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W. P. Carey Announces Departure of President John Park
Prnewswire· 2024-07-10 11:30
Mr. Fox said, "John has been an integral member of the W. P. Carey team for nearly 37 years. His contributions to our success have been numerous and I have personally valued his insights, creativity, and importantly, his friendship over the years. On behalf of the entire company, I want to thank John for the critical role he played in shaping W. P. Carey." www.wpcarey.com NEW YORK, July 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC), a leading net lease REIT, today announced that John Park will step ...
W. P. Carey Earns 2024 Great Place to Work Certification™ in the U.S. and Europe
Prnewswire· 2024-07-08 11:30
Sarah Lewis-Kulin, Vice President of Global Recognition at Great Place to Work, said: "Great Place to Work Certification is a highly coveted achievement that requires consistent and intentional dedication to the overall employee experience. By successfully earning this recognition, it is evident that W. P. Carey stands out as one of the top companies to work for, providing a great workplace environment for its employees." In addition, W. P. Carey was selected as one of this year's Best Small and Medium Work ...
W. P. Carey Inc. (WPC) Nareit REIT Week: 2024 Investor Conference
2024-06-06 03:29
W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) Nareit REIT Week: 2024 Investor Conference June 5, 2024 2:45 PM ET Company Participants Jason Fox - Chief Executive Officer Jeremiah Gregory - Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets Conference Call Participants Brad Heffern - RBC Capital Markets Brad Heffern Everybody. Thanks for joining this session. I'm Brad Heffern, I'm the net lease analyst for RBC Capital Markets, and I'm pleased to be here with W. P. Carey today. We have to my left, Jason Fox, CEO; and Jeremiah Grego ...
W. P. Carey(WPC) - 2024 Q1 - Quarterly Report
2024-05-01 20:09
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q ☑ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024 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: 001-13779 W. P. Carey Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Maryland 45-4549771 (State of incorpora ...
W. P. Carey(WPC) - 2024 Q1 - Earnings Call Presentation
2024-05-01 19:11
W. P. C A R E Y W. P. Carey Inc. Investor Presentation 1Q24 50+ Years of Investing for the Long Run® | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | |-----------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Table of Contents | | | | | | Overview | 3 | | | | | Real Estate Portfolio | 7 | | | | | Balance Sheet | 19 | | | | | ESG | 23 | | | | Unless otherwise noted, all data in this presentation is as of March 31, 2024. Amounts may not sum t ...
W. P. Carey(WPC) - 2024 Q1 - Earnings Call Transcript
2024-05-01 18:43
W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call May 1, 2024 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Peter Sands - Executive Director & Head, IR Jason Fox - CEO & Director Toni Sanzone - MD & CFO Brooks Gordon - MD & Head, Asset Management Conference Call Participants Mitchell Germain - JMP Securities James Kammert - Evercore ISI Anthony Paolone - JPMorgan Chase & Co. Harsh Hemnani - Green Street Advisors Nicholas Joseph - Citigroup Brendan Lynch - Barclays Bank Eric Borden - BMO Capital Markets Greg M ...
W. P. Carey(WPC) - 2024 Q1 - Quarterly Results
2024-04-30 20:04
Exhibit 99.2 W. P. Carey Inc. Supplemental Information First Quarter 2024 Terms and Definitions As used in this supplemental package, the terms “W. P. Carey,” “WPC,” “we,” “us” and “our” include W. P. Carey Inc., its consolidated subsidiaries and its predecessors, unless otherwise indicated. Other terms and definitions are as follows: REIT Real estate investment trust NLOP Net Lease Office Properties The spin-off of 59 office properties owned by WPC into NLOP, a separate publicly-traded Spin-Off REIT, which ...
W. P. Carey Inc. (WPC) Citi 2024 Global Property CEO Conference (Transcript)
2024-03-05 20:23
W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) Citi 2024 Global Property CEO Conference March 5, 2024 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Jason Fox - CEO Brooks Gordon - Head of Asset Management Conference Call Participants Smedes Rose - Citi Smedes Rose All right. Welcome to Citi's 2024 Global Property CEO Conference. I'm Smedes Rose of Citi Research. We're pleased to have with us W. P. Carey and Jason Fox, CEO. This session is for Citi clients only, if media or other individuals are on the line, please disconnect now. Disclosu ...
