CBL Properties Reports Strong Results for First Quarter 2024

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Same-center NOI increased 3.6% over the prior-year period

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 10, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CBL Properties (NYSE: CBL) announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. Results of operations as reported in the consolidated financial statements for these periods are prepared in accordance with GAAP. A description of each supplemental non-GAAP financial measure and the related reconciliation to the comparable GAAP financial measure is located at the end of this news release.

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Net (loss) income attributable to common shareholders

 

$

(0.01

)

 

$

0.06

 

Funds from Operations ("FFO")

 

$

1.21

 

 

$

1.86

 

FFO, as adjusted (1)

 

$

1.50

 

 

$

1.56

 

(1)

For a reconciliation of FFO to FFO, as adjusted, for the periods presented, please refer to the footnotes to the Company’s reconciliation of net (loss) income attributable to common shareholders to FFO allocable to Operating Partnership common unitholders on page 8 of this news release.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • CBL reported an increase in same-center NOI of 3.6% for first quarter 2024 compared with the prior-year period, and FFO, as adjusted, per share of $1.50, compared with $1.56 for first quarter 2023. Results were in-line with the previously issued guidance range for 2024 same-center NOI in the range of $428 million - $442 million and after adjusting for year-to-date share repurchase activity, 2024 FFO, as adjusted, per share guidance in the range of $6.24 - $6.69.

  • Over 1.1 million square feet of leases were executed in first quarter 2024. First quarter 2024 leasing results included comparable leases of approximately 775,000 square feet signed at a 10.2% increase in average rents versus the prior leases.

  • Portfolio occupancy was 89.4% as of March 31, 2024, a 50 basis point decline compared with portfolio occupancy of 89.9% as of March 31, 2023. Same-center occupancy for malls, lifestyle centers and outlet centers was 87.7% as of March 31, 2024, a 50-basis-point decline from 88.2% as of March 31, 2023.

  • Same-center tenant sales per square foot for the first quarter 2024 increased 0.2%, a reversal of previous sales trends. Same-center tenant sales per square foot for the 12-months ended March 31, 2024, declined 3.7% to $417, compared with $433 for the prior period.

  • As of March 31, 2024, the Company had $295.3 million of unrestricted cash and marketable securities.

  • More than $9.1 million in share repurchases completed year-to-date, continuing CBL's commitment to return capital to shareholders.

  • CBL's Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.40 per common share for the quarter ending June 30, 2024. The dividend equates to an annual dividend payment of $1.60 per common share.