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Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (EPRT)

Real Estate | REIT - Retail | Princeton, United States | NYSE
30.37 USD +0.01 (0.033%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4:02 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 30.37
Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:27 a.m. EDT

Essential Properties Realty Trust presents a compelling case for income-focused investors who can tolerate moderate capital appreciation risks. The company boasts a robust 4.11% dividend yield, which is currently well-supported by a healthy payout ratio of roughly 96%, indicating the distribution is sustainable rather than a drain on cash reserves. Fundamentally, the business is showing signs of life with revenue growth accelerating to 18.1% and earnings growing at 17.5%, suggesting the retail real estate portfolio is gaining traction. The balance sheet remains solid with a current ratio of 3.84, providing ample liquidity to manage debt obligations. However, the stock faces headwinds regarding valuation and recent price action. Trading at nearly 24x trailing earnings and 10.8x sales, the stock is priced for perfection, leaving little margin of safety if growth slows. Furthermore, despite the strong long-term trajectory, the stock has recently underperformed its moving averages, trading slightly below both the 50-day and 200-day averages. This recent weakness, combined with a neutral statistical forecast, tempers the enthusiasm for immediate aggressive buying, though the long-term fundamentals remain sound.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.044461
AutoARIMA0.044462
AutoTheta0.044941
MSTL0.047165

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 51%
H-stat 11.23
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.253
Excess Kurtosis -0.15
Attribute Value
Sector Real Estate
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-29
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-29
Debt to Equity Ratio 65.659
Revenue per Share 2.986
Market Cap 6,584,785,408
Trailing P/E 23.54
Forward P/E 21.97
Beta 0.88
Profit Margins 43.51%
Website https://essentialproperties.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:27 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish on the near-to-intermediate term, evidenced by massive open interest in October and January call contracts compared to negligible put volume. The heavy concentration of call Open Interest at the $35 strike suggests a collective bet on a significant upside move toward that level within the next year, while the lack of deep out-of-the-money put positioning indicates minimal fear of a crash.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.07% 4.15% 4.09% 4.25%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-30 0.320 1.072027
2026-03-31 0.310 1.021080
2025-12-31 0.310 1.045179
2025-09-30 0.300 1.008065
2025-06-30 0.300 0.940144
2025-03-31 0.295 0.903799
2024-12-31 0.295 0.943095
2024-09-30 0.290 0.849195
2024-06-28 0.290 1.046554
2024-03-27 0.285 1.074256
2023-12-28 0.285 1.094050
2023-09-28 0.280 1.287356
2023-06-29 0.280 1.172039
2023-03-30 0.275 1.133086
2022-12-29 0.275 1.177730
2022-09-29 0.270 1.415836
2022-06-29 0.270 1.248844
2022-03-30 0.260 1.020809
2021-12-30 0.260 0.907821
2021-09-29 0.250 0.887469
2021-06-29 0.250 0.919456
2021-03-30 0.240 1.038062
2020-12-30 0.240 1.145038
2020-09-29 0.230 1.297236
2020-06-29 0.230 1.518152
2020-03-30 0.230 1.697417
2019-12-30 0.230 0.934200
2019-09-27 0.220 0.976909
2019-06-27 0.220 1.120734
2019-03-28 0.210 1.070882
2018-12-28 0.210 1.518438
2018-09-27 0.224 1.592040
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.28
dividendYield 4.22
exDividendDate 2026-06-30
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.24
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.040843215
lastDividendValue 0.32
lastDividendDate 2026-06-30
dividendDate 2026-07-14

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.012040377
Address1 5 Vaughn Drive
Address2 Suite 202
All Time High 34.879
All Time Low 6.08
Ask 30.41
Ask Size 700
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 1.3 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,849,900
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,874,564
Average Volume 1,874,564
Average Volume10Days 1,849,900
Beta 0.88
Bid 30.4
Bid Size 600
Board Risk 1
Book Value 20.384
City Princeton
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 30.37
Current Ratio 3.841
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 30.555
Day Low 30.31
Debt To Equity 65.659
Display Name Essential Properties Realty Trust
Dividend Date 1,783,987,200
Dividend Rate 1.28
Dividend Yield 4.22
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,815,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,815,200
Earnings Growth 0.075
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.175
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,750,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,612,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,612,800
Ebitda 563,993,024
Ebitda Margins 0.91633004
Enterprise To Ebitda 16.682
Enterprise To Revenue 15.287
Enterprise Value 9,408,737,280
Eps Current Year 1.34016
Eps Forward 1.38256
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.29
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,782,777,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 31.0918
Fifty Day Average Change -0.72179985
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.023215119
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -1.2040377
Fifty Two Week High 34.73
Fifty Two Week High Change -4.3599987
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.12553984
Fifty Two Week Low 28.95
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.4200001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.04905009
Fifty Two Week Range 28.95 - 34.73
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,529,587,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 4.09
Float Shares 215,245,707
Forward Eps 1.38256
Forward P E 21.966497
Free Cashflow 305,324,384
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 56
Fullday Change 0.0100002
Fullday Change Percent 0.0329388
Fullday Price 30.37
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.98414004
Gross Profits 605,726,976
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00624
Held Percent Institutions 1.20086
Implied Shares Outstanding 216,818,742
Industry REIT - Retail
Industry Disp REIT - Retail
Industry Key reit-retail
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,782,777,600
Last Dividend Value 0.32
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. is an internally managed REIT that acquires, owns and manages primarily single-tenant properties that are net leased on a long-term basis to companies operating service-oriented or experience-based businesses. As of September 30, 2025, the Company's portfolio consisted of 2,266 freestanding net lease properties with a weighted average lease term of 14.4 years and a weighted average rent coverage ratio of 3.6x. In addition, as of September 30, 2025, the Company's portfolio was 99.8% leased to tenants operating 645 different concepts across 48 states. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.
Long Name Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 6,584,785,408
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_567714077
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 266,596,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 6,566,048,401
Number Of Analyst Opinions 20
Open 30.56
Operating Cashflow 414,070,016
Operating Margins 0.62468
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.9612
Phone 609 436 0619
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 30.37
Post Market Time 1,787,959,949
Previous Close 30.36
Price Eps Current Year 22.661474
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.489894
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 10.698462
Profit Margins 0.43506
Quick Ratio 3.724
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.25
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0100002
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0329388
Regular Market Day High 30.555
Regular Market Day Low 30.31
Regular Market Day Range 30.31 - 30.555
Regular Market Open 30.56
Regular Market Previous Close 30.36
Regular Market Price 30.37
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,346
Regular Market Volume 710,242
Return On Assets 0.03579
Return On Equity 0.064780004
Revenue Growth 0.181
Revenue Per Share 2.986
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Real Estate
Sector Disp Real Estate
Sector Key real-estate
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 216,245,955
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.087299995
Shares Short 18,873,522
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 17,938,178
Short Name Essential Properties Realty Tru
Short Percent Of Float 0.1216
Short Ratio 12.73
Source Interval 15
State NJ
Symbol EPRT
Target High Price 40.0
Target Low Price 33.0
Target Mean Price 37.0625
Target Median Price 37.5
Total Cash 126,165,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.583
Total Debt 2,923,130,880
Total Revenue 615,489,024
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.24
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.040843215
Trailing Eps 1.29
Trailing P E 23.542637
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 31.23985
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.86984825
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.027844189
Type Disp Equity
Volume 710,242
Website https://essentialproperties.com
Zip 8,540