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US equity markets resumed their recovery this week from the "liberation day" plunge after the White House negotiated trade deals with several nations and indicated plans to ease China tariffs. Trimming its drawdown to around 10% from its mid-February highs, the S&P 500 rallied 4.6% this week - erasing an early-week dip with four-straight days of gains. After posting significant outperformance last week, real estate equities were among the laggards this week despite a solid start to REIT earnings season and a much-needed retreat in benchmark rates.

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Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EPRT ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 24, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Peter Mavoides - President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Patten - Chief Financial Officer Max Jenkins - Chief Operating Officer AJ Peil - Chief Investment Officer Robert Salisbury - Head of Corporate Finance and Strategy Conference Call Participants Spenser Glimcher - Green Street Eric Borden - BMO Capital Markets Michael Goldsmith - UBS Haendel St. Juste - Mizuho Caitlin Burrows - Goldman Sachs John Kilichowski - Wells Fargo Jay Kornreich - Wedbush Securities Smedes Rose - Citi Jana Galan - Bank of America James Kammert - Evercore Greg McGinniss - Scotiabank Daniel Guglielmo - Capital One Securities Omotayo Okusanya - Deutsche Bank Operator Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Essential Properties Realty Trust First Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded and a repl

The headline numbers for Essential Properties (EPRT) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended March 2025, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Essential Properties (EPRT) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $0.45 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.46 per share. This compares to FFO of $0.42 per share a year ago.

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EPRT; “Essential Properties” or the “Company”) today announced operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2025. First Quarter 2025 Financial and Operating Highlights: Operating Results (compared to First Quarter 2024):     •Investments (48 properties) $ Invested $307.7 million   Weighted Avg Cash Cap Rate 7.8% •Dispositions (11 properties) Net Proceeds $24.3 million   Weighted Avg Cash Cap Rate 6.9% •Ne.

Beyond analysts' top -and-bottom-line estimates for Essential Properties (EPRT), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended March 2025.

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