. For the next fiscal year, analysts forecast that the firm will post earnings of $0.72 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $0.54 to $0.85. Zacks Investment Research’s earnings per share calculations are a mean average based on a survey of research analysts that follow Atento.

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A number of research firms have recently weighed in on ATTO. ValuEngine raised Atento from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, February 4th. Credit Suisse Group raised Atento from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Sunday, January 6th. TheStreet lowered Atento from a “c” rating to a “d+” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 27th. Barrington Research set a $12.00 price objective on Atento and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 14th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research raised Atento from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $10.17.

Shares of NYSE:ATTO traded up $0.09 during trading on Monday, reaching $4.06. 68,003 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 155,328. The firm has a market cap of $291.94 million, a PE ratio of 5.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 0.60. Atento has a 52-week low of $3.55 and a 52-week high of $10.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 1.53 and a current ratio of 1.53.

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Millennium Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Atento during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $149,000. Squarepoint Ops LLC raised its holdings in shares of Atento by 81.8% during the fourth quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 53,200 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $213,000 after acquiring an additional 23,931 shares in the last quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP raised its holdings in shares of Atento by 48.9% during the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 104,100 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $417,000 after acquiring an additional 34,200 shares in the last quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP raised its holdings in shares of Atento by 139.2% during the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 144,556 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $580,000 after acquiring an additional 84,127 shares in the last quarter. Finally, QS Investors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Atento by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. QS Investors LLC now owns 240,726 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $966,000 after acquiring an additional 9,879 shares in the last quarter. 88.41% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Atento

Atento SA, together with its subsidiaries, provides customer relationship management and business process outsourcing services and solutions in Brazil, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It offers a range of front and back-end services, including sales, customer care, collections, back office, applications-processing, credit-management, and technical support services.

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Monday, February 18, 2019

Dominion Energy Inc (D) Shares Bought by Dividend Assets Capital LLC

Dividend Assets Capital LLC lifted its position in shares of Dominion Energy Inc (NYSE:D) by 7.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,712 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after buying an additional 386 shares during the period. Dividend Assets Capital LLC’s holdings in Dominion Energy were worth $408,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Heritage Trust Co increased its holdings in Dominion Energy by 58.8% in the 4th quarter. Heritage Trust Co now owns 405 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 150 shares in the last quarter. Clean Yield Group acquired a new stake in Dominion Energy in the 4th quarter valued at $40,000. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC increased its holdings in Dominion Energy by 245.9% in the 4th quarter. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC now owns 799 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $57,000 after purchasing an additional 568 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Dominion Energy in the 4th quarter valued at $70,000. Finally, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund increased its holdings in Dominion Energy by 6,957.8% in the 4th quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 5,026,854 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $70,000 after purchasing an additional 4,955,630 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 67.97% of the company’s stock.

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NYSE:D opened at $73.26 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.58, a current ratio of 0.62 and a quick ratio of 0.46. The stock has a market capitalization of $48.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.09, a PEG ratio of 3.20 and a beta of 0.21. Dominion Energy Inc has a 1-year low of $61.53 and a 1-year high of $77.19.

Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 1st. The utilities provider reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.91 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $3.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.13 billion. Dominion Energy had a net margin of 18.31% and a return on equity of 13.15%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.91 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Dominion Energy Inc will post 4.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 1st will be given a $0.9175 dividend. This is a boost from Dominion Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.84. This represents a $3.67 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 28th. Dominion Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 82.47%.

In other news, CEO Diane Leopold sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $71.31, for a total transaction of $178,275.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 48,677 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,471,156.87. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO James R. Chapman purchased 4,053 shares of Dominion Energy stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 19th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $74.02 per share, for a total transaction of $300,003.06. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 22,256 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,647,389.12. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.34% of the company’s stock.

D has been the subject of several recent research reports. Bank of America downgraded Dominion Energy from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $72.00 to $69.00 in a report on Friday, January 11th. Zacks Investment Research reiterated a “sell” rating on shares of Dominion Energy in a report on Monday, December 31st. ValuEngine downgraded Dominion Energy from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded Dominion Energy from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $79.00 to $73.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 22nd. Finally, UBS Group upgraded Dominion Energy from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the company from $75.00 to $84.00 in a report on Thursday, November 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. Dominion Energy has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $85.55.

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Dominion Energy Company Profile

Dominion Energy, Inc produces and transports energy in the United States. The company's Power Delivery segment engages in the regulated electric transmission and distribution operations that serve residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental customers in Virginia and North Carolina. Its Power Generation segment is involved in the electricity generation activities through gas, coal, nuclear, oil, renewables, biomass, hydro, solar, and power purchase agreements; and related energy supply operations.

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Sunday, February 17, 2019

Parallel Advisors LLC Has $117,000 Stake in Celanese Co. (CE)

Parallel Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Celanese Co. (NYSE:CE) by 12.1% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,311 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after purchasing an additional 141 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC’s holdings in Celanese were worth $117,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of CE. Deutsche Bank AG raised its stake in shares of Celanese by 105.7% during the third quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 944,890 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $107,712,000 after purchasing an additional 485,564 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of Celanese by 21.5% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,084,382 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $237,621,000 after purchasing an additional 369,361 shares during the period. Capital Growth Management LP raised its stake in shares of Celanese by 900.0% during the third quarter. Capital Growth Management LP now owns 400,000 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $45,600,000 after purchasing an additional 360,000 shares during the period. LSV Asset Management increased its stake in shares of Celanese by 14.2% in the fourth quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 2,824,214 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $254,094,000 after buying an additional 350,175 shares during the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Celanese by 17.7% in the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,793,648 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $204,475,000 after buying an additional 269,424 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.22% of the company’s stock.

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Shares of NYSE:CE opened at $100.26 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.03. Celanese Co. has a 12-month low of $82.91 and a 12-month high of $119.29. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.11, a P/E/G ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 1.31.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) last released its earnings results on Monday, January 28th. The basic materials company reported $2.38 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.40 by ($0.02). Celanese had a net margin of 16.87% and a return on equity of 40.37%. The business had revenue of $1.69 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.72 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.98 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.0% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts predict that Celanese Co. will post 10.41 earnings per share for the current year.

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.54 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 15th. This represents a $2.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.15%. Celanese’s payout ratio is 19.64%.

CE has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. UBS Group set a $126.00 price target on shares of Celanese and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 29th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Celanese from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $112.00 price target for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 23rd. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “buy” rating and issued a $118.00 price target on shares of Celanese in a research note on Thursday, December 20th. Robert W. Baird restated a “buy” rating and issued a $120.00 price target on shares of Celanese in a research note on Wednesday, January 30th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus initiated coverage on shares of Celanese in a research note on Monday, December 10th. They issued a “hold” rating and a $100.00 price target for the company. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the stock. The company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $115.24.

