W. P. Carey Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) (W. P. Carey or the Company), a net lease real estate investment trust, today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025.

Financial Highlights

• 2026 AFFO guidance range of between $5.13 and $5.23 per diluted share announced, based on anticipated full-year investment volume of between $1.25 billion and $1.75 billion
     
• Fourth quarter cash dividend of $0.920 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $3.68 per share, up 4.5% year over year

Real Estate Portfolio

• Record annual investment volume of $2.1 billion for 2025, including $625.1 million completed during the fourth quarter
     
• Year-to-date investment volume of $312.4 million
     
• Active capital investments and commitments of $238.3 million scheduled to be completed in 2026, including three projects totaling $50.0 million completed year to date
    
• Gross disposition proceeds of $1.5 billion for 2025, including $507.0 million completed during the fourth quarter
     
• Year-to-date gross disposition proceeds of $60.2 million
    
• Contractual same-store rent growth of 2.4% year over year

Balance Sheet and Capitalization

• $422.6 million of equity sold under the Company's ATM program subject to forward sale agreements during 2025, all of which currently remains available for settlement

MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY

"2025 was a year of meaningful progress for W. P. Carey, as execution of our business model translated into strong performance and laid the foundation for attractive, sustainable growth," said Jason Fox, Chief Executive Officer.

"The momentum we built throughout the year has carried into 2026. Healthy year‑to‑date investment volume and an active pipeline are supported by our ability to draw on multiple sources of accretive equity capital — with the vast majority of our anticipated 2026 equity needs already accounted for. Furthermore, we expect to maintain an internal growth rate that's among the best in the net lease sector, contributing a meaningful proportion of our overall AFFO growth.

"At the midpoint, our initial AFFO guidance implies growth in the low-to-mid 4% range, even as we maintain a conservative stance toward both investment volume and potential credit-related rent loss."

QUARTERLY FINANCIAL RESULTS

Revenues

• Revenues, including reimbursable costs, for the 2025 fourth quarter totaled $444.5 million, up 9.4% from $406.2 million for the 2024 fourth quarter.
     
  
  • Lease revenues increased primarily due to net investment activity and rent escalations.
       
  • Income from finance leases and loans receivable increased primarily as a result of net investment activity.
       
  • Operating property revenues decreased primarily due to the sale of 63 self-storage operating properties and a student housing operating property, as well as the conversion of four self-storage operating properties to net leases during 2025.

Net Income Attributable to W. P. Carey

• Net income attributable to W. P. Carey for the 2025 fourth quarter was $148.3 million, up 215.5% from $47.0 million for the 2024 fourth quarter, due primarily to lower mark-to-market losses recognized on the Company's shares of Lineage, a higher gain on sale of real estate and the accretive impact of net investment activity, partly offset by lower gains from remeasurement of foreign debt.

Adjusted Funds from Operations (AFFO)

• AFFO for the 2025 fourth quarter was $1.27 per diluted share, up 5.0% from $1.21 per diluted share for the 2024 fourth quarter, primarily reflecting the accretive impact of net investment activity and rent escalations, partly offset by outstanding rents collected during the 2024 fourth quarter in connection with a disposition during that period.

Note: Further information concerning AFFO, which is a non-GAAP supplemental performance metric, is presented in the accompanying tables and related notes.

Dividend

• On December 15, 2025, the Company reported that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.920 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $3.68 per share, representing a 4.5% increase compared to the 2024 fourth quarter. The dividend was paid on January 15, 2026 to shareholders of record as of December 31, 2025.

FULL YEAR FINANCIAL RESULTS

Revenues

• Revenues, including reimbursable costs, for the 2025 full year totaled $1.72 billion, up 8.9% from $1.58 billion for the 2024 full year. 
  
  
  • Lease revenues increased primarily due to net investment activity and rent escalations.
       
  • Income from finance leases and loans receivable increased primarily as a result of investment activity, partly offset by the disposition of the U-Haul portfolio during the 2024 first quarter.
       
  • Operating property revenues decreased primarily due to the sale of 63 self-storage operating properties and a student housing operating property during 2025, as well as the conversion of three self-storage operating properties to net leases during 2024 and four during 2025.

Net Income Attributable to W. P. Carey

• Net income attributable to W. P. Carey for the 2025 full year totaled $466.4 million, up 1.2% from $460.8 million for the 2024 full year, due primarily to a higher gain on sale of real estate, lower mark-to-market losses recognized on the Company's shares of Lineage and the accretive impact of net investment activity, partly offset by higher losses from remeasurement of foreign debt, a gain on change in control of interests recognized in connection with the Company's acquisition of a third-party joint venture partner's interest in nine self-storage operating properties during 2024 and higher impairment charges.

