Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation (NYSE:MNR) reported Net
Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of $25.7 million or
$0.26 per diluted share for the three months ended December 31,
2020 as compared to Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders
of $3.5 million or $0.04 per diluted share for the three months
ended December 31, 2019, representing an increase of $22.2 million
or $0.22 per diluted share. During the three months ended December
31, 2020, we recognized a $19.7 million unrealized gain or $0.20
per diluted share as compared to a $3.6 million unrealized loss or
$0.04 per diluted share for the three months ended December 31,
2019. Funds from Operations (FFO), which excludes unrealized gains
or losses from our securities portfolio, for the three months ended
December 31, 2020 were $18.9 million or $0.19 per diluted share
versus $19.3 million or $0.20 per diluted share for the three
months ended December 31, 2019, representing a $0.01 decrease in
FFO per diluted share. Adjusted Funds from Operations (AFFO), which
also excludes unrealized and realized gains or losses from our
securities portfolio, for the three months ended December 31, 2020
were $18.2 million or $0.19 per diluted share versus $19.9 million
or $0.21 per diluted share for the three months ended December 31,
2019, representing a $0.02 decrease in AFFO per diluted share. The
decrease in FFO and AFFO was primarily attributable to an increase
in our preferred dividend expense of $2.1 million and a reduction
in dividend income of $1.6 million partially offset by an increase
in Net Operating Income of $2.1 million, compared to the same prior
year period. AFFO of $18.2 million or $0.19 per diluted share for
the current quarter ended December 31, 2020 is unchanged
sequentially with AFFO of $18.2 million or $0.19 per diluted share
for the quarter ended September 30, 2020. During the last two weeks
of the current quarter, we purchased two properties, (one on
December 17, 2020 and one on December 24, 2020), for an aggregate
purchase price of $170.0 million which will generate $10.1 million
in annualized revenue. The current quarter does not reflect the
full run-rate NOI effect of these two recent acquisitions. A
portion of the preferred offering proceeds raised earlier in the
quarter were used to fund these two transactions at the end of the
period. We also ended the quarter with approximately $29.3 million
in cash and cash equivalents which we expect to use to fund our
near-term pipeline. We expect that the full run-rate NOI generated
from these recent acquisitions, the deployment of our excess cash
proceeds along with our $169.3 million acquisition pipeline, as
well as our large expansion pipeline, to meaningfully grow our FFO
and AFFO per share earnings going forward.
A summary of significant financial information
for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in
thousands, except per share amounts) is as follows:
|
|
Three Months EndedDecember
31, |
|
|
2020 |
|
2019 |
|
Rental Revenue |
$ |
36,846 |
$ |
34,870 |
|
Reimbursement Revenue |
$ |
6,737 |
$ |
6,830 |
|
Lease Termination Income |
$ |
377 |
$ |
-0- |
Net Operating Income (NOI)
(1) |
$ |
36,529 |
$ |
34,467 |
|
Total Expenses |
$ |
22,213 |
$ |
22,469 |
|
Dividend Income |
$ |
1,607 |
$ |
3,238 |
|
Unrealized Holding Gains (Losses)
Arising During the Periods |
$ |
19,721 |
$ |
(3,635 |
) |
Net Income |
$ |
33,916 |
$ |
9,625 |
|
Net Income Attributable to Common
Shareholders |
$ |
25,746 |
$ |
3,528 |
|
Net Income Attributable to Common
Shareholders Per Diluted Common Share |
$ |
0.26 |
$ |
0.04 |
|
FFO (1) |
$ |
18,880 |
$ |
19,322 |
|
FFO per Diluted Common Share
(1) |
$ |
0.19 |
$ |
0.20 |
|
AFFO (1) |
$ |
18,170 |
$ |
19,934 |
|
AFFO per Diluted Common Share
(1) |
$ |
0.19 |
$ |
0.21 |
|
Dividends Declared per Common
Share |
$ |
0.17 |
$ |
0.17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Avg. Diluted Common
Shares Outstanding |
|
98,211 |
|
97,006 |
|
A summary of significant balance sheet information as of
December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020 (in thousands) is as
follows:
|
|
December 31, 2020 |
