Alpine Income Property Trust Reports Third Quarter 2024 Operating Results

WINTER PARK, Fla., Oct. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PINE) (the “Company” or “PINE”), an owner and operator of single tenant net leased commercial income properties, today announced its operating results and earnings for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Select Highlights

• Net Income per diluted share attributable to the Company of $0.21.
• Funds from Operations (“FFO”) of $0.45 per diluted share, an increase of 21.6% from the comparable prior year period.
• Adjusted Funds from Operations (“AFFO”) of $0.44 per diluted share, an increase of 15.8% from the comparable prior year period.
• Raised net proceeds of $11.1 million under common stock ATM offering program.
• Acquired four net leased retail properties for $37.5 million, at a weighted average initial cash cap rate of 8.8%.
• Purchased and amended a first mortgage construction loan, secured by a Publix-anchored shopping center and three outparcels, with a total funding commitment of $17.8 million, of which $10.0 million was funded at closing, at an initial interest rate of 10.25%.
• Sold eight net leased retail properties, including two leased to Walgreens, for $48.6 million at a weighted average exit cash cap rate of 6.8%, generating aggregate gains of $3.4 million.
• Increased the weighted average remaining lease term of the property portfolio to 8.8 years as of September 30, 2024, from 6.6 years as of June 30, 2024.
• Increased quarterly dividend from $0.275 per share to $0.28 per share, representing an annualized yield of 6.3% based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on October 16, 2024.
• Raised full year 2024 FFO guidance to a range of $1.67 to $1.69 per diluted share.
• Raised full year 2024 AFFO guidance to a range of $1.69 to $1.71 per diluted share.

“We are pleased to have robust growth in earnings and investments this quarter, while continuing to selectively prune the portfolio by selling lower yielding assets and recycling the proceeds into higher yield assets,” said John P. Albright, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alpine Income Property Trust. “Our strategy has again enabled us to raise our earnings and investment guidance for the balance of 2024 while incrementally decreasing leverage.”

Quarterly Operating Results Highlights

The table below provides a summary of the Company’s operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 (in thousands, except per share data):

Year-to-Date Operating Results Highlights

The table below provides a summary of the Company’s operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 (in thousands, except per share data):

Investments 

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company acquired four net leased retail properties leased to two tenants for $37.5 million at a weighted average initial cap rate of 8.8%. One property was acquired for $6.1 million and is leased to investment grade rated Golf Galaxy (Dick’s Sporting Goods). The other three properties, all located in the greater Tampa Bay, Florida area, were purchased through a sale-leaseback transaction with a subsidiary of Beachside Hospitality Group for $31.4 million and have leases with a 30-year term and 2.0% annual escalations (the “Tampa Properties”). The Tampa Properties are adequately insured; accordingly, the Company expects no material impact on cash flows from rental payments from these tenants as a result of the recent storms in the greater Tampa Bay area.

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company purchased and amended one first mortgage construction loan, secured by a Publix-anchored shopping center and three outparcels located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The loan has a total funding commitment of $17.8 million, of which $10.0 million was funded during the quarter ended September 30, 2024, an initial yield of 10.25%, and a term of one year. The rate of the loan increases by 0.25% every 30 days to a maximum rate of 11.00%. However, upon certain leasing criteria being met, the rate will be lowered to 9.50%.

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, investment activities, which include the Company’s property and structured investment portfolios, totaled $55.3 million at a weighted average yield of 9.2%.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, investment activities, which include the Company’s property and structured investment portfolios, totaled $84.2 million at a weighted average yield of 9.4%.

Dispositions

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company sold eight net lease properties leased to Walgreens (two), LA Fitness, Hobby Lobby, Lowes Home Improvement, Chick-fil-A, Tractor Supply, and Long John Silvers, for total disposition volume of $48.6 million at a weighted average exit cash cap rate of 6.8%. The sale of the properties generated aggregate gains of $3.4 million.

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, disposition activities, which include the Company’s property and structured investment portfolios, totaled $48.6 million at a weighted average exit cash cap rate of 6.8%.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, disposition activities, which include the Company’s property and structured investment portfolios, totaled $68.8 million at a weighted average exit cash cap rate of 7.0%.

Property Portfolio

The Company’s property portfolio ⁽¹⁾ consisted of the following as of September 30, 2024:

The Company’s property portfolio included the following top tenants that represent 2.0% or greater of the Company's total ABR as of September 30, 2024:

The Company’s property portfolio consisted of the following industries as of September 30, 2024:

The Company’s property portfolio included properties in the following states as of September 30, 2024:

Capital Markets and Balance Sheet

During the quarter ended September 30, 2024, the Company completed the following notable capital markets activity:

•  Issued 620,176 common shares under its ATM offering program at a weighted average gross price of $18.09 per share, for total net proceeds of $11.1 million.

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s long-term debt as of September 30, 2024:

The Credit Facility has commitments for up to $250.0 million, however, borrowing availability is based on unencumbered property adjusted net operating income, as defined in the underlying credit agreement. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had an outstanding balance of $79.5 million and $53.5 million available.

As of September 30, 2024, the Company’s net debt to Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA was 6.9 times, and as defined in the Company’s credit agreement, the Company’s fixed charge coverage ratio was 3.4 times. As of September 30, 2024, the Company’s net debt to total enterprise value was 47.9%. The Company calculates total enterprise value as the sum of net debt and the market value of the Company's outstanding common shares and OP Units, as if the OP Units have been redeemed for common shares. 

As of September 30, 2024, the Company held a 92.1% interest in Alpine Income Property OP, LP, the Company’s operating partnership (the “Operating Partnership” or “OP”). There were 1,223,854 OP Units held by third parties outstanding and 14,251,933 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding, for total outstanding common stock and OP Units held by third parties of 15,475,787 as of September 30, 2024. 
  
