EastGroup Properties Announces First Quarter 2025 Results

Quarter Highlights

• Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders of $1.14 Per Diluted Share for First Quarter 2025 Compared to $1.22 Per Diluted Share for First Quarter 2024 (Gains on Sales of Real Estate Investments Were $9 Million, or $0.18 Per Diluted Share, in First Quarter 2024; There Were No Sales in First Quarter 2025)
• Funds from Operations ("FFO") Excluding Gain on Involuntary Conversion and Business Interruption Claims of $2.12 Per Diluted Share for First Quarter 2025 Compared to $1.98 Per Diluted Share for First Quarter 2024, an Increase of 7.1%
• Same Property Net Operating Income for the Same Property Pool Excluding Income From Lease Terminations Increased 5.3% on a Straight-Line Basis and 5.2% on a Cash Basis for First Quarter 2025 Compared to the Same Period in 2024
• Operating Portfolio was 97.3% Leased and 96.5% Occupied as of March 31, 2025; Average Occupancy of Operating Portfolio was 95.8% for First Quarter 2025 as Compared to 97.5% for First Quarter 2024
• Rental Rates on New and Renewal Leases Increased an Average of 46.9% on a Straight-Line Basis
• Signed 30% More Square Feet of Operating Portfolio Leases in First Quarter 2025 as Compared to the Same Period in 2024
• Transferred Two Development Projects Containing 375,000 Square Feet to the Operating Portfolio
• Signed 10 Leases on Development Projects From January 1, 2025 through April 22, 2025, Totaling Approximately 414,000 Square Feet

JACKSON, Miss., April 23, 2025 -- EastGroup Properties, Inc. (NYSE: EGP) (the "Company", "we", "us" or "EastGroup") announced today the results of its operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Commenting on EastGroup's performance, Marshall Loeb, CEO, stated, "I'm proud of our first quarter progress. The past two quarters marked two of our three historic highs for square feet of operating portfolio leases signed during the quarter. That's a strong testament to our team, our properties and our markets, in that order. For the near term, concerns about global trade have since put a cloud of uncertainty around the market, in terms of leasing and capital market activity. We are monitoring the environment closely and working to complete leases as quickly as we can in the meantime. Stepping back, our management team has been through several periods of economic uncertainty before, and we'll navigate through this one too. The uncertainty creates a stark reminder of why we maintain a strong balance sheet and focus on diversity in terms of tenants and geography. Long term, I remain bullish on the continuing external secular trends which benefit our shallow bay, last mile, high-growth market portfolio."

EARNINGS PER SHARE

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025

On a diluted per share basis, earnings per common share ("EPS") were $1.14 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $1.22 for the same period of 2024. The decrease in EPS was primarily due to the following:

• EastGroup recognized gains on sales of real estate investments of $8,751,000 ($0.18 per share) during the three months ended March 31, 2024. There were no sales during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
• Depreciation and amortization expense was $52,520,000 ($1.01 per diluted share) for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to $45,169,000 ($0.94 per diluted share) for the same period of 2024.
• Weighted average shares increased by 4,067,000 on a diluted basis during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period of 2024.

The decrease in EPS was partially offset by the following:

• The Company's property net operating income ("PNOI") was $126,178,000 ($2.43 per diluted share) for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to $111,363,000 ($2.32 per diluted share) for the same period of 2024.
• Interest expense was $8,025,000 ($0.15 per diluted share) for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to $10,061,000 ($0.21 per diluted share) for the same period of 2024.

FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS AND PROPERTY NET OPERATING INCOME

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, funds from operations attributable to common stockholders ("FFO") were $2.15 per diluted share compared to $1.98 per diluted share during the same period of 2024, an increase of 8.6%.

FFO Excluding Gain on Involuntary Conversion and Business Interruption Claims was $2.12 per diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $1.98 per diluted share for the same period of 2024, an increase of 7.1%.