|
September 30, 2020 |
Cash and Cash
Equivalents |
$ |
29,280 |
$ |
23,517 |
Real Estate
Investments |
$ |
1,903,840 |
$ |
1,747,844 |
Securities Available
for Sale at Fair Value |
$ |
126,292 |
$ |
108,832 |
Total Assets |
$ |
2,122,201 |
$ |
1,939,783 |
Fixed Rate Mortgage
Notes Payable, net of Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs |
$ |
888,247 |
$ |
799,507 |
Loans Payable |
$ |
75,000 |
$ |
75,000 |
Total Shareholders’
Equity |
$ |
1,125,952 |
$ |
1,037,605 |
During the quarter, we accomplished the following:
- Increased our Revenue, by 5.4% over the prior year period to
$44.0 million;
- Increased our Net Operating Income by 6% over the prior year
period to $36.5 million;
- Maintained a conservative AFFO dividend payout ratio of
89.5%;
- Increased our gross leasable area (GLA) by 7% over the prior
year period to 24.5 million square feet;
- Entered into commitments to acquire four new build-to-suit
properties containing 1.2 million total square feet for a total
cost of $169.3 million;
- Completed $170.0 million in acquisitions comprising two new
built-to-suit, net-leased, industrial properties comprising
approximately 1.1 million square feet leased to FedEx Ground and
Home Depot U.S.A. for 15 and 20 years, respectively, and generating
$10.1 million in annualized revenue;
- Increased our occupancy rate by 50bps over the prior year
period to 99.7% and by 30bps sequentially;
- Renewed six of the ten leases scheduled to expire in fiscal
2021. The six lease renewals, comprising 834,000 square feet or 69%
of expiring square footage resulted in an 8.5% weighted-average
increase in GAAP rent, a 2.0% weighted-average increase in cash
rent and have a weighted-average lease term of 3.8
years;
- Increased our annualized average base rent per occupied square
foot by 4% to $6.52 from the prior year period;
- Increased our weighted average lease maturity from 7.1 years as
of September 30, 2020 to 7.5 years currently;
- Maintained our weighted average debt maturity on our fixed-rate
mortgage debt at 11.5 years;
- Raised $1.3 million (including dividend reinvestments of $1.0
million) through our Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan,
representing a 6% participation rate;
- Raised $76.0 million in net proceeds through our 6.125% Series
C Perpetual Preferred Stock ATM Program at an average price of
$24.88 per share.
Michael P. Landy, President and CEO, commented
on the results for the first quarter of fiscal 2021,
“Thus far in fiscal 2021, we completed two
high-quality acquisitions comprising 1.1 million square feet for an
aggregate purchase price of $170.0 million. These properties,
located in the Columbus, OH and Atlanta, GA MSAs, are leased to
FedEx Ground and Home Depot U.S.A. for 15 and 20 years,
respectively. They are expected to generate $10.1 million in annual
rent demonstrating our continued ability to source accretive
transactions in a highly-competitive acquisition environment. Our
$169.3 million acquisition pipeline currently contains four new
build-to-suit properties comprising 1.2 million total square feet.
These properties have a weighted-average lease term of 12.8 years.
In keeping with our business model, these properties are all leased
to investment grade tenants.”
“In addition to our pipeline, we also have six
FedEx Ground parking expansion projects currently underway along
with more under discussion. These six projects are expected to
cost approximately $16.8 million and are targeted to be completed
over the next few quarters. These expansions will enable us to grow
our property level NOI by capturing additional rent while at the
same time extending the duration of our leases. This past
quarter we completed the first phase of a parking expansion for
FedEx at our Kansas City, KS location for a total of $3.4 million
increasing annualized rent by $340,000. We are in discussions to do
a second phase parking expansion at this location which will
increase the rent further and extend the lease term. We are also in
discussions with FedEx to expand the parking at 11 additional
locations and expect to identify additional growth opportunities in
our portfolio going forward.”
