Phillips Edison & Co Inc (PECO) (Q1 2024) Earnings Call Transcript Highlights: Strong ...

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  • Same Center NOI Growth: Increased by 3.7%

  • NAREIT FFO: Increased 4.9% to $80.1 million, or $0.59 per diluted share

  • Core FFO: Increased 4.5% to $81.7 million, or $0.60 per diluted share

  • Occupancy Rate: Remained high at 97% leased

  • Acquisitions: Acquired 2 shopping centers and 1 land parcel for a total of $56 million

  • Guidance for 2024: Affirmed core FFO guidance range, projecting year-over-year growth of 3%

  • Net Income Guidance for 2024: Updated to $0.51 to $0.55 per share

  • Interest Expense Headwinds: Estimated to be a headwind of $0.07 to $0.11 per share for the year

  • Acquisition Guidance for 2024: Expecting $200 million to $300 million in net acquisitions

  • Same Center NOI Growth Guidance: Projected at 3.25% to 4.25% for 2024

Release Date: April 26, 2024

For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript.

Q & A Highlights

Q: Hi, everyone. Maybe just following up, John, on that last point on the bad debt headwinds. So I know the guidance was 60 to 80 basis points, and you mentioned now it could come in at the high end granted it's still early in the year. It sounds like your neighbors are performing generally very well. So just wondering what's driving the updated view and the 1Q results? And if anything is kind of PICO driven, can you go through that nuance? A: Jeffrey Edison - Phillips Edison & Co Inc - Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer: Well, hi, Caitlin, it's Jeff. Thanks for the question. Our As we look at the operating environment, when we get to levels of occupancy that we're at right now, we're taking a very aggressive stance on getting property getting back neighbors who are not paying. That has some impact on what we're talking about here. But we're generally going to continue to be really aggressive at getting spaces back on a go forward basis and that will have an impact. And but we are not seeing anything sectorally that's happening that is changing those numbers and we do think they will more normalize over as the year goes through. John, did you have any additions to that?

Q: Hi, everyone. I was just hoping you if you guys could talk a little bit more about the 2 centers acquired in the Q1. Both seemed pretty well leased at the point of acquisition. So just wondering on the opportunity set that you see at each of those centers. And then just wondering on plans for the land parcel that was acquired. Thanks. A: Jeffrey Edison - Phillips Edison & Co Inc - Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer: Why don't I I'll cover the 2 properties. Bob, you can talk through the land parcel that we purchased. The first project we bought, Lake Mary, was a center that we have actually been looked at for a long time It is a Publix anchored center. It's one of the best Publixes in its trade area. We really like that particular market outside of Orlando. And so we and we did find that there was some very good mark to market opportunities there. I think our underwriting was sort of in the between 9% and 9.5% on an unlevered IRR basis. So we felt pretty good about that acquisition.