VER News and Press, VEREIT Inc. From 05/03/21

One investor who is adamant with regard to selecting companies with powerful sources of differentiation is Warren Buffett. “The key to investing is …determining the competitive advantage of any given company and, above all, the durability of that advantage." Warren Buffe...

Most investors that put money into Real Estate are doing so thanks to the sector's classic attributes: tangible assets, relative safety, high yield, and protection against inflation. At the moment, the market is allowing investors to benefit from a unique risk/reward situation: Taking...

If you really want to feel old, think about the shows you used to watch as a kid. As I note in my upcoming book, The Intelligent REIT Investor, when a REIT does start to “go bad,” investors typically have plenty of time to get out. Bad management can destroy value in...

Mergers and acquisitions can be too fancy for their own good. Realty Income's roughly $11 billion all-stock deal for rival real estate investment trust Vereit might appear to be guilty of this sin, with some financial engineering and a spinoff on the side. The companies estimate some ...

The U.S. equity market rally stalled this past week as intensifying COVID issues in India and domestic inflationary concerns offset a stellar slate of corporate earnings reports and economic data. The S&P 500 edged out gains of 0.1% - notching gains in five of the past six weeks -...

Realty Income is a quality pick that has performed well in the past and that should do the same in the future. The VEREIT acquisition makes a lot of sense and will deliver value for shareholders. Shares are not cheap right now, and investors had a better entry opportunity a couple...

O bought VER in an accretive deal. The accretion comes from the issuance of expensive stock to buy a low multiple company. We see future M&A activity in the space with the cheap triple nets being the beneficiaries. For further details see: Realty Income's Purchase Of...

Gainers: VEREIT (VER) +17%. Nam Tai Property (NTP) +11%. Realogy Holdings (RLGY) +11%. Alliance Data Systems (ADS) +11%. EZCORP (EZPW) +9%.Losers: Tiptree (TIPT) -17%. X Financial (XYF) -12%. Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) -10%. Upstart Holdings (UPST) -8%. Reliance Global Group (RELI) -8%....

Gainers: Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI) +55%.Ocular Therapeutix (OCUL) +23%.Galera Therapeutics (GRTX) +23%.JAKKS Pacific (JAKK) +21%.ShiftPixy (PIXY) +19%.1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS) +18%.MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies (MRM) +16%.VEREIT (VER) +16%.Communications Systems (JCS) +15%.Dol...

Shares of real estate investment trust (REIT) VEREIT (NYSE: VER) rose a dramatic 19% as trading got under way on April 29. The big news driving the advance is that net lease peer Realty Income (NYSE: O) is buying it out in an all-stock deal. Interestingly, however, Realt...