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Celanese Company Profile

Celanese Corporation, a technology and specialty materials company, manufactures and sells value-added chemicals, thermoplastic polymers, and other chemical-based products worldwide. The company operates through Advanced Engineered Materials, Consumer Specialties, Industrial Specialties, and Acetyl Intermediates segments.

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Saturday, February 16, 2019

HCP, Inc. (HCP) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript

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HCP, Inc. (NYSE:HCP)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 14, 2019, 12:00 p.m. ET

Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

Operator

Good afternoon, good morning and welcome to the HCP, Inc., Fourth Quarter Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the * key followed by 0. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press * and then 1 on your touchtone phone. To withdraw your questions, you may press * and 2. Please note, today's event is being recorded.

At this time, I'd like to turn the conference call over to Andrew Johns, Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Andrew Johns -- Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations

Thank you and welcome to HCP's fourth quarter and year-end financial results conference call. Today's conference call will contain certain forward-looking statements. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, our forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from expectations.

A discussion of risks and risk factors is included in our press release and detailed in our filing to the SEC. We do not undertake a duty to update any forward-looking statements. Certain non-GAAP financial measures will be discussed on this call. In an exhibit of the 8-K we furnished today with the SEC, we have reconciled all non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures in accordance with Reg G requirements. The exhibit is also available at our website.

I will now turn the call over to our President and Chief Executive Officer, Tom Herzog.

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

Thanks, Andrew, and good morning, everyone. With me today are Pete Scott, our Chief Financial Officer; and Scott Brinker, our Chief Investment Officer. Also here and available for the Q&A portion of the call are Tom Klaritch, our Chief Operating Officer; and Troy McHenry, our General Counsel.

Through our efforts over the last two years, HCP is well positioned. We completed our portfolio restructuring and operator transitions, leaving us with a balanced portfolio and a clear and differentiated strategy. Additionally, our balance sheet is strong and positioned to support our growth strategy. Recent credit rating upgrades from S&P and Moody's confirm the progress we've made on this front.

Across our three core segments, we continue to see plenty of opportunities to capture embedded upside in our portfolio and to create new value over time with development, redevelopment, and complementary acquisition activities. Specifically, in medical office, tenant demand for on-campus properties remain strong. We are working to fulfill vacancies within the portfolio and seeing positive mark-to-markets on rents. We continue to mine our portfolio for redevelopment opportunities and are also actively working with HCA to schedule additional on-campus developments in our partnership program.

In life science, we've focused on sourcing complementary acquisitions and creating value through our development pipeline. Late last year, we expanded this pipeline for a compelling opportunity to capture value at The Shore at Sierra Point. We added a combined $385 million for phases two and three, resulting in a $1.2 billion pipeline, which is higher than normal for us, bug allows us to pursue the opportunities we have worked hard to create. Even including the just-commenced phases two and three of The Shore, our pipeline is almost 65% preleased and approximately $500 million is already funded. The remaining $700 million of development costs will be spent over the next two to three years and is captured in our guidance.

In senior housing, Scott and his team are positioning our business for success. In 2019, you'll see us continue to work to make incremental moves to improve our portfolio and operator mix, while supporting our platform with enhanced asset management capabilities and data analytics. We've come a long way in the last two years, but there's still plenty of room for additional improvement and upside, and we intend to pursue them aggressively.

Moving on to our outlook for 2019. As we reported last night, we are guiding to a solid total portfolio same-store growth in 2019. Over the last months, we have communicated our expectations for chopping near-term senior housing fundamentals. That we'll elaborate on in a minute. We are feeling pressure on both occupancy and expenses, but we're also navigating the headwinds that were the result of a number of intentional moves we made to improve our portfolio and position it for the long term. Accordingly, we still anticipate noise in 2019 shock results, but fully expect our senior housing business will stabilize and be a strong growth engine over time.

We have been very deliberate in our portfolio repositioning to build a company with diversification designed to maximize long-term growth while reducing short-term volatility. We do recognize that each of our businesses operates within its own cycle and, accordingly, segment-specific growth rates will inevitably vary, but our primary focus at HCP is and will continue to be on the overall blended growth our portfolio can deliver.

Now turning to the team. I am very pleased with the way our senior leaders and their teams have come together. With all the major players now in place, we're able to fine tune and are now formalizing certain responsibilities.

First, I've asked Pete Scott to formally lead our life science platform, in addition to his role as our Chief Financial Officer. While we are announcing this today, Pete has functioned as the life science lead for the last six to nine months and was instrumental in leading the operations and strategic transactions during that time, including the sale of The Shoreline campus, and he has quickly built relationships with key customers and partners. Pete leads a team of very experienced life science senior professionals that have an average tenure in the industry and at HCP of nearly a decade.

Second, in addition to his role as Chief Operating Officer, Tom Klaritch has also assumed a role of Chief Development Officer. As we've increased our development and redevelopment activities, we determined that centralizing management under Tom allows us to scale our resources and ensure we are using consistent best practices across all three of our businesses.

Third, we announced executive vice president promotions for Shawn Johnston, our Chief Accounting Officer, and Glenn Preston, who leads our medical office business. Shawn and Glenn's promotions reflect the leadership and expanded responsibilities they have assumed within our organization.

I am also pleased to announce that Jeff Miller recently joined HCP within our senior housing team. For those of you who don't know Jeff, he brings tremendous experience to HCP, having spent over a decade at Welltower in roles including general counsel and Chief Operating Officer. During his time at Welltower, Jeff worked closely with Scott Brinker. At HCP, Jeff is responsible for day-to-day operations of our senior housing finance and asset management teams and reports directly to Scott, who continues to lead our senior housing business. Jeff is an excellent addition, and bringing him on is just another important step in strengthening our senior housing platform.

Before handing the call over to Pete, I'd like to provide a few board governance and sustainability updates. During 2018, we welcomed Lydia Kennard, Kent Griffin, and Kathy Sandstrom to our board as new directors and appointed Brian Cartwright as our independent chairman. We also adopted a mandatory retirement age of 75 for directors, a policy in line with corporate governance best practices and one that assures natural continued board refreshment.

On the sustainability front, HCP has proven itself an industry leader and continues to build on the progress made since committing to focus on environmental, social, and governance initiatives over a decade ago. Our recent efforts were again recognized by prominent ESG reporting organizations, and for the seventh consecutive year, HCP achieved the Green Star designation from GRESB and was named a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index. Additionally, for the sixth consecutive year, we are named for the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and CDP's Leadership band.

Our cumulative efforts through our ESG initiatives have resulted in an ISS environmental score of 1, social score of 2, and an overall governance quality score of 2. These results reflect the hard work and emphasis this team places on pursuing our ESG initiative.

With that, I'll turn it over to Pete to discuss our financial performance for the quarter and 2019 guidance. Pete?