W. P. Carey(WPC) - 2023 Q4 - Annual Report
2024-02-09 21:56
Portfolio Composition and Geographic Distribution - The company's portfolio consists of 1,424 properties net-leased to 336 tenants across 26 countries, with 58% of contractual minimum annualized base rent (ABR) generated in the U.S. and 37% in Europe[14] - As of December 31, 2023, the portfolio includes 96 operating properties: 89 self-storage properties, five hotels, and two student housing properties[14] - 80% of the company's ABR as of December 31, 2023, is concentrated in industrial/warehouse and retail assets[47] - 42% of the company's ABR as of December 31, 2023, is derived from real estate properties located outside the United States[48] - The company's portfolio consists of net-leased commercial real estate assets primarily in the United States and Northern and Western Europe, with a focus on industrial, warehouse, retail, and self-storage properties[168] - The United States accounted for 57.8% of total ABR, with the South region contributing the highest at 16.4%[177] - International ABR accounted for 42.2% of total ABR, with Germany being the largest contributor at 5.5%[177] - ABR from properties in Canada is predominantly denominated in U.S. dollars, accounting for 92.1% of the total[180] Lease and Occupancy Details - The portfolio's occupancy rate as of December 31, 2023, was approximately 98.1%[41] - Investment grade tenants account for 18% of total ABR, while implied investment grade tenants account for 6%[41] - The weighted-average lease term is 11.7 years, with 99.6% of leases providing rent adjustments: 56.2% tied to CPI, 40.7% fixed, and 2.7% other[41] - Approximately 21% of the company's leases, based on ABR as of December 31, 2023, are due to expire within the next five years[56] - Top ten tenants accounted for approximately 21% of total ABR at December 31, 2023[67] - Occupancy rate for net-leased properties slightly decreased to 98.1% in 2023 from 98.8% in 2022[169] - Lease expirations in 2024 include 29 leases with 23 tenants, contributing $60.32 million in ABR (4.5% of total ABR) and 7,886 thousand square feet (4.6% of total square footage)[185] Financial Performance and Metrics - The company's total revenues for 2023 were $1,741,358 thousand, with real estate revenues contributing $1,738,139 thousand[163] - Net income attributable to W. P. Carey increased to $708,334 thousand in 2023, up from $599,139 thousand in 2022[163] - Adjusted funds from operations (AFFO) increased to $1,118,267 thousand in 2023, primarily due to investment activity and rent escalations[163][167] - Net-leased properties ABR decreased to $1,339,352 thousand in 2023 from $1,381,899 thousand in 2022, a decline of 3.1%[169] - Total assets decreased to $17,976,783 thousand in 2023 from $18,102,035 thousand in 2022[169] - Acquisition volume remained stable at $1,264.2 million in 2023 compared to $1,265.5 million in 2022[169] - Construction projects completed decreased significantly to $60.7 million in 2023 from $148.1 million in 2022[169] - Total lease revenues for 2023 increased by $125.76 million to $1,427.38 million compared to 2022, driven by higher revenues from existing and recently acquired net-leased properties[191] - Income from finance leases and loans receivable increased by $32.91 million to $107.17 million in 2023, primarily due to reclassifications of net-leased properties to sales-type leases[191] - Operating property revenues surged by $121.03 million to $180.26 million in 2023, largely due to properties acquired in the CPA:18 Merger and recent reclassifications[191] Debt and Financing - Consolidated indebtedness as of December 31, 2023, was approximately $8.1 billion, representing a consolidated debt to gross assets ratio of approximately 41.6%[73] - $579.1 million of property-level mortgage debt on a non-recourse basis as of December 31, 2023[78] - $6.0 billion in Senior Unsecured Notes outstanding as of December 31, 2023[73] - $403.8 million outstanding under the Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility as of December 31, 2023[73] - $1.1 billion outstanding under the Unsecured Term Loans as of December 31, 2023[73] - The company maintains a $2.