EPR Properties- You may have heard Regal theaters ran into trouble. EPR is the master tenant they have replaced 98% of lost rev with a deal they worked out. Are movies dead?
Or are they back? A bet on EPR is a bet on folks continuing to go out to the movies. I have to say Streaming has lost a lot of it's allure, you can have three or four outlets to stream and still find nothing of value to watch. it happened to me last night. Going out to a good movie is still fun.
EPR Properties(NYSE: EPR) is a Kansas City, Missouri-based diversified experiential REIT that owns and
operates 363 movie theater chains, amusement parks, ski resorts, fitness centers and other recreational venues across 44 states.
On June 28, EPR Properties and Regal Cinemas entered into an important restructuring agreement and new master lease prior to its parent Cineworld’s bankruptcy resolution. The new master lease will be on
31 of the 57 theaters that Regal leases. Under the terms of the agreement, the theaters will be on triple-net leases with
$65 million in total annual fixed rent and will escalate by 10% every five years. EPR also reduced its overall portfolio with Regal by taking back 16 theaters that Regal had been operating. EPR Properties intends to operate five of those and
sell the remaining 11.
On Aug. 2, EPR Properties reported its second-quarter operating results.
FFO of $1.28 beat the estimates of $1.26 and was
up from FFO of $1.17 in the second quarter of 2022. Revenue of $172.19 million crushed the estimates of $148.66 million by 16.31% and was a 7.77% increase over revenue of $160.45 million in the second quarter of 2022.
Along with the second-quarter results, EPR Properties also delivered its
full-year 2023 guidance of $5.05 to $5.15. The estimated
consensus was for $4.90.---> EPR Properties has been
doing well in 2023, up well over 25%.<-----
EPR Properties pays a monthly dividend of $0.275 per share.
The $3.30 annual dividend yields 7.56%.<-------
Year to date, EPR Properties has a total return of 23.62%, <--? Looking into this// should be closer to 28% (taxes?)
EPR is one of the best-performing of all REITs so far. After a recent pullback from $47.41 to $42.80, EPR now sits in a layer of support./ The stk spent 3 months at this level over the summer & it is a march break down level as well.
EPR EPR Properties GBA's #1 Ranked REIT.
$42.82-0.16(-0.37%) //
7.7% Yield //