PNOI increased by $14,815,000, or 13.3%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period of 2024. PNOI increased $6,331,000 due to 2024 acquisitions, $6,161,000 due to same property operations (based on the same property pool), and $2,677,000 due to newly developed and value-add properties, and decreased $177,000 due to operating properties sold in 2024.

Same PNOI Excluding Income from Lease Terminations increased 5.3% on a straight-line basis for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period of 2024; on a cash basis (excluding straight-line rent adjustments and amortization of above/below market rent intangibles), Same PNOI increased 5.2%. 

On a straight-line basis, rental rates on new and renewal leases signed during the three months ended March 31, 2025 (representing 4.4% of our total square footage) increased an average of 46.9%.

The same property pool for the three months ended March 31, 2025 includes properties which were included in the operating portfolio for the entire period from January 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025; this pool is comprised of properties containing 54,733,000 square feet.

FFO, FFO Excluding Gain on Involuntary Conversion and Business Interruption Claims, PNOI, Same PNOI and rental rate changes on new and renewal leases are non-GAAP financial measures, which are defined under Definitions later in this release. Reconciliations of Net Income to PNOI and Same PNOI, and Net Income Attributable to EastGroup Properties, Inc. Common Stockholders to FFO and FFO Excluding Gain on Involuntary Conversion and Business Interruption Claims are presented in the attached schedule "Reconciliations of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures."

DEVELOPMENT AND VALUE-ADD PROPERTIES

During the first quarter of 2025, EastGroup began construction on the redevelopment of a 262,000 square foot project known as Dominguez, which is located in Los Angeles, with a projected total cost of $7,700,000.

At March 31, 2025, EastGroup's development and value-add program consisted of 20 projects (4,030,000 square feet) in 14 markets. The projects, which were collectively 25% leased as of April 22, 2025, have a projected total cost of $573,200,000, of which $142,876,000 remained to be funded as of March 31, 2025.

During the first quarter of 2025, EastGroup transferred two projects to the operating portfolio. The Company transfers projects to the portfolio at the earlier of 90% occupancy or one year after completion.

The development projects transferred to the operating portfolio during 2025 are detailed in the table below:

DIVIDENDS

EastGroup declared a cash dividend of $1.40 per share of common stock in the first quarter of 2025. The first quarter dividend, which was paid on April 15, 2025, was the Company's 181^st consecutive quarterly cash distribution to shareholders. The Company has increased or maintained its dividend for 32 consecutive years and has increased it in 29 years over that period, including increases in each of the last 13 years. The annualized dividend rate of $5.60 per share represents a dividend yield of 3.5% based on the closing stock price of $158.87 on April 22, 2025.

FINANCIAL STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY

EastGroup continues to maintain a strong and flexible balance sheet. Debt-to-total market capitalization was 13.7% at March 31, 2025. The Company's interest and fixed charge coverage ratio was 15.0x for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The Company's ratio of debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for real estate ("EBITDAre") was 3.0x for the three months ended March 31, 2025. EBITDAre and the Company's interest and fixed charge coverage ratio are non-GAAP financial measures defined under Definitions later in this release. Refer to the schedule "Reconciliations of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures" attached for the calculation of the Company's interest and fixed charge coverage ratio, the debt to EBITDAre ratio, and the reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDAre.

During January 2025, EastGroup refinanced a $100,000,000 senior unsecured term loan, reducing the credit spread by 30 basis points to a total effectively fixed interest rate of 4.97%. The loan, which previously had five years remaining, now has a three-year maturity with two one-year extension options at the Company's election. In March 2025, EastGroup repaid a $50,000,000 senior unsecured term loan at maturity with an effectively fixed interest rate of 1.58%. The Company did not enter into any new secured or unsecured debt agreements during the three months ended March 31, 2025. The Company also had minimal draws on its unsecured credit facilities, with a weighted average balance of $820,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and no borrowings on the facilities as of March 31, 2025.

