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Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE:ADC ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 12, 2025 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Reuben Treatman – Senior Director-Corporate Finance Joey Agree – President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Coughenour – Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Ki Bin Kim – Truist Securities Smedes Rose – Citigroup Jenny Li – Morgan Stanley Michael Goldsmith – UBS Rob Stevenson – Janney Capital Upal Rana – KeyBanc Capital Markets Linda Tsai – Jefferies Wes Golladay – Baird Eric Borden – BMO Capital Markets Farrell Granath – Bank of America Rich Hightower – Barclays Haendel St. Juste – Mizuho Operator Good morning, and welcome to the Agree Realty Fourth Quarter 2024 Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode.
Agree Realty's focus on high-quality investment-grade tenants, ground leases, and aggressive acquisitions initially made it a superior investment compared to Realty Income. Despite ADC's strong business model, its stretched valuation and lower expected returns prompt a downgrade to SELL. ADC's high valuation implies limited price appreciation, making it less attractive compared to peers and the market.
The headline numbers for Agree Realty (ADC) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended December 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
Agree Realty (ADC) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $1.04 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.03 per share. This compares to FFO of $1 per share a year ago.
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Besides Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates for Agree Realty (ADC), review projections for some of its key metrics to gain a deeper understanding of how the company might have fared during the quarter ended December 2024.
Net lease REITs like ADC and SILA offer defensive and offensive investment potential through resilient assets, long-term leases, and strong balance sheets. ADC excels with a BBB+ credit rating, low leverage, and $1.2 billion in investable liquidity, positioning it for meaningful growth in 2025. SILA focuses on single-tenant healthcare properties with high rent coverage while enjoying low leverage and a solid balance sheet, offering a 6.4% dividend yield and growth potential.
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