Peter A. Scott -- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Thanks, Tom. I'll start today with a review of our results, provide an update on our recent capital markets activity, and end with a discussion of our 2019 guidance and related assumptions.

Starting with our fourth quarter results, we reported FFOs adjusted of $0.43 per share and blended same-store cash NOI growth of 1.5%. For full-year 2018, we reported FFOs adjusted of $1.82 per share and blended same-store cash NOI growth of 1.4%, both of which were slightly above the mid-point of our guidance range.

Let me provide more details around the full-year results. For medical office, which represents 30% of our same-store pool, we reported cash NOI growth of 2.1%, which was in line with our guidance range. In 2018, we executed leases on over 2.6 million square feet of space, the highest volume of leasing activity in our history.

Turning to life science, which represents 23% of our same-store pool. We reported cash NOI growth of 1.5%. This was above the high end of our guidance range and driven by better leasing and occupancy. On a normalized basis, excluding the Rigel lease mark-to-market, cash NOI growth would have been 4.5%, which underscores the current strength of the life science segment.

For our other property segment, which is primarily our hospital portfolio and 9% of our same-store pool, we reported cash NOI growth of 3.2%, which was above the high end of our guidance range. Strong performance for the year was driven by the results at our Medical City Dallas campus.

Moving on to our senior housing segment. It is important to emphasize that approximately two-thirds of our senior housing portfolio is currently structured in triple-net lease arrangements. In this segment, which represents 28% of our same-store pool, we reported cash NOI growth of 2%, which was above the high end of our guidance range. This result was driven by better-than-expected ad rents in our Sunrise portfolio.

In our SHOP portfolio, which represents 9% of our same-store pool, we reported NOI growth of negative 3.8%, which was at the low end of our guidance range. As we have previously discussed, it is important to differentiate between the performance of our core portfolio and our transition portfolio. Growth in our core portfolio was solid at positive 1.7%. Those results were more than offset by our transition portfolio, which declined 17%.

A quick note on the fourth quarter performance for our transition portfolio. NOI declined year over year from approximately $6 million to $4 million. This translated into a large percentage change. However, given the small size of the pool, the financial impact was only approximately $2 million. Additionally, we were encouraged by the 30 basis points of sequential growth in occupancy. This growth was driven primarily by 350 basis points, sequential growth in occupancy from the initial assets seven assets we transitioned to Atria and points to the upside potential if new operators stabilize performance.

Turning now to the balance sheet, we made tremendous progress reducing leverage and improving our credit profile. In the fourth quarter, we used the proceeds from The Shoreline and the Apollo transaction to repay $1.2 billion of debt. These actions resulted in credit upgrades to BBB+ from S&P and Caa1 from Moody's, along with a move to positive outlook from Fitch. At the end of the quarter, we reported net debt to adjusted EBITDA of 5.6 times, and we had $1.9 billion of availability under our line of credit.

During the quarter, we were also active in the equity market. We raised approximately $656 million, consisting of $156 million on our ATM and $500 million in a follow-on issuance, the majority of which was structured as a forward offering. This was our first follow-on equity deal in six years.

Turning now to our 2019 guidance. We expect full-year 2019 FFOs adjusted to range between $1.70 to $1.76 per share. During 2018, we completed our major capital recycling transaction. This resulted in a diversified high-quality portfolio that we believe will generate superior risk-adjusted growth over time and a more predictable earnings stream. However, as we previously disclosed, there is a significant carryover impact in 2019 from these activities, as well as from our balance sheet improvements, our ramp-up in development and redevelopment activities, and our senior housing operator transition. All of these positive actions will results in a stronger, better-positioned HCP, but in the near term do result in some drag on earnings.

On page 48 of our supplemental, we have included the detailed assumptions embedded within our 2019 guidance. I would like to take a moment to expand on four items.

First, we have currently assumed a mid-year refinancing of our $800 million 2-5/8 notes due February 2020. Second, we have assumed $600 to $700 million of development and redevelopment spent. This amount is elevated relative to 2018 in order to capture significant value creation opportunities. Third, we have assumed $900 million of acquisition activity at an initial blended cash cap rate of 5% to 5.5%. And finally, we have assumed $500 million of asset sales at a 6.5 to 7.5 cash cap rate. We expect to fund our remaining capital needs through the draw-down of our $430 million equity forward and utilizing our excess debt capacity.

Combined, these four key strategic decisions result in about $0.03 to $0.04 per share of headwind to FFO in 2019. However, as we have said consistently, our goal in 2019 is to create a strong base year with a high-quality portfolio that we expect to grow off of going forward.

Turning now to our SPP assumptions. We are guiding the blended cash NOI growth of 1.25% to 2.75%. We will update or reaffirm this range throughout the year based on performance. The components of our blended growth rate are as follows: Medical office at 1.75% to 2.75%, life science at 4% to 5%, other at 2% to 3%, and senior housing at negative 1.5% to positive 1.5%.

Finishing now with some additional disclosure items. As part of our ongoing commitment to improve the reporting usefulness for our three core lines of business, we have made a few important changes.

First, with regard to senior housing, we are now combining our triple-net and SHOP portfolios for purposes of guidance. However, we have disclosed that our guidance range was derived at the midpoint based on expected triple-net growth of positive 2% and SHOP growth of negative 5%.

Second, we added a summary table for our blended senior housing SPP growth in the earnings release. For the full year 2018, our blended senior housing SPP would have been positive 50 basis points. This should provide some useful context as to how our 2018 performance compares to our 2019 guidance.

Third, we expanded disclosure for our senior housing business. This quarter, we have provided additional quarterly details pertaining to our core and transition SHOP portfolio on page 34 of our supplemental.

Finally, effective January 1, 2019, we are reclassifying Medical City Dallas within our MOB segment. This property is a fully integrated medical campus, and we determined that surgically splitting the income into two separate reporting segments as we had done in the past was not consistent with peer disclosure or how these assets would be valued in the private market.

With that, I would like to turn the call over to Scott.

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Thank you, Pete. There's a lot to cover on the investment front. We are using our deep relationships to acquire and develop well-located real estate where HCP and its partners have superior expertise.

For example, in life science, we're expanding our footprint in Boston through our relationship with King Street. In January, we recapped their property at 87 Cambridge Park Drive in West Cambridge. Yes, it has a superb location, just a one-minute walk from the Alewife T stop. This $71 million acquisition comes with a near-term mark-to-market opportunity and should produce a 6% stabilized cap rate.

In a separate but related transaction, also being done with King Street, we acquired a vacant land parcel that is directly adjacent to the acquisition property in West Cambridge. Within the next few years, we intend to develop a second building, creating a class A campus.