During the first quarter of 2025, EastGroup sold 33,120 shares of common stock directly through its sales agents under its continuous common equity offering program at a weighted average price of $183.15 per share, providing aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $6,005,000.

Also, during the first quarter of 2025, EastGroup settled outstanding forward equity sale agreements that were previously entered into under its continuous common equity offering program by issuing 385,253 shares of common stock in exchange for net proceeds of approximately $66,902,000. Subsequent to quarter-end, the Company settled additional outstanding forward equity sale agreements by issuing 250,516 shares of common stock in exchange for approximate net proceeds of $44,430,000.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company entered into forward equity sale agreements with respect to 1,043,871 shares of common stock with an initial weighted average forward price of $182.02 per share and approximate gross sales proceeds of $190,006,000 based on the initial forward price. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of common shares by the forward purchasers at the time it entered into forward equity sale agreements. As of April 22, 2025, EastGroup had 793,355 shares of common stock available for settlement prior to the expiration of the applicable settlement periods ranging from February through March 2026, for approximate net proceeds of $143,597,000, based on a weighted average forward price of $181.00 per share.

OUTLOOK FOR 2025

We estimate EPS for 2025 to be in the range of $4.67 to $4.87 and FFO per share attributable to common stockholders for 2025 to be in the range of $8.84 to $9.04. The table below reconciles projected net income attributable to common stockholders to projected FFO. The Company is providing a projection of estimated net income attributable to common stockholders solely to satisfy the disclosure requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

EastGroup's projections are based on management's current beliefs and assumptions about our business, the industry and the markets in which we operate; there are known and unknown risks and uncertainties associated with these projections. We assume no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, including our Outlook for 2025, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Please refer to the "Forward-Looking Statements" disclosures included in this earnings release and "Risk Factors" disclosed in our annual and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more information.

The following table presents the guidance range for 2025:

The following assumptions were used for the mid-point:

DEFINITIONS

The Company's chief decision maker uses Net income as the primary measure of operating results in making decisions. Investor and industry analysts primarily utilize two supplemental operating performance measures in analyzing operating results, which include: (1) funds from operations attributable to common stockholders ("FFO"), including FFO as adjusted as described below, and (2) property net operating income ("PNOI"), as defined below.  

FFO is computed in accordance with standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. ("Nareit").  Nareit's guidance allows preparers an option as it pertains to whether gains or losses on sale, or impairment charges, on real estate assets incidental to a real estate investment trust's ("REIT's") business are excluded from the calculation of FFO. EastGroup has made the election to exclude activity related to such assets that are incidental to our business. FFO is calculated as net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders computed in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), excluding gains and losses from sales of real estate property (including other assets incidental to the Company's business) and impairment losses, adjusted for real estate related depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.

FFO Excluding Gain on Involuntary Conversion and Business Interruption Claims is calculated as FFO (as defined above), adjusted to exclude gains on involuntary conversion and business interruption claims. The Company believes that this exclusion presents a more meaningful comparison of operating performance across periods.

