Essential Properties Realty Trust reports Q1 FFO 40c, consensus 40c

Reports Q1 revenue $83.687M, consensus $78.55M. Commenting on the first quarter 2023 results, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Pete Mavoides, said, "We had a great quarter, highlighted by $207 million of investments at a weighted average cash cap rate of 7.6%, a weighted average lease term of 19 years and average annual rent escalations of 2.0%." Mr. Mavoides continued, "The first quarter was also a great quarter of performance from a portfolio perspective, with occupancy remaining strong at 99.8%, same-store rent growth remaining at 1.6% and average unit level rent coverage at 3.9x. These results are strong indicators of the stability of our middle market tenancy and the overall health of our portfolio." Mr. Mavoides concluded by saying, "Supported by our strong liquidity position, conservative balance sheet and a robust second quarter investment pipeline, we are refining our 2023 AFFO per share guidance range to $1.60 to $1.64."