We're also expanding in the two premier life science markets on the West Coast. In November, we acquired our JV partner's minority interest in four buildings for $92 million. Two of the assets are located in Torrey Pines, the leading submarket in San Diego. The other two buildings are located in South San Francisco and are nearing the end of a successful redevelopment. We've already leased the vast majority of the space and expect to achieve a 6% stabilized cap rate on the four-property JV buyout.

Also in November, we went under contract to acquire Sierra Point Towers for $245 million, which is a 6% stabilized cap rate. The towers are highly strategic to us given the campus is next door to our development at The Shore, a project that has tremendous momentum. The acquisition includes excess surface parking, so we can densify the campus over time. With this strategic and coordinated capital deployment, HCP is creating a class A life science campus with more than 1 million square feet.

Moving to medical office, we're working on a number of potential on-campus development opportunities with HCA. We expect to announce new projects in 2019 and beyond, driven by a 20-year history of working together successfully.

Transformation under way in our senior housing business is equally compelling, but harder to see, because we had to take two steps backward to take three steps forward. The HCP senior housing business that is being created will be unrecognizable from what existed previously. The entire business is being transformed: The portfolio, operators, markets, deal structures, the team, and systems.

In 2018, we took decisive actions that, while dilutive to earnings in the near term, were absolutely necessary to create a winning senior housing business over time. We sold $1.5 billion of non-core senior housing last year, and that's in addition to the $2 billion sold in 2017. What remains is a higher quality real estate portfolio. We transitioned 38 properties to new operators who are completely focused on capturing the embedded upside. We are now seeing a nice lift in occupancy from the first wave of transitions last March, and we expect continued improvement moving forward.

We added two best-in-class operating partners, Discovery and LCS. Relationships like these will be instrumental to our success in senior housing. We put 10 well-located, but older assets into redevelopment. The building enhancement will position these properties to perform over the long term. We exited or went under contract to exit five very small operator relationships, which will help make our platform more efficient. Finally, we built out systems and remade the org chart, including adding Jeff Miller to lead senior housing asset management. I know firsthand that he's a great addition to the winning culture being built at HCP.

Moving to the fundamentals in our three core segments. The medical office outlook in 2019 remains solid, and life science fundamentals remain very strong with demand exceeding supply. We continue to be cautious about senior housing in 2019. I'll provide some additional color if there's a longer-term story that's more relevant.

We expect rents to grow in the 3% range in 2019, but wages are likely to grow at least 4% due to low unemployment and high demand for well-trained staff. Importantly, senior housing is a very local business, and in many of our SHOP trade areas, the number of new deliveries in 2019 will exceed prior years. This will pressure occupancy.

Taking a step back, though, we're encouraged by three important trends. First, the penetration rate is growing as the physical, cognitive, and social benefits of senior housing are becoming better understood. Second, new starts have declined to a level where supply and demand should be more in balance within the next two years. And finally, the growth rate for the 85+ cohort, which actually hit a trough in 2018, is now at the very beginning of an upward slope that will gather momentum over the next 10 years and act as a tailwind for several decades.

I'll now turn the call back to the operator for Q&A.

Questions and Answers:

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we'll begin the question-and-answer session. To ask a question, you may press * and then 1 on the touchtone telephone. If you're using a speakerphone, we do ask that you please pick up your handsets before pressing the keys. To withdraw your questions, you may press * and 2. So that everyone may have a chance to participate, we ask that participants please limit their questions to one and a related follow up. If you do have additional questions, please requeue. At this time, we'll pause momentarily to assemble the roster.

Our first question today comes from Nick Yulico from Scotiabank. Please go ahead with your question.

Nick Yulico -- Scotiabank -- Analyst

Thanks. So, first question is just on development and redevelopment. You talked -- you have $600 to $700 million of spend in the guidance, and on the development page you only have $750 million left to spend on everything that's listed there. So, what are you assuming in terms of additional projects being started? How should we think about that?

Thomas M. Klaritch -- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Hey, Nick. This is Tom Klaritch. We look at the HCA development program. We've kicked that off. Right now, we have one project that's announced. We've got three or four that we're in discussions with, and there's a pipeline behind that that will be coming into the schedules later.

Life science, as you know we accelerated the start of Phases II and III of the Shore because there's been such great leasing activity there, and there is anticipated several senior housing projects as we move forward. So, we would look at 2019 being a fairly big year because of the acceleration of those projects at the $600 to $700 million range and then we have a solid pipeline of about $500 million a year for the next two to three years at a minimum.

Nick Yulico -- Scotiabank -- Analyst

Okay. So, I -- and I guess assuming that you start additional projects with HCA or some other projects, just remind us how to think about timing of if you're spending money in the next year? What, when those projects would come online from an NOI benefit standpoint?

Thomas M. Klaritch -- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Usually you're looking at, in the medical office development, about 12 months to build the shell and core. There's about six months later to build out the tenant improvements on the initial leasing. And then we look at a kind of two- to three-year lease-up to stabilization. Life science, we've seen a lot better activity in leasing, so many of these projects that we're starting have -- or are in process are 100% leased and we have very good leasing activity. So, little big longer on the shell and core on those and design. It's probably 18 months to two years and then lease up similar, six to nine months.

Peter A. Scott -- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Hey, Nick. This is Pete here, too. One other thing, if you look at our investor deck, there is a nice page that goes through all of our active developments, but there is also a shadow pipeline that's not within that active pipeline. There are some projects. A lot of it is life sciences, as well. BML-III. We've got our Forbes site, as well, in South San Francisco. We've got some land in Torrey Pines, as well as another site called Directors Place which is near Torrey Pines, as well. And then 101 Cambridge Park Drive acquisition that we announced today. That's a piece of land that we also will put into our shadow pipeline, as well. So, we've got a nice robust, active pipeline, but also we're backfilling the shadow pipeline.

Nick Yulico -- Scotiabank -- Analyst

Okay. Thanks for that. Just last question is on the dividend. It hasn't been raised in a while. The guidance for the year assumes it's not raised again. You have talked about this is transition year, you're eventually returning to growth. How should we think about how the board's thinking about getting back to dividend growth and just also wondering why it was assumed that even at the end of this year there wouldn't be any dividend growth -- dividend raise?

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

Yeah, Nick, this is Tom Herzog here. Fair question. Where we stand right now was with the restructuring that we did, the dividend coverage is a little higher than what we would consider ideal, and we will grow back into that dividend as income growth starts to recur in 2020. So, I would say this year, even as we get into next year we have to make another assessment as we go into 2020, but we'll probably capture some additional coverage before we increase the dividend is my guess, but that is a future board decision.

Nick Yulico -- Scotiabank -- Analyst

Okay. Thank you, Tom.

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

You bet. Thanks, Nick.

Operator

Our next question comes from Jordan Sadler from KeyBanc Capital Markets. Please go ahead with your question.