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility to fund immediate capital needs and unencumber assets[34] - The company entered into a new €500.0 million unsecured term loan maturing in April 2026, with a fixed interest rate of 4.34% through 2024[162] - The company amended its Senior Unsecured Credit Facility, increasing the capacity from $1.8 billion to $2.0 billion and extending the maturity to February 14, 2029[162] - The average outstanding debt balance in 2023 was $8,404,466 thousand, with a weighted-average interest rate of 3.2%, up from 2.7% in 2022[213] - The company prepaid or repaid $483.1 million of non-recourse mortgage loans with a weighted-average interest rate of 4.8% since January 1, 2022[212] - The company issued senior unsecured notes totaling $334.8 million in September 2022 with a weighted-average interest rate of 3.6%[212] Strategic Transactions and Programs - The company sold 79 out of 87 office properties under the Office Sale Program, generating gross proceeds of approximately $608.1 million[15] - The company completed the spin-off of 59 office properties into Net Lease Office Properties (NLOP) on November 1, 2023[16] - The CPA:18 Merger in August 2022 added approximately $2.2 billion of real estate assets to the company's portfolio[17] - The company completed the acquisition of 16 investments totaling $1.2 billion and three construction projects costing $60.7 million in 2023[158] - The company disposed of 31 properties for total proceeds, net of selling costs, of $446.4 million, including eight properties sold under the Office Sale Program for $216.9 million[159] - A portfolio of 70 properties leased to the State of Andalusia, contributing $32.5 million in ABR, was sold in January 2024[186] - U-Haul Moving Partners, Inc. and Mercury Partners, LP provided notice to repurchase 78 properties in Q1 2024, contributing $38.8 million in ABR[186] - The company acquired 34 investments (196 properties) since January 1, 2022, contributing to the growth in lease revenues from recently acquired net-leased properties[194] Risks and Challenges - The company faces potential fluctuations in exchange rates, with principal exposure to the euro, which could adversely affect foreign operations if the U.S. dollar strengthens[51] - Inflation and high interest rates since 2021 could increase operating expenses and debt service costs, potentially impacting the company's financial condition[52][53] - The company may incur substantial compliance, retrofit, and construction costs due to new climate change laws and regulations, including the SEC's proposed rules and the EU's CSRD[59][60] - The company is exposed to environmental liabilities, including potential costs for investigation, remediation, and third-party claims related to hazardous substances[64][65] - The company's real estate values are subject to fluctuation, which could lead to declines in residual property values and lease revenue insufficiency[66] - The company's ability to control ESG disclosures is limited due to the lack of direct control over net-leased properties, potentially impacting investor relations and access to capital[58] - The company may face challenges in re-leasing or selling properties due to unique tenant-specific designs, which could limit portfolio adjustments in response to economic changes[56] - Bankruptcy or insolvency of tenants could lead to a reduction in revenue and an increase in expenses[68] - High interest rates, inflation, and a potential economic downturn may severely affect tenants' businesses, leading to increased bankruptcy or insolvency risks[69] - The company may not achieve the full strategic and financial benefits expected from the Spin-Off and the Office Sale Program[71] Corporate Governance and REIT Compliance - The company's charter limits individual ownership to 9.8% of aggregate outstanding shares to protect REIT status, with potential Board exemptions or adjustments[84] - Business combination provisions restrict transactions with interested stockholders (10%+ voting power) for five years, requiring supermajority approval thereafter[84] - Control share provisions deny voting rights to control shares unless approved by two-thirds of stockholders, excluding interested shares[84] - The company must distribute at least 90% of REIT taxable income annually to maintain REIT status, with potential federal corporate income tax on undistributed amounts[88] - Failure to qualify as a REIT would subject the company to federal income tax at corporate rates and a 4.0% excise tax on insufficient distributions[88][89] - Debt covenants may limit the company's ability to make required REIT distributions, risking REIT qualification or triggering corporate income tax[90] - The company may need to borrow, sell assets, or raise equity under unfavorable conditions to meet REIT distribution requirements[91] - Non-compliance with REIT asset tests within 30 days of a calendar quarter could force liquidation of investments, reducing income and distributions[92] - REIT rules limit hedging activities, potentially