Dividend

On August 20, 2024, the Company announced a cash dividend for the third quarter of 2024 of $0.280 per share, payable on September 30, 2024 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 12, 2024. The third quarter 2024 cash dividend represents a payout ratio of 63.6% of the Company’s third quarter 2024 FFO per diluted share and AFFO per diluted share.

2024 Outlook

The Company is increasing its FFO, AFFO, and investments outlook for 2024 to take into account its year-to-date performance. The Company’s outlook for 2024 assumes continued stability in economic activity, stable or positive business trends related to each of our tenants, and other significant assumptions.

The Company’s revised outlook for 2024 is as follows:

The following table provides a reconciliation of the revised outlook range of the Company’s 2024 estimated Net Income per Diluted Share to estimated FFO and AFFO per Diluted Share:

Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call & Webcast

The Company will host a conference call to present its operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, on Friday, October 18, 2024, at 9:00 AM ET.

A live webcast of the call will be available on the Investor Relations page of the Company’s website at www.alpinereit.com or at the link provided in the event details below. To access the call by phone, please go to the link provided in the event details below and you will be provided with dial-in details.

We encourage participants to dial into the conference call at least fifteen minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. A replay of the earnings call will be archived and available online through the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.alpinereit.com.

About Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc.

Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PINE) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that seeks to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns and dependable cash dividends by investing in, owning and operating a portfolio of single tenant net leased commercial income properties that are predominately leased to high-quality publicly traded and credit-rated tenants.

We encourage you to review our most recent investor presentation which is available on our website at http://www.alpinereit.com.

Safe Harbor

This press release may contain “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements include statements that may be identified by words such as “could,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “likely,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “seeks,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “continues,” “projects” and similar references to future periods, or by the inclusion of forecasts or projections. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations and assumptions regarding capital market conditions, the Company’s business, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, by their nature, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. As a result, the Company’s actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include general business and economic conditions, continued volatility and uncertainty in the credit markets and broader financial markets, risks inherent in the real estate business, including tenant defaults, potential liability relating to environmental matters, credit risk associated with the Company investing in first mortgage investments, illiquidity of real estate investments and potential damages from natural disasters, the impact of epidemics or pandemics (such as the COVID-19 Pandemic and its variants) on the Company’s business and the business of its tenants and the impact of such epidemics or pandemics on the U.S. economy and market conditions generally, other factors affecting the Company’s business or the business of its tenants that are beyond the control of the Company or its tenants, and the factors set forth under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and other risks and uncertainties discussed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statement made in this press release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Our reported results are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). We also disclose Funds From Operations (“FFO”) Adjusted Funds From Operations (“AFFO”), and Pro Forma Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA”), all of which are non-GAAP financial measures. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors because they are widely accepted industry measures used by analysts and investors to compare the operating performance of REITs. 

FFO, AFFO, and Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA do not represent cash generated from operating activities and are not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash requirements; accordingly, they should not be considered alternatives to net income as a performance measure or cash flows from operations as reported on our statement of cash flows as a liquidity measure and should be considered in addition to, and not in lieu of, GAAP financial measures. 

We compute FFO in accordance with the definition adopted by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT. NAREIT defines FFO as GAAP net income or loss adjusted to exclude real estate related depreciation and amortization, as well as extraordinary items (as defined by GAAP) such as net gain or loss from sales of depreciable real estate assets, impairment write-downs associated with depreciable real estate assets and impairments associated with the implementation of current expected credit losses on commercial loans and investments at the time of origination, including the pro rata share of such adjustments of unconsolidated subsidiaries. 

To derive AFFO, we further modify the NAREIT computation of FFO to include other adjustments to GAAP net income related to non-cash revenues and expenses such as loss on extinguishment of debt, amortization of above- and below-market lease related intangibles, straight-line rental revenue, amortization of deferred financing costs, non-cash compensation, and other non-cash income or expense. Such items may cause short-term fluctuations in net income but have no impact on operating cash flows or long-term operating performance. We use AFFO as one measure of our performance when we formulate corporate goals. 

To derive Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA, GAAP net income or loss is adjusted to exclude extraordinary items (as defined by GAAP), net gain or loss from sales of depreciable real estate assets, impairment write-downs associated with depreciable real estate assets and impairments associated with the implementation of current expected credit losses on commercial loans and investments at the time of origination and/or payoff, and real estate related depreciation and amortization including the pro rata share of such adjustments of unconsolidated subsidiaries, non-cash revenues and expenses such as straight-line rental revenue, amortization of deferred financing costs, loss on extinguishment of debt, above- and below-market lease related intangibles, non-cash compensation, other non-cash income or expense, and other non-recurring items such as disposition management fees and commission fees. Cash interest expense is also excluded from Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA, and GAAP net income or loss is adjusted for the annualized impact of acquisitions, dispositions and other similar activities.

FFO is used by management, investors and analysts to facilitate meaningful comparisons of operating performance between periods and among our peers primarily because it excludes the effect of real estate depreciation and amortization and net gains or losses on sales, which are based on historical costs and implicitly assume that the value of real estate diminishes predictably over time, rather than fluctuating based on existing market conditions. We believe that AFFO is an additional useful supplemental measure for investors to consider because it will help them to better assess our operating performance without the distortions created by other non-cash revenues or expenses. We also believe that Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA is an additional useful supplemental measure for investors to consider as it allows for a better assessment of our operating performance without the distortions created by other non-cash revenues, expenses or certain effects of the Company’s capital structure on our operating performance. FFO, AFFO, and Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.