Jordan Sadler -- KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. -- Analyst

Thank you. I wanted to just touch base on some of the acquisition and disposition activity baked into guidance for 2019. Curious around the acquisitions -- how much of that is already baked and then what types of assets would already be in there...Sorry, what types of assets you're looking at?

Peter A. Scott -- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Hey, Jordan. It's Pete. Why don't I just quickly touch on the sources and uses and then I'll hit on the acquisitions and dispositions, and Scott can jump in if he has some additional color to add. From a uses perspective within our guidance, we've got acquisitions of, we said, $900 million; development and redevelopment at the mid-point of $650 million; and then the balance is a couple hundred million of capital spent. That all adds up to about $1.750 billion. The funding of that is through non-cores sales of $500, which was within our guidance, the draw-down of our equity forward of $430 million, and then the balance of that to get to $1.750 billion of some additional get capacity we have. We ended the year in the mid-5s. We have capacity to go up into the high-5s.

When you think about the acquisition of $900, some of that's already been announced. We announced the Cambridge Park Drive acquisitions today, 87 and 101, as well as Sierra Point Towers. That's about $350 million combined. So, the balance in that $900 million is spec, and we've got a nice pipeline of things that we're looking at right now. Nothing specific to disclose.

On the disposition side, the $500 million-$100 million is actually already closed. It was some non-core senior housing stuff, and then we had this Poway land that closed in January already. And then within that is the U.K. final piece of about $100 million. So, the balance of $300 million is just general pruning within the portfolio, but important to just think about those components.

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

And I would add, Jordan, that most of that has been identified. We're not ready to provide the details, but we do have a game plan around that.

Jordan Sadler -- KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. -- Analyst

Okay. And then just as a follow up for Scott, I sensed a little more optimism or a little bit of a more positive tone on senior housing. I'm wondering if I'm reading that correctly. I know you were looking out into the future, but it seemed that way to me reading, between the lines. Anything else you might offer that you're seeing at the property level as you have gone through this process of transitioning the portfolio and transitioning to new operators and just making your way through it to a greater extent?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Yeah, happy to cover that, Jordan. I mean, I would say there continues to be pretty wide disparity among markets and operators. We have a number that are performing quite well, even in the current environment. But overall, we still see 2019 as a challenging year for HCP, at least in part because of the carryover impact of the transitions, which are starting to show improvement, which is one of the reasons for optimism. There's a lot of upside there to be recaptured. I think we will start to see sequential improvement in that portfolio in 2019.

I would just point out that the year-over-year growth rate will almost certainly be negative for at least the first half of 2019, just to be clear on that. But we are seeing improvement sequentially, and I think by the end of the year there's a good chance that you'll start to see year-over-year increase in the NOI growth and hopefully into 2020 and 2021 rather than down 33. You start to see some materially positive percentage increases for growth, but again, it's a relatively small dollar amount in absolute dollars. We're only talking about $4 million in that transition portfolio in 4Q, but the growth rate sure sticks out. We're optimistic that in 2020, 2021 it will stick out, as well, but with a positive number in front of it.

So, the optimism is more looking into 2020 and 2021, Jordan. I think '19 is difficult, in part because of the core portfolio which, amazingly, had a great 2018. We were up almost 2% in the core portfolio year-over-year. That, I think, would compare well to pretty much anyone in the sector, but we did see performance tail off into 4Q, which is one reason we're less optimistic about the growth rate in 2019 for that core portfolio.

Maybe the final point I'd make is just two-thirds of the portfolio roughly is still in triple net where we've got contractual rate increases and we're projecting about 2% growth in 2019. So, it's a good time to have a waiting toward triple net.

Tom, I think you wanted to add something?

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

You know, what I would add, Jordan, as we've looked at our senior housing business, certainly there's some more work to do, clearly, and with that comes the potential for some strong upside. I think the optimism that you're hearing is that we have systematically taken that business apart and are rebuilding it, literally in all aspects. We have rebuilt the team. We have put in place infrastructure and systems and have data and reporting. The portfolio today looks nothing like what it looked like a few years ago. The operator mix has been changed dramatically. With more work to do and things that we're working on not that we're not ready to announce yet, but over time we will. So, it's been a systematic process, and we are definitely playing the long game on this one, because we believe we can create a very good business in a business that's quite inefficient, meaning that there are going to be some that do well and some maybe not so well. We'd like to be part of the group that does well in this business, because we see long-term prospects being very good. That's probably the optimism that you're hearing within the comments.

Jordan Sadler -- KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. -- Analyst

Got it. Thank you.

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

Thanks, Jordan.

Operator

Our next question comes from John Kim from BMO Capital Markets. Please go ahead with your question.

John Kim -- BMO Capital Markets (United States) -- Analyst

Thank you. Good morning. I had a question on your development disclosure on page 22. You provide a stabilized occupancy date for your developments, and then there's a footnote saying six months later you'll have economic stabilization. So, should be looking at this as the occupancy is the FFO contribution and the stabilization date, which is three to six months after, is the AFFO contribution?

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

That's probably a good way to look at it. Really the occupancy starts on these projects almost at six months after completion. The stabilized occupancy is when it gets -- for a medical office we normally consider that in the 85-plus range, similar for life science. Each segment could take a little bit longer to get to stabilization. If that answers the question.

John Kim -- BMO Capital Markets (United States) -- Analyst

Well for instance, the Ridgeview and the Cove, is that going to -- are those going to contribute to FFO this year?

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

There is some...Yes, it will toward the latter half of the year. Now, there is a pre-rent component typically within the leases in life sciences. So, it will contribute first to FFO, but then there's typically a six-month lag or so before it contributes to FAD.

John Kim -- BMO Capital Markets (United States) -- Analyst

Okay. And then a follow up on your guidance. Some of your peers don't include acquisitions in their guidance. So, I'm wondering with this $900 million, which Pete said some of that's already been announced, is this figure realistic? Is it sort of a conservative number? And how much of this is driven by your cost of capital?

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

I would describe it this way: Typically, we wouldn't put future acquisitions in our guidance, but as you're well aware, when we took certain actions in 2018 that raised a lot of capital, we paid down debt below the level that we considered to be the optimal place to function, and we had a forward equity issuance. We have had a number of different transactions in line that we've been working on that would utilize those proceeds. It's been part of a bigger plan. Therefore, in this particular case because these funds are so obviously available, it would only make sense to you as you're trying to understand our numbers if we provide to you the acquisitions that we do see coming our direction in totality. Otherwise, typically we would just...If we didn't have the funds raised already and have access to them, we typically would exclude them.

John Kim -- BMO Capital Markets (United States) -- Analyst

That's helpful. Thank you.

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

Thanks.

Operator

Our next question comes from Drew Babin from Baird. Please go ahead with your question.