PNOI is defined as Income from real estate operations less Expenses from real estate operations (including market-based internal management fee expense) plus the Company's share of income and property operating expenses from its less-than-wholly-owned real estate investments. EastGroup sometimes refers to PNOI from Same Properties as "Same PNOI" in this press release and the accompanying reconciliation; the Company also presents Same PNOI Excluding Income from Lease Terminations. The Company presents Same PNOI and Same PNOI Excluding Income from Lease Terminations as a property-level supplemental measure of performance used to evaluate the performance of the Company's investments in real estate assets and its operating results on a same property basis. The Company believes it is useful to evaluate Same PNOI Excluding Income from Lease Terminations on both a straight-line and cash basis. The straight-line basis is calculated by averaging the customers' rent payments over the lives of the leases; GAAP requires the recognition of rental income on a straight-line basis. The cash basis excludes adjustments for straight-line rent and amortization of market rent intangibles for acquired leases; cash basis is an indicator of the rents charged to customers by the Company during the periods presented and is useful in analyzing the embedded rent growth in the Company's portfolio. "Same Properties" is defined as operating properties owned during the entire current period and prior year reporting period. Operating properties are stabilized real estate properties (land including building and improvements) that make up the Company's operating portfolio. Properties developed or acquired are excluded from the same property pool until held in the operating portfolio for both the current and prior year reporting periods. Properties sold during the current or prior year reporting periods are also excluded. A key component of the change in PNOI is the rental rate change on new and renewal leases. The Company calculates rental rate changes on new and renewal leases as the difference, weighted by square feet, of the annualized base rent due the first month of the new lease's term and the annualized base rent of the rent due the last month of the former lease's term, for leases signed during the reporting period. If free rent is given, then the first positive full rent value is used. Rent amounts exclude base stop amounts, holdover rent, and premium or discounted rent amounts. This calculation excludes leases with terms of less than 12 months and leases for first generation space on properties acquired or developed by EastGroup.

FFO and PNOI are supplemental industry reporting measurements used to evaluate the performance of the Company's investments in real estate assets and its operating results. The Company believes that the exclusion of depreciation and amortization in the industry's calculations of PNOI and FFO provides supplemental indicators of the properties' performance since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions. PNOI and FFO as calculated by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled but differently calculated measures for other REITs. Investors should be aware that items excluded from or added back to FFO are significant components in understanding and assessing the Company's financial performance.

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization for Real Estate ("EBITDAre") is also used by the Company's management as a key performance measure. EBITDAre is computed in accordance with standards established by Nareit and defined as Net Income, adjusted for gains and losses from sales of real estate investments, non-operating real estate and other assets incidental to the Company's business, interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization. EBITDAre is a non-GAAP financial measure used by the Company's management to measure the Company's operating performance and its ability to meet interest payment obligations and pay quarterly stock dividends on an unleveraged basis.

Debt-to-EBITDAre ratio is a non-GAAP financial measure calculated by dividing the Company's debt by its EBITDAre, and is used by the Company's management in analyzing the financial condition and operating performance of the Company relative to its leverage.

The Company's interest and fixed charge coverage ratio is a non-GAAP financial measure calculated by dividing the Company's EBITDAre by its interest expense. The Company believes this ratio is useful to investors because it provides a basis for analysis of the Company's leverage, operating performance and its ability to service the interest payments due on its debt.

CONFERENCE CALL

EastGroup will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results of its first quarter, review the Company's current operations, and present its revised earnings outlook for 2025 on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. A live broadcast of the conference call is available by dialing 1-800-836-8184 (conference ID: EastGroup) or by webcast through a link on the Company's website at www.eastgroup.net. If you are unable to listen to the live conference call, a telephone and webcast replay will be available through Thursday, May 1, 2025. The telephone replay can be accessed by dialing 1-888-660-6345 (access code 03256#), and the webcast replay can be accessed through a link on the Company's website at www.eastgroup.net.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Supplemental financial information is available under Quarterly Results in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.eastgroup.net or upon request by calling the Company at 601-354-3555.

COMPANY INFORMATION

EastGroup Properties, Inc. (NYSE: EGP), a member of the S&P Mid-Cap 400 and Russell 2000 Indexes, is a self-administered equity real estate investment trust focused on the development, acquisition and operation of industrial properties in high-growth markets throughout the United States with an emphasis in the states of Texas, Florida, California, Arizona and North Carolina. The Company's goal is to maximize shareholder value by being a leading provider in its markets of functional, flexible and quality business distribution space for location sensitive customers (primarily in the 20,000 to 100,000 square foot range). The Company's strategy for growth is based on ownership of premier distribution facilities generally clustered near major transportation features in supply-constrained submarkets. The Company's portfolio, including development projects and value-add acquisitions in lease-up and under construction, currently includes approximately 63.1 million square feet. EastGroup Properties, Inc. press releases are available on the Company's website at www.eastgroup.net.

