(WPC) W P Carey - Overview

Exchange: NYSE • Country: United States • Currency: USD • Type: Common Stock • ISIN: US92936U1097

Stock:

Total Rating 41

Risk 37

Buy Signal -0.24

REIT - Diversified +5.6
Diversified REITs +1.0

Market Cap: 15,735m
Avg Trading Vol: 97.3M USD

ATR: 2.03%
Peers RS (IBD): 82.76

Risk 5d forecast
Volatility	21.5%
Relative Tail Risk	-2.51%

Reward TTM
Sharpe Ratio	1.02
Alpha	19.77

Character TTM
Beta	0.185
Beta Downside	0.451

Drawdowns 3y
Max DD	33.41%
CAGR/Max DD	0.10

EPS (Earnings per Share)

EPS CAGR: -5.24%
EPS Trend: -25.8%

Last SUE: 0.00
Qual. Beats: 0

Revenue

Rev. CAGR: 7.57%
Rev. Trend: 59.5%

Last SUE: 0.18
Qual. Beats: 0

Description: WPC W P Carey

W. P. Carey Inc. ranks among the largest net lease REITs with a well-diversified portfolio of high-quality, operationally critical commercial real estate. It includes 1,682 net lease properties covering approximately 183 million square feet as of December 31, 2025. With offices in New York, London, Amsterdam and Dallas, the company remains focused on investing primarily in single-tenant, industrial, warehouse and retail properties located in the U.S. and Europe, under long-term net leases with built-in rent escalations.

Piotroski VR‑10 (Strict, 0-10) 4.0

Net Income: 466.4m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue
FCF/TA: 0.07 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -3.33 > 1.0
NWC/Revenue: -37.17% < 20% (prev -9.78%; Δ -27.39% < -1%)
CFO/TA 0.07 > 3% & CFO 1.28b > Net Income 466.4m
Net Debt (8.57b) to EBITDA (1.33b): 6.46 < 3
Current Ratio: 0.18 > 1.5 & < 3
Outstanding Shares: last quarter (221.2m) vs 12m ago 0.29% < -2%
Gross Margin: 68.20% > 18% (prev 0.92%; Δ 6728 % > 0.5%)
Asset Turnover: 10.94% > 50% (prev 8.99%; Δ 1.95% > 0%)
Interest Coverage Ratio: 2.73 > 6 (EBITDA TTM 1.33b / Interest Expense TTM 291.2m)

Altman Z'' -1.00

A: -0.04 (Total Current Assets 155.3m - Total Current Liabilities 877.5m) / Total Assets 17.99b
B: -0.20 (Retained Earnings -3.54b / Total Assets 17.99b)
C: 0.04 (EBIT TTM 794.0m / Avg Total Assets 17.76b)
D: -0.38 (Book Value of Equity -3.71b / Total Liabilities 9.86b)
Altman-Z'' Score: -1.00 = CCC

Beneish M 1.00

DSRI: 873.8 (Receivables 1.17b/1.09m, Revenue 1.94b/1.58b)
GMI: 1.35 (GM 68.20% / 92.35%)
AQI: 0.52 (AQ_t 0.13 / AQ_t-1 0.25)
SGI: 1.23 (Revenue 1.94b / 1.58b)
TATA: -0.05 (NI 466.4m - CFO 1.28b) / TA 17.99b)
Beneish M-Score: 715.5 (Cap -4..+1) = D

What is the price of WPC shares?

As of February 25, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 73.44 with a total of 876,390 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.97%, over one month by +7.09%, over three months by +11.11% and over the past year by +23.86%.

Is WPC a buy, sell or hold?

W P Carey has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.00. Therefor, it is recommend to hold WPC.

StrongBuy: 0
Buy: 3
Hold: 8
Sell: 3
StrongSell: 0

What are the forecasts/targets for the WPC price?

Issuer	Target	Up/Down from current
Wallstreet Target Price	71.8	-2.2%
Analysts Target Price	71.8	-2.2%

WPC Fundamental Data Overview February 21, 2026

P/E Trailing = 34.0284
P/E Forward = 24.2131
P/S = 9.225
P/B = 1.9382
Revenue TTM = 1.94b USD
EBIT TTM = 794.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = 1.33b USD
Long Term Debt = 8.72b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 2.54m USD (from shortTermDebt, two quarters ago)
Debt = 8.72b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 8.57b USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 24.30b USD (15.73b + Debt 8.72b - CCE 155.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 2.73 (Ebit TTM 794.0m / Interest Expense TTM 291.2m)
EV/FCF = 18.95x (Enterprise Value 24.30b / FCF TTM 1.28b)
FCF Yield = 5.28% (FCF TTM 1.28b / Enterprise Value 24.30b)
FCF Margin = 66.00% (FCF TTM 1.28b / Revenue TTM 1.94b)
Net Margin = 24.00% (Net Income TTM 466.4m / Revenue TTM 1.94b)
Gross Margin = 68.20% ((Revenue TTM 1.94b - Cost of Revenue TTM 617.7m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 24.47% (prev 68.67%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.35 (Enterprise Value 24.30b / Total Assets 17.99b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.86% (Interest Expense 75.4m / Debt 8.72b)
Taxrate = 6.32% (31.9m / 504.8m)
NOPAT = 743.8m (EBIT 794.0m * (1 - 6.32%))
Current Ratio = 0.18 (Total Current Assets 155.3m / Total Current Liabilities 877.5m)
Debt / Equity = 1.07 (Debt 8.72b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 8.12b)
Debt / EBITDA = 6.46 (Net Debt 8.57b / EBITDA 1.33b)
Debt / FCF = 6.68 (Net Debt 8.57b / FCF TTM 1.28b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 8.21b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 2.63% (Net Income 466.4m / Total Assets 17.99b)
RoE = 5.68% (Net Income TTM 466.4m / Total Stockholder Equity 8.21b)
RoCE = 4.69% (EBIT 794.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 8.21b + L.T.Debt 8.72b))
RoIC = 4.46% (NOPAT 743.8m / Invested Capital 16.69b)
WACC = 4.53% (E(15.73b)/V(24.46b) * Re(6.60%) + D(8.72b)/V(24.46b) * Rd(0.86%) * (1-Tc(0.06)))
Discount Rate = 6.60% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.) -> floored to rf + 0.7*ERP = 7.95%
Shares Correlation 3-Years: 100.0 | Cagr: 0.39%
[DCF] Terminal Value 86.33% ; FCFF base≈1.50b ; Y1≈1.50b ; Y5≈1.59b
[DCF] Fair Price = 177.1 (EV 47.37b - Net Debt 8.57b = Equity 38.80b / Shares 219.1m; r=5.90% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow -0.65% → 2.90% )
EPS Correlation: -25.80 | EPS CAGR: -5.24% | SUE: 0.0 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 59.46 | Revenue CAGR: 7.57% | SUE: 0.18 | # QB: 0
EPS next Quarter (2026-03-31): EPS=0.69 | Chg7d=+0.002 | Chg30d=+0.002 | Revisions Net=+1 | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=2.87 | Chg7d=+0.036 | Chg30d=+0.036 | Revisions Net=+1 | Growth EPS=+11.1% | Growth Revenue=+5.7%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=3.09 | Chg7d=+0.019 | Chg30d=+0.019 | Revisions Net=+1 | Growth EPS=+7.8% | Growth Revenue=+6.7%

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