What Are the Fundamentals of W. P. Carey (WPC)?

By Chris Stiles • Tuesday, November 28 17:46 • Permanent Link

Shares of Specialty Real Estate Investment Trust company W. P. Carey jumped 4.2% today. With many investors piling into WPC without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

W. P. Carey has moved -20.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 16.0%
WPC has an average analyst rating of hold and is 3.53% away from its mean target price of $59.51 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $3.64
W. P. Carey has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.9 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.98 and its forward P/E ratio is 31.1
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.44 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
W. P. Carey is part of the Real Estate sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 24.81 and an average P/B of 2.24
WPC has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 13.7% and gross profit margins of 0.9%
The company has a free cash flow of $634.99 Million, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, 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 1,413 net lease properties covering approximately 171 million square feet and a portfolio of 86 self-storage operating properties, pro forma for the Spin-Off of NLOP, as of September 30, 2023. 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 Northern and Western Europe, under long-term net leases with built-in rent escalations.

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