VER News and Press, VEREIT Inc. From 06/17/20

PHOENIX , June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- VEREIT, Inc. (NYSE: VER) ("VEREIT" or the "Company") today announced updated information on its real estate portfolio and balance sheet in response to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Real Est...

REIT Rankings: Net Lease ( Hoya Capital Real Estate , Co-Produced with Brad Thomas ) Net Lease REIT Sector Overview Net Lease REITs have been one of the stronger-performing REIT sectors over the last decade - despite their heavy exposure to retail-based segments - and comprise...

Real Estate Weekly Outlook U.S. equity markets retreated this week following a frenzied "reopening rally" as investor attention - and the media spotlight - returned to the coronavirus pandemic amid concerns that recent protests could spark a "second wave" of the outbreak. Outside of severa...

There's no way to sugarcoat what happened to VEREIT 's (NYSE: VER) dividend -- the net-lease real estate investment trust (REIT) trimmed it by a painful 45%. That was not what investors had been expecting when the year began, but COVID-19 upended the company's plans. That said, there's still ...

There's a pause today in exuberant sentiment over the reopening economy. Sometimes bull moves need a breather, but if looking for an excuse, one could do worse than reports from Arizona of spiking COVID-19 cases and a re-activation of the hospital emergency plan three weeks after that stat...

Dividend Cuts And Suspension/Elimination There were only two companies that suspended dividend payments during the month of April. Apple Hospitality ( APLE ) is a real estate investment trust ( REIT ) that operates hotels in 87 markets across the United States. According to the most re...

We are in recession based on any available economic data. GDP is ugly and unemployment is potentially setting records. Apparently, nobody told the market yet as the S&P is 9% away from all-time highs. REITs are a little bit cheaper having not risen as far and dropped a bit more, but even t...

Co-produced with Beyond Saving Selling on a dividend cut is a knee-jerk reaction for many dividend investors. As with most knee-jerk reactions, it is almost always the wrong decision. Consider a few examples. EPR Properties ( EPR ) announced they were suspending all dividends on Ma...

Investment Thesis Realty Income ( O ) is a net lease REIT that owns over 6,500 properties across the United States as well as Puerto Rico and recently also the United Kingdom. Its portfolio has 9.2 average years remaining on its lease terms, derives 48% of rent from investment-grade ten...

Real Estate Weekly Outlook U.S. equity markets surged this week, buoyed by news of positive clinical trial results from Moderna ( MRNA ) and Inovio Pharmaceuticals ( INO ) and on renewed hopes of a V-shaped economic recovery as most states and countries around the world have begun the ...