AFFO

• AFFO for the 2025 full year was $4.97 per diluted share, up 5.7% from $4.70 per diluted share for the 2024 full year, primarily reflecting the accretive impact of net investment activity and rent escalations.

Note: Further information concerning AFFO, which is a non-GAAP supplemental performance metric, is presented in the accompanying tables and related notes.

Dividend

• Dividends declared during 2025 totaled $3.620 per share, an increase of 3.7% compared to total dividends declared during 2024 of $3.490 per share.

AFFO GUIDANCE

• For the 2026 full year, the Company expects to report AFFO of between $5.13 and $5.23 per diluted share, based on the following key assumptions:

(i)   investment volume of between $1.25 billion and $1.75 billion;

(ii)   disposition volume of between $250 million and $750 million;

(iii)  total general and administrative expenses of between $103 million and $106 million;

(iv)  property expenses, excluding reimbursable tenant costs, of between $56 million and $60 million; and

(v)  tax expense (on an AFFO basis) of between $45 million and $49 million.

Note: The Company does not provide guidance on net income. The Company only provides guidance on AFFO and does not provide a reconciliation of this forward-looking non-GAAP guidance to net income due to the inherent difficulty in quantifying certain items necessary to provide such reconciliation as a result of their unknown effect, timing and potential significance. Examples of such items include impairments of assets, gains and losses from sales of assets, and depreciation and amortization from new acquisitions.

REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO

Investments

• During the 2025 fourth quarter, the company completed investments totaling $625.1 million, bringing total investment volume for the year ended December 31, 2025 to a record $2.1 billion.
     
• Year to date through February 10, 2026, the Company completed investments totaling $312.4 million, comprising sale-leasebacks and acquisitions totaling $262.4 million and the completion of capital investments and commitments totaling $50.0 million.
     
• As of December 31, 2025, the Company had 13 capital investments and commitments totaling $238.3 million scheduled to be completed during 2026 (including three projects totaling $50.0 million completed year to date, as noted above). In addition, the Company has two capital investments and commitments totaling $101.5 million scheduled to be completed during 2027.

Dispositions

• During the 2025 fourth quarter, the Company disposed of 44 properties for gross proceeds totaling $507.0 million, bringing total dispositions for the year ended December 31, 2025, to 128 properties for gross proceeds totaling $1.5 billion.
     
• 2025 fourth quarter dispositions included the sales of 31 self-storage operating properties for gross proceeds totaling $323.2 million, bringing total sales of self-storage operating properties for the year ended December 31, 2025, to 63 properties for gross proceeds totaling $784.0 million.
     
• Year to date through February 10, 2026, the company disposed of four properties for gross proceeds totaling $60.2 million.

Contractual Same-Store Rent Growth

• As of December 31, 2025, contractual same-store rent growth was 2.4% year over year, on a constant currency basis.

Rent Loss from Tenant Credit Events

• For the 2025 full year, the Company experienced rent loss from tenant credit events totaling $6.4 million.

Composition

• As of December 31, 2025, the Company's net lease portfolio consisted of 1,682 properties, comprising 183 million square feet leased to 371 tenants, with a weighted-average lease term of 12.0 years and an occupancy rate of 98.0%. In addition, the Company owned 11 self-storage operating properties, four hotel operating properties and one student housing operating property, totaling approximately 1.3 million square feet.

BALANCE SHEET AND CAPITALIZATION

Liquidity

• As of December 31, 2025, the Company had total liquidity of $2.2 billion, primarily comprising $1.6 billion of available capacity under its Senior Unsecured Credit Facility (net of amounts reserved for standby letters of credit), in addition to cash and cash equivalents, cash held at qualified intermediaries and available net proceeds under unsettled forward equity sale agreements.

Forward Equity

• During 2025, the Company sold 6,258,496 shares of common stock under its ATM program subject to forward sale agreements, at a weighted-average gross price of $67.53 per share, representing total gross proceeds of approximately $422.6 million, all of which currently remains available for settlement.
     
• Sales of common stock subject to forward sale agreements in 2025 included 3,501,126 shares sold during the fourth quarter at a weighted-average gross price of $67.23 per share, representing total gross proceeds of approximately $235.4 million.

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Supplemental Information

The Company has provided supplemental unaudited financial and operating information regarding the 2025 fourth quarter and certain prior quarters, including a description of non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations to GAAP measures, in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 10, 2026, and made available on the Company's website at ir.wpcarey.com/investor-relations.

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Live Conference Call and Audio Webcast Scheduled for Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time
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Date/Time: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time
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W. P. Carey Inc.

