Centerspace Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Raises Mid-Point for 2024 Core FFO per Share Guidance

MINNEAPOLIS, July 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Centerspace (NYSE: CSR) announced today its financial and operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024. The tables below show Net Income (Loss), Funds from Operations ("FFO")¹, and Core FFO¹, all on a per diluted share basis, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024; Same-Store Revenues, Expenses, and Net Operating Income ("NOI")¹ over comparable periods; and Same-Store Weighted-Average Occupancy for each of the three months ended June 30, 2024, March 31, 2024, and June 30, 2023.

Highlights

• Centerspace raised the mid-point and narrowed the 2024 financial outlook ranges for net loss per diluted share, FFO per diluted share and Core FFO per diluted share. Refer to page S-17 in the Supplemental and Financial Operating Data within for additional detail.
• Net loss was $0.19 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2024, compared to Net loss of $0.23 per diluted share for the same period of the prior year;
• Core FFO per diluted share increased 5.5% to $2.49 for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $2.36 for the six months ended June 30, 2023;
• Same-store revenues increased by 3.4% for the second quarter of 2024 compared to the second quarter of 2023, driving a 2.4% increase in same-store NOI compared to the same period of the prior year; and
• Centerspace issued approximately 110,000 common shares for gross consideration of $7.7 million, and an average gross price of $69.82 per share during the second quarter of 2024 under its at-the-market offering program, compared to approximately 88,000 of repurchases in the first quarter of 2024 at an average repurchase price of $53.60 per share, excluding commissions.

Balance Sheet

At the end of the second quarter, Centerspace had $222.3 million of total liquidity on its balance sheet, consisting of $208.0 million available under the lines of credit and cash and cash equivalents of $14.3 million.

Revised 2024 Financial Outlook

Centerspace revised its 2024 financial outlook. For additional information, see S-17 of the Supplemental Financial and Operating Data for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 included at the end of this release. These ranges should be considered in their entirety. The table below reflects the revised outlook.

Additional assumptions:

• Same-store recurring capital expenditures of $1,100 per home to $1,150 per home
• Value-add expenditures of $23.0 million to $25.0 million
• Proceeds from dispositions of $19.0 million

Note: FFO and Core FFO are non-GAAP financial measures. For more information on their usage and presentation and a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measure, please refer to "2024 Financial Outlook" in the Supplemental Financial and Operating Data within.

Subsequent Events

Through July 29, 2024, Centerspace sold 431,000 common shares under its 10b5-1 trading arrangement at an average gross price per share of 69.54, totaling $30.0 million.

On July 26, 2024, Centerspace amended its Unsecured Credit Facility to extend the maturity date to July 2028. The borrowing capacity remained at $250.0 million. 

Upcoming Events

Centerspace is scheduled to participate in the following conferences:

• NYSE Real Estate Investor Access Day which will be held virtually on August 8; and
• Bank of America Global Real Estate Conference which will be held in New York, NY, September 10-12.

Earnings Call

Supplemental Information

Supplemental Operating and Financial Data for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 included herein ("Supplemental Information"), is available in the Investors section on Centerspace's website at www.centerspacehomes.com or by calling Investor Relations at 701-837-7104. Non-GAAP financial measures and other capitalized terms, as used in this earnings release, are defined and reconciled in the Supplemental Financial and Operating Data, which accompanies this earnings release.  

About Centerspace

Centerspace is an owner and operator of apartment communities committed to providing great homes by focusing on integrity and serving others. Founded in 1970, as of June 30, 2024, Centerspace owned interests in 70 apartment communities consisting of 12,883 apartment homes located in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Centerspace was named a top workplace for the fifth consecutive year in 2024 by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. For more information, please visit www.centerspacehomes.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release and the accompanying Supplemental Operating and Financial Data are based on the company's current expectations and assumptions, and are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements do not discuss historical fact, but instead include statements related to expectations, projections, intentions or other items related to the future. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by the use of terms such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "will," "assumes," "may," "projects," "outlook," "future," and variations of such words and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from the results of operations, financial conditions, or plans expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Although the company believes the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that the expectations will be achieved. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact should be deemed forward-looking statements. As a result, reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements, as these statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors beyond the company's control and could differ materially from actual results and performance. Such risks, uncertainties, and other factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to those risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in Centerspace's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Risk Factors" contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, in its subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and in other public reports. The company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue due to subsequent events.

Contact Information

Investor Relations
Josh Klaetsch
Phone: 952-401-6600
Email: [email protected]

Marketing & Media
Kelly Weber
Phone: 952-401-6600
Email: [email protected]

SOURCE Centerspace