“This past year was a time when resiliency was
severely tested by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Monmouth stood out as a
safe haven throughout these challenging times. The Company is now
in its 30th year of having maintained or increased its common stock
cash dividend, in addition to being one of the few REITs that
preserved its cash dividend during the Global Financial Crisis of
2007-2008. Subsequent to the quarter end, we announced a 5.9%
increase in our quarterly dividend to $0.18 per share or an
annualized dividend rate of $0.72 per share. This marks our third
dividend increase in the past five years, amounting to a 20%
increase during that span. Our unique and simple business model has
enabled us to achieve consistently high occupancy rates, strong
tenant retention, and exceptional rent collections, as well as
strong overall growth. Our occupancy rate has been over 98.9% for
six consecutive years while our weighted-average lease maturity has
remained in excess of seven years for the past seven consecutive
years, illustrating the strength and visibility of our income
streams.”
“U.S. industrial real estate has experienced a
protracted period of cap rate compression. While the acquisition
environment has become more challenging, at the same time, the
value of our properties has also appreciated substantially. Our new
annual report is now featured on our website. This report
represents an excellent resource for understanding our Company and
our outlook. We strongly encourage you to read it. Please contact
our Investor Relations department if you would like to receive a
hard copy. We look forward to reporting continued progress
throughout the year.”
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation will
host its First Quarter FY 2021 Financial Results Webcast and
Conference Call on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern
Time. Senior management will discuss the results, current market
conditions and future outlook.
Our First Quarter FY 2021 financial results
being released herein will be available on our website at
www.mreic.reit in the Investor Relations section, under Filings and
Reports.
To participate in the Webcast,
select the 1Q2021 Webcast and Earnings Call “Link
to Webcast” on the homepage of our website at www.mreic.reit, in
the Highlights section, which is located towards the bottom of the
homepage. Interested parties can also participate via
conference call by calling toll free
1-877-510-5852 (domestically) or 1-412-902-4138
(internationally).
The replay of the conference call will be
available at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, February 4, 2021.
It will be available until May 5, 2021, and can be accessed by
dialing toll free 1-877-344-7529 (domestically) and 1-412-317-0088
(internationally) and entering the passcode 10150337. A transcript
of the call and the webcast replay will be available at our website
on the Investor Relations homepage, www.mreic.reit.
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation,
founded in 1968, is one of the oldest public equity REITs in the
world. We specialize in single tenant, net-leased industrial
properties, subject to long-term leases, primarily to
investment-grade tenants. Monmouth Real Estate is a fully
integrated and self-managed real estate company, whose property
portfolio consists of 121 properties, containing a total of
approximately 24.5 million rentable square feet, geographically
diversified across 31 states. Our occupancy rate as of this date is
99.7%.
Certain statements included in this press
release which are not historical facts may be deemed
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such forward-looking
statements are based on our current expectations and involve
various risks and uncertainties. Although we believe the
expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based
on reasonable assumptions, we can provide no assurance those
expectations will be achieved. The risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results or events to differ materially from
expectations are contained in our annual report on Form 10-K and
described from time to time in our other filings with the SEC. We
undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise.