Drew Babin -- Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. -- Analyst

Good morning. Quick question on the development pipeline. As you go through The Cove at Oyster Point and Sierra Point, the remaining phases at those projects, can you talk about the sequencing of yields on that as they deliver? I know some of these projects, a lot of infrastructure was put on kind of in the initial phases and the yields kind of build over time, but a little more specifically, what should we expect with those?

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

If you look at the various phases, normally the last phase, as with The Cove, there are no amenities or parking garage. So, we're looking at a much higher yield on that in the upper 9s. The same is true of Sierra Point. The overall return on The Shore at Sierra Point is in the low 6s. If you look, Phase I had the amenity package. Phase II will have the parking garage. And again, the final phase, Phase III, has none of that. So, the Phase III is more in the low 7 range while the other two phases are in the low 6s.

Drew Babin -- Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. -- Analyst

Okay, that's helpful. And then just one question on the triple net portfolio. In the profile on page 28 of the supplemental, it looks like there's one lease with about 0.75 times coverage that's about 2% of your overall revenues with no corporate guarantee. I was just wondering if you could talk a little more specifically about what that is, when it expires, and what might be done to deal with that?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Yeah, Scott here. I'll cover that. I think you're referring to one of the Sunrise leases. The lease matures in about 10 years. It's a complicated ad rent structure that we inherited more than 10 years ago, and you've heard us talk on previous calls about the potential to convert some of the Sunrise ad rent leases into SHOP. I would put that in the category of a potential conversion. But despite the payment coverage showing up as 0.75 on the schedule, that would not be diluted to our earnings because of the way the complicated rent waterfall works. At the end of the day, the rent that HCP receives is quite consistent with the EBITDA that's generated at the property.

Drew Babin -- Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. -- Analyst

Okay. And I guess just one more follow up on the topic of Sunrise. As you look out to 2020, the triple-net maturities...Obviously you've talked before about potentially converting some, if not all, of this to SHOP. I guess how do CapEx costs play into this, where if it's a SHOP asset you're paying a management fee, you're taking on the CapEx burden? Could it potentially be more economical to stay triple net with a lower rent payment, or do you kind of think about it as a troughing in the cycle might be better, all things considered, to just go SHOP?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Yeah, it depends. Not all the situations are the same. Across the board, if you see us convert triple net into SHOP, you can be assured that it would be higher quality real estate and an operating partner that we have a lot of confidence in. If we don't check those two boxes, I think it's highly unlikely that we would look to convert to SHOP. And then on Sunrise in particular, which is the most likely candidate for conversion, because of the complicated way the waterfall works, the CapEx is actually paid before the rent, so there would not be any leakage in the SHOP structure there.

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

I would add to that when you think about the Sunrise conversion of those assets, again it's a structure that's dated. SHOP has taken its place. So, when you think about our motivation to do it, it creates alignment with our operator that's a lot less confusing to you. Frankly, it's less confusing to us because all these arrangements are different; it's a major headache. And from an earnings perspective, it's relatively a push, and that's how I would look at it.

Drew Babin -- Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. -- Analyst

Okay, that's all very helpful. Thank you.

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

Thank you.

Operator

Our next question comes from Michael Carroll from RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead with your question.

Michael Carroll -- RBC Capital Markets LLC -- Analyst

Yeah, thanks. Scott, I wanted to touch on the transition SHOP portfolio real quick. I know you made some remarks in your prepared comments. I just wanted to confirm, had those assets been stabilized already, and have you seen declines in, I guess, executive director departures and employee turnover and things like that?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

I would definitely not call them stabilized. We transitioned 38 in total. The first wave of transitions occurred in March, but nearly half of the transitions occurred in the second half 2018. So, there's still quite a divergence, even within the transition portfolio and performance, and the ones that transitioned earlier have started to see a nice increase in occupancy and at least signs that expenses are getting closer to normal levels or that they will return to normal levels.

The assets that transitioned in the third and fourth quarter are still going through a period where occupancy is way down, hasn't yet started to recover. And we just have some crazy increases in expenses that just will not recur. Just as an example, repair and maintenance are up 60 % year-over-year, and insurance is up 80%, and contract labor is 10 times the normal level. I mean, they're just absurd numbers that we could through the exercise of normalizing all of this stuff, and it would be an enormous number. I mean, back of the envelope was like $1 million of expenses that I think you could reasonably call transitory in nature on a base of $4 million of NOI.

So, we didn't normalize any of those things, but we keep trying to say this is such a small pool with such small dollars, with such unusual elevated expenses that the numbers this quarter are ugly, but we are going to recapture that. It's just a matter of time.

Michael Carroll -- RBC Capital Markets LLC -- Analyst

Okay. And I think on a prior call you highlighted that by stabilizing these assets you can generate about $25 million of incremental NOI. Is that still a good estimate for stabilizing these assets and where that NOI number can go?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Yeah, I think that's still a good estimate. The big question is timing, and I think we are going to start seeing improvement in 2019. At the same time, a number of the assets didn't transition until late in the year, and those will take some time. We've put seven of the 38 assets into redevelopment, and there's massive upside on those, but it's actually diluted in 2019, like any redevelopment. Then we start to see some real benefit in '20, '21, and '22.

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

And Scott, correct me if I'm wrong. We might have $4 or $5 million of the $25 built into our numbers, which could be higher, it could be lower. The timing is difficult to determine, but just for a basis for the analysts to use, probably $4 to $5 million is spent on [inaudible], correct?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Correct.

Michael Carroll -- RBC Capital Markets LLC -- Analyst

Okay, great. And then the redevelopment -- is that in your development page, the 10 that has the total budget of about $80 million to complete those?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

That's right.

Michael Carroll -- RBC Capital Markets LLC -- Analyst

Okay. Thanks, Scott.

Operator

Our next question comes from Nick Joseph from Citi. Please go ahead with your question.

Nick Joseph -- Citi -- Analyst

Thanks. I just want to understand the thought process behind the refinancing of the 2020 debt given the low coupon, and then is there a cost associated with the early repayment nadir?

Peter A. Scott -- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Hey, Nick. It's Pete here. So, what I would say about that is there wouldn't be a cost just given the low coupon that that bond trades at. It actually trades at a discount to par now. So, if we take it out early, we have to pay par on that, but nothing above and beyond par. But we've have to pay part of maturity anyways, too. As you think about refinancing that, we obviously would love to keep that low rate as long as possible, but we have to pay that debt back anyways in early 2020. By incorporating it in our guidance, it gives us some flexibility if the bond markets are cooperating to do something earlier, if we so choose. We also have very little secured debt, as well, if we so choose to do something there, although our goal typically is to do the unsecured bond market from an issuance perspective.

From a rate perspective today, where would we issue? Somewhere between 4% and 5%, but it depends upon tenor. The longer the tenor, the higher the rate. I would say on a 10-year basis, we're probably right in the middle of that. Maybe we could do a little bit better today, but, again, we assumed a mid-year refinance of that.

