Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc Stock News

Essential Properties Realty Trust has been the fastest-growing net lease REIT on the market in recent years. EPRT operates in a massive addressable market, with over 200,000 businesses in the United States. The REIT has over $1.4 billion of liquidity on its balance sheet and sports a BBB- S&P credit rating with a positive outlook.

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EPRT; “Essential Properties” or the “Company”) announced today that the Company will release its operating results for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, after the market close on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. The Company will host its quarterly earnings conference call and audio webcast on Thursday, February 12,...

Dividend growth is a great catalyst for upside in the REIT sector. This is especially true when the dividend growth potential is underappreciated by the market. I highlight 3 such cases that I expect to surge higher over the coming years.

Not all REIT property sectors are equally attractive. Some are oversupplied and expensive, even as others enjoy steady growth and trade at low valuations. I highlight my three favorite property sectors going into 2026.

U.S. equity markets posted mixed performance as surprisingly cool inflation data and soft employment data were tempered by a hawkish pushback from Fed officials and skeptics clinging to inflation fears. The critical CPI report showed inflation easing to four-year lows, a heavily criticized report that may, ironically, be the most accurate inflation reading in several years due to collection lim...

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EPRT; the “Company”), today announced the appointment of Robert W. Salisbury, CFA as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective January 1, 2026. “I am pleased to announce Rob's promotion to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company,” said Pe...

The broader REIT sector have underperformed despite multiple Fed rate cuts since 2024. 2026 seems to be as choppy as this year, unless the long-term yields do not come down, which I see as a low probability event. The risks is that investors buy low yielding, low growth REITs, which continue to deliver negative or barely positive inflation adjusted income streams.

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 $0.31 per share of common stock for the fourth quarter of 2025. The fourth quarter 2025 dividend represents an annualized dividend of $1.24 per share of common stock, an increase of $0.04 per share compared to the...