CBL Completes Financing Activity - Analyst Blog
January 04 2012 - 6:00AM
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CBL & Associates
Properties, Inc. (CBL) recently announced that it has
obtained four separate loans totaling $383.0 million. After the
repayment of these loans, the company is expected to generate a new
financing activity with proceeds of $160 million.
During 2011, CBL completed more
than $2.3 billion in financing activity, including three credit
facilities totaling $1.15 billion and property-specific debt
totaling $1.18 billion. The recent financing activities are
expected to strengthen the company’s balance sheet and attain
financial flexibility. At the end of third quarter 2011, cash and
cash equivalents of CBL stood at $61.9 million.
CBL reported third quarter 2011
funds from operations (FFO) of 48 cents per share compared with 47
cents in the year-earlier quarter. Funds from operations, a widely
used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after
adding depreciation and other non-cash expenses to net income.
CBL is one of the largest and most
active owners and developers of malls and shopping centers in the
United States. CBL owns, manages 159 properties, including 87
regional malls/open-air centers. The properties are located across
26 states totaling 86.5 million square feet including 3.6 million
square feet of non-owned shopping centers.The company looks forward
to sustaining its success through expansions, renovations and
aggressive leasing at its properties.
CBL currently retains a Zacks #3
Rank, which translates into a short-term Hold rating. We are also
maintaining our long-term Neutral recommendation on the stock. One
of its competitors, Simon Property Group Inc (SPG)
also holds a Zacks #3 Rank.
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