Notes:
(1) Non-U.S. GAAP Information: FFO, as defined
by The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
(NAREIT), represents net income attributable to common
shareholders, as defined by accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP), excluding
extraordinary items, as defined under U.S. GAAP, gains or losses
from sales of previously depreciated real estate assets, impairment
charges related to depreciable real estate assets, plus certain
non-cash items such as real estate asset depreciation and
amortization. Included in the NAREIT FFO White Paper - 2018
Restatement, is an option pertaining to assets incidental to our
main business in the calculation of NAREIT FFO to make an election
to include or exclude mark-to-market changes in the value
recognized on these marketable equity securities. In conjunction
with the adoption of the FFO White Paper - 2018 Restatement, for
all periods presented, we have elected to exclude unrealized gains
and losses from our investments in marketable equity securities
from our FFO calculation. NAREIT created FFO as a non-GAAP
supplemental measure of REIT operating performance. We define
Adjusted Funds From Operations (AFFO) as FFO, excluding stock based
compensation expense, depreciation of corporate office tenant
improvements, amortization of deferred financing costs, lease
termination income, non-recurring severance expense, effect of
non-cash U.S. GAAP straight-line rent adjustments and subtracting
recurring capital expenditures. We define recurring capital
expenditures as all capital expenditures that are recurring in
nature, excluding capital expenditures related to expansions at our
current locations or capital expenditures that are incurred in
conjunction with obtaining a new lease or a lease renewal. We
believe that, as widely recognized measures of performance used by
other REITs, FFO and AFFO may be considered by investors as
supplemental measures to compare our operating performance to those
of other REITs. FFO and AFFO exclude historical cost depreciation
as an expense and may facilitate the comparison of REITs which have
a different cost basis. However, other REITs may use different
methodologies to calculate FFO and AFFO and, accordingly, our FFO
and AFFO may not be comparable to all other REITs. The items
excluded from FFO and AFFO are significant components in
understanding our financial performance.
FFO and AFFO are non-GAAP performance measures
and (i) do not represent Cash Flow from Operations as defined by
U.S. GAAP; (ii) should not be considered as an alternative to Net
Income or Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders as a
measure of operating performance or to Cash Flows from Operating,
Investing and Financing Activities; and (iii) are not an
alternative to Cash Flows from Operating, Investing and Financing
Activities as a measure of liquidity. FFO and AFFO, as calculated
by us, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported
by other REITs.
The following is a reconciliation of the Company’s U.S. GAAP Net
Income Attributable to Common Shareholders to the Company’s FFO and
AFFO for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in
thousands):
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
12/31/2020 |
|
12/31/2019 |
|
Net Income Attributable to Common
Shareholders |
$ |
25,746 |
|
|
$ |
3,528 |
|
|
Less/Plus: Unrealized Holding
(Gains) Losses Arising During the Periods |
|
(19,721 |
) |
|
|
3,635 |
|
|
Plus: Depreciation Expense
(excluding Corporate Office Capitalized Costs) |
|
12,020 |
|
|
|
11,380 |
|
|
Plus: Amortization of Intangible Assets |
|
532 |
|
|
|
508 |
|
|
Plus: Amortization of Capitalized Lease Costs |
|
303 |
|
|
|
271 |
|
|
FFO Attributable to Common Shareholders |
|
18,880 |
|
|
|
19,322 |
|
|
Plus: Depreciation of Corporate Office Capitalized Costs |
|
57 |
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
Plus: Stock Compensation Expense |
|
57 |
|
|
|
156 |
|
|
Plus: Amortization of Financing Costs |
|
331 |
|
|
|
435 |
|
|
Plus: Non-recurring Severance Expense |
-0- |
|
|
786 |
|
|
Less: Lease Termination Income |
|
(377 |
) |
|
-0- |
|
Less: Recurring Capital Expenditures |
|
(160 |
) |
|
|
(218 |
) |
|
Less: Effect of Non-cash U.S. GAAP Straight-line Rent
Adjustment |
|
(618 |
) |
|
|
(600 |
) |
|
AFFO Attributable to Common Shareholders |
$ |
18,170 |
|
|
$ |
19,934 |
|
|
The following are the Cash Flows provided (used) by Operating,
Investing and Financing Activities for the three months ended
December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
|
Three Months Ended |
|
12/31/2020 |
|
12/31/2019 |
|
|
|
|
Operating Activities |
$ |
29,692 |
|
|
$ |
18,872 |
|
Investing Activities |
|
(166,774 |
) |
|
|
(81,741 |
) |
Financing Activities |
|
142,845 |
|
|
|
59,073 |
|
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