The Company announces information about the Company and its business to investors and the public using the Company's website (eastgroup.net), including the investor relations website (investor.eastgroup.net), filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, press releases, public conference calls, and webcasts. The Company also uses social media to communicate with its investors and the public. While not all the information that the Company posts to the Company's website or on the Company's social media channels is of a material nature, some information could be deemed to be material. Therefore, the Company encourages investors, the media, and others interested in the Company to review the information that it posts on the social media channels, including Facebook (facebook.com/eastgroupproperties), LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/eastgroup-properties-inc), and X (X.com/eastgroupprop). The list of social media channels that the company uses may be updated on its investor relations website from time to time. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our website or any of our social media channels is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this document.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements and certain other information contained in this press release, which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "seek," "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "targets," "intends," "should," "estimates," "could," "continue," "assume," "projects," "goals," "plans" or variations of such words and similar expressions or the negative of such words, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbors created thereby. These forward-looking statements reflect the Company's current views about its plans, intentions, expectations, strategies and prospects, which are based on the information currently available to the Company and on assumptions it has made. For instance, the amount, timing and frequency of future dividends is subject to authorization by the Company's Board of Directors and will be based upon a variety of factors. Although the Company believes that its plans, intentions, expectations, strategies and prospects as reflected in or suggested by those forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company can give no assurance that such plans, intentions, expectations or strategies will be attained or achieved. Furthermore, these forward-looking statements should be considered as subject to the many risks and uncertainties that exist in the Company's operations and business environment. Such risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These uncertainties include, but are not limited to:

• international, national, regional and local economic conditions;
• the competitive environment in which the Company operates;
• fluctuations of occupancy or rental rates;
• potential defaults (including bankruptcies or insolvency) on or non-renewal of leases by tenants, or our ability to lease space at current or anticipated rents, particularly in light of the ongoing uncertainty around interest rates, tariffs and general economic conditions;
• disruption in supply and delivery chains;
• increased construction and development costs, including as a result of tariffs or the recent inflationary environment;
• acquisition and development risks, including failure of such acquisitions and development projects to perform in accordance with our projections or to materialize at all;
• potential changes in the law or governmental regulations and interpretations of those laws and regulations, including changes in real estate laws, real estate investment trust ("REIT") or corporate income tax laws, potential changes in zoning laws, or increases in real property tax rates, and any related increased cost of compliance;
• our ability to maintain our qualification as a REIT;
• natural disasters such as fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes or other extreme weather events, which may or may not be directly caused by longer-term shifts in climate patterns, could destroy buildings and damage regional economies;
• the availability of financing and capital, increases in or long-term elevated interest rates, and our ability to raise equity capital on attractive terms;
• financing risks, including the risks that our cash flows from operations may be insufficient to meet required payments of principal and interest, and we may be unable to refinance our existing debt upon maturity or obtain new financing on attractive terms or at all;
• our ability to retain our credit agency ratings;
• our ability to comply with applicable financial covenants;
• credit risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparties to our interest rate swaps;
• how and when pending forward equity sales may settle;
• lack of or insufficient amounts of insurance;
• litigation, including costs associated with prosecuting or defending claims and any adverse outcomes;
• our ability to attract and retain key personnel or lack of adequate succession planning;
• risks related to the failure, inadequacy or interruption of our data security systems and processes, including security breaches through cyber attacks;
• pandemics, epidemics or other public health emergencies, such as the coronavirus pandemic;
• potentially catastrophic events such as acts of war, civil unrest and terrorism; and
• environmental liabilities, including costs, fines or penalties that may be incurred due to necessary remediation of contamination of properties presently owned or previously owned by us.

All forward-looking statements should be read in light of the risks identified in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors within the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as such factors may be updated from time to time in the Company's periodic filings and current reports filed with the SEC.

The Company assumes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, including its Outlook for 2025, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

CONTACT

Investor@eastgroup.net

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