increasing costs and exposing the company to greater interest rate risks[94] - TRS operations are subject to corporate income taxes, reducing earnings and cash available for distributions[103] - The company may be subject to a federal corporate level tax at a rate of 21% on gains from the sale of assets acquired from a C corporation within a five-year period, based on the built-in gain exceeding the tax basis[104] - Foreign stockholders may be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax on ordinary dividends unless reduced by an applicable income tax treaty, with additional rules for those owning more than 10% of the company's common stock[105] - The company's net income from prohibited transactions, such as sales of property held primarily for sale to customers, is subject to a 100% penalty tax[106] - The company's Board has the authority to revoke the REIT election without stockholder approval, which could result in adverse tax consequences and affect the total return to stockholders[107] - Changes in federal and state income tax laws governing REITs could negatively impact the company and its stockholders, with potential retroactive application[108][109] - The company is subject to capital market volatility, which may impact its ability to deploy capital and could lead to adverse tax consequences and reduced acquisition opportunities[110] - Future issuances of debt and equity securities may negatively affect the market price of the company's common stock, with potential dilution of existing stockholders' holdings[111] - The company has reset its dividend policy, targeting an AFFO payout ratio of approximately 70% to 75%, but there is no assurance that future dividends will be maintained at expected levels[112][113] - The company may expand its investments into new asset classes or geographic markets, which could increase complexity and regulatory risks[114][115] Cybersecurity and Operational Measures - The company has implemented cybersecurity measures, including employee training, third-party monitoring, and incident response plans, but there is no guarantee that these measures will prevent all cyber incidents[117][119][124][128][134][135] Stock and Dividends - The company's common stock is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "WPC" with 8,163 registered holders of record as of February 2, 2024[147] - The company declared cash dividends totaling $4.067 per share in 2023, with a fourth-quarter dividend of $0.860 per share reflecting a strategic exit from office assets and a lower payout ratio[150][161] Expenses and Costs - Depreciation and amortization expenses increased in 2023 due to net acquisition activity, including properties from the CPA:18 Merger, partially offset by the Spin-Off impact[204] - General and administrative expenses increased by $7.1 million in 2023 compared to 2022, primarily due to higher compensation, employee benefits, and professional fees from the CPA:18 Merger[205] - Property expenses, excluding reimbursable tenant costs, decreased by $6.3 million in 2023, mainly due to the release of real estate taxes accrued for a tenant repaid in Q2 2023[207] - Stock-based compensation expense increased by $1.7 million in 2023, driven by higher amortization of restricted share units[208] - Interest expense increased by $72.7 million in 2023, largely due to non-recourse mortgage loans from the CPA:18 Merger and higher interest rates on senior unsecured credit facilities[212] - Merger and other expenses in 2023 were primarily related to the Spin-Off completed in November 2023[209] - Impairment charges on real estate are detailed in Note 10 of the financial statements[206] - Gain on sale of real estate, net, includes gains and losses from property sales, lease modifications, and purchase agreements during the reporting period[210] Credit Ratings and Market Position - Moody's upgraded the company's rating to Baa1 in September 2022, and S&P Global Ratings upgraded it to BBB+ in January 2023[77]
W. P. Carey(WPC) - 2023 Q4 - Earnings Call Transcript
2024-02-09 17:33
W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC) Q4 2023 Results Conference Call February 9, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Peter Sands - Head, Investor Relations Jason Fox - Chief Executive Officer Toni Sanzone - Chief Financial Officer John Park - President Brooks Gordon - Head, Asset Management Conference Call Participants Brad Heffern - RBC John Kim - BMO Capital Markets Anthony Paolone - JPMorgan Smedes Rose - Citibank Mitch Germain - JMP Securities Greg McGinniss - Scotiabank Spenser Allaway - Green Street RJ Milli ...