W. P. Carey ranks among the largest net lease REITs with a well-diversified portfolio of high-quality, operationally critical commercial real estate, which includes 1,682 net lease properties covering approximately 183 million square feet as of December 31, 2025. With offices in New York, London, Amsterdam and Dallas, the company remains focused on investing primarily in single-tenant, industrial, warehouse and retail properties located in the U.S. and Europe, under long-term net leases with built-in rent escalations.

www.wpcarey.com

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Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Certain of the matters discussed in this communication constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, both as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding the intent, belief or expectations of W. P. Carey and can be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "should," "would," "will be," "goals," "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate" "opportunities," "possibility," "strategy," "maintain" or the negative version of these words and other comparable terms. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements made by Mr. Jason Fox regarding investment pipeline, access to capital, internal growth and expectations for future AFFO growth. These statements are based on the current expectations of our management, and it is important to note that our actual results could be materially different from those projected in such forward-looking statements. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable risks or uncertainties, like the risks related to fluctuating interest rates, the impact of inflation and tariffs on our tenants and us, the effects of pandemics and global outbreaks of contagious diseases, and domestic or geopolitical crises, such as terrorism, military conflict, war or the perception that hostilities may be imminent, political instability or civil unrest, or other conflict, and those additional risk factors discussed in reports that we have filed with the SEC, could also have material adverse effects on our future results, performance or achievements. Discussions of some of these other important factors and assumptions are contained in W. P. Carey's filings with the SEC and are available at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov, including Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in W. P. Carey's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this communication, unless noted otherwise. Except as required under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC, W. P. Carey does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to the forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this communication or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Institutional Investors:
Peter Sands
1 (212) 492-1110
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Individual Investors:
W. P. Carey Inc.
1 (212) 492-8920
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Press Contact:
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1 (212) 492-1166
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Non-GAAP Financial Disclosure

Funds from Operations (FFO) and Adjusted Funds from Operations (AFFO)

Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, as discussed below, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), an industry trade group, has promulgated a non-GAAP measure known as FFO, which we believe to be an appropriate supplemental measure, when used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP, to reflect the operating performance of a REIT. The use of FFO is recommended by the REIT industry as a supplemental non-GAAP measure. FFO is not equivalent to, nor a substitute for, net income or loss as determined under GAAP.

We define FFO, a non-GAAP measure, consistent with the standards established by the White Paper on FFO approved by the Board of Governors of NAREIT, as restated in December 2018. The White Paper defines FFO as net income or loss computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses from the sale of certain real estate, impairment charges on real estate or other assets incidental to the company's main business, gains or losses on changes in control of interests in real estate and depreciation and amortization from real estate assets; and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments are calculated to reflect FFO on the same basis.

We also modify the NAREIT computation of FFO to adjust GAAP net income for certain non-cash charges, such as amortization of real estate-related intangibles, deferred income tax benefits and expenses, straight-line rent and related reserves, other non-cash rent adjustments, non-cash allowance for credit losses on loans receivable and finance leases, stock-based compensation, non-cash environmental accretion expense, amortization of discounts and premiums on debt and amortization of deferred financing costs. Our assessment of our operations is focused on long-term sustainability and not on such non-cash items, which may cause short-term fluctuations in net income but have no impact on cash flows. Additionally, we exclude non-core income and expenses, such as gains or losses from extinguishment of debt, gains or losses on the mark-to-market fair value of equity securities, merger and acquisition expenses, spin-off expenses, and income and expenses associated with our captive insurance company. We also exclude realized and unrealized gains/losses on foreign currency exchange rate movements (other than those realized on the settlement of foreign currency derivatives), which are not considered fundamental attributes of our business plan and do not affect our overall long-term operating performance. We refer to our modified definition of FFO as AFFO. We exclude these items from GAAP net income to arrive at AFFO because they are not the primary drivers in our decision-making process and excluding these items provides investors with a view of our portfolio performance over time and makes it more comparable to other REITs. AFFO also reflects adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and jointly owned investments. We use AFFO as one measure of our operating performance when we formulate corporate goals, evaluate the effectiveness of our strategies and determine executive compensation.

We believe that AFFO is a useful supplemental measure for investors to consider because we believe it will help them better assess the sustainability of our operating performance without the potentially distorting impact of these short-term fluctuations. However, there are limits on the usefulness of AFFO to investors. For example, impairment charges and unrealized foreign currency exchange rate losses that we exclude may become actual realized losses upon the ultimate disposition of the properties in the form of lower cash proceeds or other considerations. We use our FFO and AFFO measures as supplemental financial measures of operating performance. We do not use our FFO and AFFO measures as, nor should they be considered to be, alternatives to net income computed under GAAP, alternatives to net cash provided by operating activities computed under GAAP, or indicators of our ability to fund our cash needs.

SOURCE W. P. Carey Inc.