Nick Joseph -- Citi -- Analyst

Thanks.

Operator

And our next question comes from Vikram Malhotra from Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead with your question.

Vikram Malhotra -- Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC -- Analyst

Great. Thanks for taking the question. The life science segment continues to be very strong; the guidance certainly suggests that. I'm wondering if you can give a bit more color on the components of that same-store NOI between sort of occupancy rent spreads and just given the expirations over the next two years where do you think those are relative to market?

Thomas M. Herzog -- HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

Yeah, good question, Vikram. Obviously that market is performing well, and 2018 was really a banner year across the board for the industry. Our occupancy is already quite high in the mid-to-high 90s, so the vast majority of that same-store growth above and beyond what you would expect normal escalators being around 3% is from the mark-to-market on the rents. Rents have gone up pretty dramatically the last couple years in all of our markets, especially San Francisco. And so, what I would say from a mark-to-market perspective the next couple years, the rents expiring in '19 and '20 as we look at it are about 15% to 20% below market. So, while we're having a nice year this year in life sciences as part of our guidance, we see this trend persisting for at least another year, perhaps beyond, which gives us some comfort with regards to the developments and other things we're doing within that segment.

Vikram Malhotra -- Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC -- Analyst

Okay. And to clarify that, when do the new developments roll into same-store?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Typically it's about a year after it hits its stabilization period. So, for example, right now none of The Cove projects, Phases II at least...I don't think Phase I is actually in our same-store at this point in time. We really wait for a full year to wrap around for a good year-over-year comparison.

Thomas M. Herzog-HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

And, Vikram, we don't apply judgment on that. If you go back to our glossary on the stabilization period, you'll be able to read very specifically. Just so you don't think there's judgment that we apply.

Vikram Malhotra -- Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC -- Analyst

Okay, great. And then just a clarification on the expirations and the restructuring -- potential restructuring you referenced. The triple-net expiration in 2020, is that mostly Sunrise, and is that what you were referring to as a candidate for restructuring into RIDEA?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Hey, Vikram. It's Scott. The Sunrise lease that Drew mentioned is a 20/30 maturity, so it shows up 10-plus years from now. The nearer term maturities, like 2020, be assured we're actively asset managing each of those and have ongoing dialogues with the operators, but nothing to report at this point.

Vikram Malhotra -- Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC -- Analyst

So, that big $40 million, is that just a combination of a bunch of different operators?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Yes, that's correct. Not one operator.

Vikram Malhotra -- Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC -- Analyst

Okay, and some could be RIDEA? There could be different outcomes for each? Is there any majority are converting, or is it too early to tell right now?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

I'd say the majority of that is very high-quality real estate that would be a good candidate for conversion, and there are a handful that are more likely sale candidates.

Vikram Malhotra -- Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC -- Analyst

Okay, great. Thank you.

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Thank you.

Operator

Our next question comes from Chad Vanacore from Stifel. Please go ahead with your question.

Chad Vanacore -- Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. -- Analyst

All right, thanks. I just want to roll back a few comments on the senior housing operating platform. I think, Scott, you gave us rate expectation of 3%, and that is overall, not just in place? Is that right?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Correct.

Chad Vanacore -- Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. -- Analyst

All right. And then, was that expenses up 4%, or was that just the wage and labor portion of expenses?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

It's really both, but it's compensation expense that is driving most of it, and that insurance expense is going to be elevated a bit in 2019, as well. So, both labor and total operating expenses should be in the, say, mid-4s for 2019.

Chad Vanacore -- Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. -- Analyst

Okay. All right. And then, just given that, that leaves us a component -- a question on the occupancy, because that would imply still a deeper occupancy drop. Is that -- are we thinking about that right? What level of occupancy drop are you expecting?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Yeah, and I'll separate the core portfolio from transitions, core being about of the three-quarters of the pool and Brookdale representing about 75% of that core portfolio. I mentioned that occupancy trailed off in the second half of 2018. So, we actually see the core portfolio occupancy being down in the 150 to 200 basis points year-over-year, best guess. It's a small pool. That could change. But from where we sit today, that's our best guess. We do have some new supply impacting our local markets.

The transition portfolio is likely to be more flat year-over-year, given the current trends.

Chad Vanacore -- Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. -- Analyst

All right. What's the...How should we think about the difference between same-store NOI between that core and transitional portfolio? You think that transitional is dragging down the overall performance?

Thomas M. Herzog - HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

Yeah, a bit. We said 5% at the mid-point, and keep in mind that the core portfolio is roughly 70% of that pool, 70% to 75%. I would expect the core portfolio would do a bit better than the 5% with transitions a bit worse, but with very large differences from quarter to quarter. Transitions will likely start out pretty negative on a year-over-year basis and then get better throughout 2019 and hopefully show a nice positive number by the end of the year, whereas core is more likely to be just sort of low-single digits down throughout the year. But again, I'll keep saying it, both of them are very small pools. There's just a lot of variability in it. If something changes, we'll let you know.

Chad Vanacore -- Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. -- Analyst

Got you. Well, just one final question on that. How should we think about that trend throughout the year? Normal seasonality would be a dip in the first half and then recover in the second half. Should we expect that following, or should we expect a kind of faster ramp-up in the second half?

Thomas M. Herzog-HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

It is seasonal, and occupancy does tend to fall in the first quarter. At the same time from an NOI standpoint, the first quarter is usually quite good for senior housing because there are fewer days in the quarter and you pay most expenses on a daily or hourly basis, whereas rates are paid monthly usually. So, we usually see the first quarter as being quite strong on NOI, even though it's weak on occupancy. So, it's somewhat counterintuitive. But I just wanted to point that out that I -- we aren't necessarily going to see the first quarter be a terrible quarter. If anything, it actually might be OK.

Chad Vanacore -- Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. -- Analyst

All right. I'll hop back in the queue. Thanks.

Operator

Our next question comes from Omotayo Okusanya from Jefferies. Please go ahead with your question.

Omotayo Okusanya -- Jefferies LLC-- Analyst

Hi. Good afternoon, or morning in California. Still want to focus on the SHOP portfolio. The transition piece that you talked about, this idea of moving from $4 million of cash NOI in 4Q '18, and correct me if I'm wrong, but you said you could -- when this is all kind of said and done, you could potentially be making $25 million in NOI in a quarter? Or was that an annualized number?

Thomas M. Klaritch -- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Yeah, let me clarify because there are different components. We transitioned 38 properties, and roughly 14 of those are in the same-store pool. So, there are 24 roughly properties that are not in the same-store pool. So, the annualized NOI today out of that pool is around $10 million in the fourth quarter. So, if you annualize it it's closer to $40, and we think there's up to $25 million of upside from there.

Omotayo Okusanya -- Jefferies LLC-- Analyst

So, the $10 million a quarter is both for the same-store plus non-same-store?

