Shares of Welltower (WELL) have rallied 39.1% year to date, outperforming the industry's growth of 9.9%. Welltower owns a well-diversified portfolio of healthcare real estate assets in the key markets of the United States, Canada and the U.K. Given an aging population and an expected rise in senior citizens' healthcare expenditure, Welltower's senior housing operating (SHO) portfolio and outpatient medical (OM) segment are well-poised to benefit from this positive trend. Analysts seem positive on this healt ...