Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (EPRT) Stock

About Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (EPRT) is a real estate enterprise focused on the acquisition, ownership, and management of freestanding, single-tenant commercial properties throughout the United States. The company leases these assets under long-term agreements to a diverse range of mid-sized businesses. Its tenant base spans various sectors, including dining establishments, automotive care facilities (like car washes and repair shops), medical and dental practices, convenience stores, equipment rental providers, entertainment venues, early childhood education centers, grocery outlets, and health and fitness clubs. As of December 31, 2021, EPRT's property portfolio included 1,451 locations. For federal income tax purposes, the company operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT), which generally exempts it from corporate income taxes, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable profits to its shareholders. The company was founded in 2016 and maintains its corporate headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. is headquartered in US.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (EPRT) stock trades at $31.18 with a market capitalization of $6.74B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.55, price-to-book of 1.49, price-to-sales of 11.37. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $28.95 and $34.73, and currently trades 10.2% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 4.11%.

On profitability, Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 6.32%, return on capital employed of 5.39%, an operating margin of 64.98%, a net profit margin of 43.28%.

Official website: essentialproperties.com

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. reported revenue of $16.0M rising to $562.0M, a change of +3412.5% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 27.9% a year over five years, 25.1% over three, 24.9% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $253.0M.

Operating margin went from 33.2% in 2016 to 64.5% in 2025, a gain of 31.3 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 43.28%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Mar '26, revenue is $594.0M and net profit $257.0M.

Borrowings rose from $273.0M to $2.5B, cash on hand is $15.2M, cash from operations was $381.0M in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 5.7% over five years, and was 6.0% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at —% a year over five years, 13.7% over three, 4.3% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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