CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mexican quick-service restaurant staple Taco John's® proudly welcomes industry veteran Heather Neary to the executive leadership team as President and Chief Executive Officer. Neary brings more than two decades of relevant restaurant, brand, and franchise leadership experience to her new role, most recently as the Brand President at KBP Brands, a large QSR Franchisee. She joins Taco John's as the company accelerates its expansion throughout the Midwest and ...

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EPRT; the “Company”) announced today the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 9,000,000 shares of its common stock, all of which are being offered in connection with the forward sale agreements described below, at a public offering price of $24.75 per share. The offering was upsized from the previously announced offering size of 8,000,000 shares of common stock, and the offering is expected to close on March 14, 2024, ...

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EPRT; the “Company”) announced today that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock on a forward basis in connection with the forward sale agreements described below. BofA Securities, Wells Fargo Securities, Truist Securities and Mizuho are acting as the joint book-running managers for the offering. In connection with the offering, the Company expects to enter into forward sale a ...

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EPRT; the “Company”) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.285 per share of common stock for the first quarter of 2024. This represents an annualized dividend of $1.14 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on April 12, 2024, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 29, 2024. About Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. Essential Properties Real ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (NASDAQ: RRGB) (“Red Robin” or the “Company”), a full-service restaurant chain serving an innovative selection of high-quality gourmet burgers in a family-friendly atmosphere, today announced it completed a third Sale-Leaseback transaction with Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EPRT) to sell and simultaneously lease-back ten owned properties. The transaction generated gross proceeds of approximately $24 million. The Company a ...

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EPRT) (the “Company” or “EPRT”) announced the promotion of two executives. Max Jenkins has been promoted to EVP, Head of Investments. AJ Peil, CFA has been promoted to EVP, Head of Asset Management. Pete Mavoides, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “ These promotions highlight the impressive performance of two of our senior leaders and serve as recognition for their contributions over their many ...

Tsokur Introduction The other day, I was playing around with my portfolio and calculating how well I would do financially if I had a 5%-yielding portfolio instead of a sub-3% like I currently have. The reason I do not have a high-yield portfolio is the fact that I'm not even 30 yet. For now, I want to focus on dividend growth instead of income, as I can always shift my portfolio toward income if needed. While I will go into depth in the future, I figured out that a 5.0% yield would allow me to retire in a l ...

Essential Properties (EPRT) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $0.42 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This compares to FFO of $0.39 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post FFO of $0.42 per share when it actually produced FFO of $0.42, delivering no surprise.Over the last four quarters, the company has not been able to surpass consensus FFO estimates.Essential Properties, whic ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number 001-38530 Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter) Maryland 82-4005693 (State or ot ...

VioletaStoimenova Introduction Essential Properties (NYSE:EPRT) is now one of my favorite REITs because it is growing rapidly while its share price has not moved much in recent years. In addition, EPRT offers strong growth, favorable tenant metrics and good diversification, and has a strong balance sheet. I first published about Essential Properties in September 2021 and gave it a hold rating. What I like about Essential Properties is that they lease their properties to service-oriented tenants. These b ...