Thomas M. Klaritch -- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Correct.

Omotayo Okusanya -- Jefferies LLC-- Analyst

Okay. And that's $40 million a year, and then the upside gets you to $65 million a year for the whole portfolio?

Thomas M. Klaritch -- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Yeah, rough numbers. Correct.

Omotayo Okusanya -- Jefferies LLC-- Analyst

Okay, excellent. Now, could you just talk a little bit about what has to happen to move from 40 to 65? Is this 500 basis points gain in occupancy? Is this reducing OpEx? What is that trigger?

Thomas M. Klaritch -- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Yeah, it's mostly eliminating the transitory expenses, including the ones I mentioned earlier in the call, and then recapturing occupancy. That portfolio is down roughly 1,000 basis points from two years ago. When we talked about the $25 million of NOI recapture, it was primarily from recapturing the lost occupancy and eliminating the transitory expenses.

Omotayo Okusanya -- Jefferies LLC-- Analyst

Gotcha. Okay, thank you. And then on the HCA side of things, again, it's great to kind of see a project starting off with them. Could you kind of remind us again about the relationship itself and kind of how big this could potentially become over time?

Thomas M. Klaritch -- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Sure. This is Tom Klaritch again. The relationship goes back many, many years. If you look back in the '90s for example, HCP did a lot of development work for both HCA and HealthTrust. In 2000, we acquired MedCap Properties, which was HCA's spin-off medical office building portfolio. Personally, I've been both an HCA CFO and then helped put together the MedCap Properties. So, I've been kind of affiliated with the company since the late '80s. So, it's a very good relationship we have there.

If you look at the projects, what started out when we were first talking about it was about a $200 million potential pipeline. That's actually grown since then. We would anticipate, given the projects that we're working on right now and what's in the pipeline, probably to be $60 to $100 million a year in spend on that program for the next three to five years.

Omotayo Okusanya -- Jefferies LLC-- Analyst

Okay. All right, that's it for me. Thank you.

Operator

And ladies and gentlemen, once again, if you would like to ask a question, please press * and 1. So that everyone may have a chance to participate, we do ask that you please limit yourselves to one question and a related follow up.

Our next question comes from Daniel Bernstein from Capital One. Please go ahead with your question.

Daniel Bernstein -- Capital One Securities, Inc. -- Analyst

Hi. I'm just trying to reconcile a little bit the...You've given your senior housing guidance combined SHOP and triple net, which implies to me you were kind of indifferent to the structures versus the longer-term positivity you're having around '20, '21 fundamentals for senior housing. Are you truly indifferent to one structure versus the other? And then, if we went out two or three years, are we going to see the mix of RIDEA versus triple net very different for you guys versus where it is today? Do you want to be a little bit more like your peers, 30%, 40% RIDEA, or would you rather stick to triple net?

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Hi, Dan. I'll start, and I think Tom has some comments, as well. I wouldn't say we're indifferent. I would say that if we have a high-quality real estate property and an operator that we have high confidence in, we're happy to do the RIDEA structure. We think it does typically align interests more between the owner and the operator, and we think that can be a very successful investment structure over a long period of time. We would be happy to put those same properties and operators into a triple-net structure, as well, if that was of interest. It's usually not to the operator, but if it was, we'd be happy to pull senior housing assets into triple net.

I think the real distinction for us in terms of ownership structure is on the more class B properties and older assets, maybe operators that we don't have as much confidence in. Those would be more likely candidates for triple net.

And I think Tom wanted to make a comment more about the guidance and combining.

Thomas M. Herzog-HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

Just reporting and the guidance. I'll tell you, Dan, how we think about that is when we won the business from a management team perspective, it really is across the three lines of business: Life science, MOBs, and senior housing that we've been talking about for the last two to three years. We did want our reporting to reflect how we look at the business, how we drive the business. In senior housing, we asset manage. We look at it from a capital allocation perspective, et cetera, along those three lines of business. So, we did want to have some reporting that reflected that.

At the same time, we did not want to have you lose any information for your modeling purposes or your understanding of the components. So, of course we left that all in place, in addition to adding some additional disclosure to give you quarterly information between the three buckets of core, transition, and of course you have triple net. And we've guided it the same way. So, that is how we came to the conclusion that we thought that would be more useful for somebody that wants to look at it from a little higher vantage point and look at it the way that we have a tendency to manage it around profitability of our company as we continue to grow and those that prefer to continue to look at it with a little bit more detail. So, all that information is in there.

Daniel Bernstein -- Capital One Securities, Inc. -- Analyst

Okay. I appreciate that. I think in the interest of time, I'll hop off. Thanks

Thomas M. Herzog-HCP, Inc. -- President and Chief Executive Officer

Thanks.

Operator

Our next question comes from Todd Stender from Wells Fargo. Please go ahead with your question.

Todd Stender -- Wells Fargo Securities LLC-- Analyst

Hi, thanks. Just a quick one for me. What returns are you forecasting? When you look at the Torrey Pines and the South San Francisco assets that you just acquired, you took out the joint venture partner interest, can you kind of compare what you were earning on a yield perspective? I imagine there were some management fees tucked in there versus what you're going forward yield's going to be?

Thomas M. Klaritch -- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

I'm happy to take that one. We thought this was a great use of capital for HCP. We're happy to consolidate and own 100% of these four assets. The two in San Diego are largely stabilized. So, there's really no change in returns. The two in San Francisco had been undergoing redevelopment for the past year or so. They're now 75% leased and 100% committed. So, when we talked about the 6% stabilized cap rate, that should be fully in place by 2020.

Todd Stender -- Wells Fargo Securities LLC-- Analyst

Okay, Thanks, Scott. Because you had some management fees, I imagine, tucked in that you'll lose. Any real change there? It doesn't sound like there is.

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Hey, Todd. No. That actually was a joint venture that was set up even before HCP bought Slough about 20 years ago, and there were not really any asset management fees associated with that of note.

Todd Stender -- Wells Fargo Securities LLC-- Analyst

Okay, got it. Thank you.

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Thanks.

Operator

And our next question comes from Michael Mueller from JP Morgan. Please go ahead with your question.

Michael Mueller -- JP Morgan -- Analyst

Thanks. Just a quick one. I was curious -- did putting Med City Dallas in the MOB bucket for 2019 have any material impact on the 1.75 to 2.57 same-store guide?

Thomas M. Klaritch -- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

This is Tom Klaritch, Michael. No, it didn't have really a material impact on it at all. I think it was just around 10 basis points. So, that was it.

Scott M. Brinker -- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Mike, moving that is more around putting it within the -- we think the appropriate segment from a cap rate perspective. In fact, it might actually go under a better cap rate than a class A medical office building. But tucked away in our hospital segment, it typically was getting a cap rate that we didn't think was appropriate for that type of integrated facility and we moved it over there. It d