$WPC
W. P. Carey Inc. Stock $wpc

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2021 Q2 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000102537821000098 Filed on July 30, 2021

Income Statement

Concept	2021 Q2	2020 Q2
Revenue	$319.7M	$290.5M
YoY Change	10.05%	-4.81%
Cost Of Revenue	$968.0K	$2.411M
YoY Change	-59.85%	-36.9%
Gross Profit	$318.8M	$288.1M
YoY Change	10.63%	-4.4%
Gross Profit Margin	99.7%	99.17%
Selling, General & Admin	$29.51M	$20.40M
YoY Change	44.67%	-17.41%
% of Gross Profit	9.26%	7.08%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$118.1M	$110.7M
YoY Change	6.69%	-5.14%
% of Gross Profit	37.05%	38.42%
Operating Expenses	$143.9M	$127.9M
YoY Change	12.48%	-7.52%
Operating Profit	$174.9M	$160.2M
YoY Change	9.16%	-1.76%
Interest Expense	$49.25M	$52.18M
YoY Change	-5.61%	-12.62%
% of Operating Profit	28.16%	32.57%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$18.96M	-$9.352M
YoY Change	102.72%	-83.54%
Pretax Income	$129.6M	$122.8M
YoY Change	5.52%	77.35%
Income Tax	$9.298M	$7.595M
% Of Pretax Income	7.18%	6.18%
Net Earnings	$120.2M	$105.3M
YoY Change	14.19%	59.45%
Net Earnings / Revenue	37.61%	36.24%
Basic Earnings Per Share
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$665.6K	$606.9K
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	180.1M shares	173.4M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	180.7M shares	173.5M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2021 Q2	2020 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$164.5M	$137.0M
YoY Change	20.08%	-32.18%
Cash & Equivalents	$164.5M	$137.2M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory	$5.682M	$0.00
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$187.2M	$148.0M
YoY Change	26.49%	-61.76%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$10.28B	$9.203B
YoY Change	11.66%	5.21%
Goodwill	$907.3M	$898.8M
YoY Change	0.94%	-2.32%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$351.9M	$284.6M
YoY Change	23.62%	-10.25%
Other Assets	$53.69M	$67.00M
YoY Change	-19.87%	13.56%
Total Long-Term Assets	$15.04B	$13.81B
YoY Change	8.96%	0.02%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$187.2M	$148.0M
Total Long-Term Assets	$15.04B	$13.81B
Total Assets	$15.23B	$13.96B
YoY Change	9.14%	-1.66%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$571.0M	$516.0M
YoY Change	10.67%	40.6%
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$767.4M	$700.0M
YoY Change	9.62%	9.89%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$6.816B	$6.122B
YoY Change	11.33%	-0.89%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$197.1M	$197.0M
YoY Change	0.03%	-10.05%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$7.013B	$6.319B
YoY Change	10.98%	-1.2%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$767.4M	$700.0M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$7.013B	$6.319B
Total Liabilities	$7.931B	$7.154B
YoY Change	10.87%	-0.66%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings
YoY Change
Common Stock	$184.0K	$174.0K
YoY Change	5.75%	1.75%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$7.299B	$6.801B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$15.23B	$13.96B
YoY Change	9.14%	-1.66%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2021 Q2	2020 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$120.2M	$105.3M
YoY Change	14.19%	59.45%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$118.1M	$110.7M
YoY Change	6.69%	-5.14%
Cash From Operating Activities	$210.3M	$160.4M
YoY Change	31.14%	-13.48%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$711.2M	-$132.2M
YoY Change	437.96%	-24.33%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$98.20M	$39.70M
YoY Change	-347.35%	84.65%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$809.4M	-$92.60M
YoY Change	774.06%	-39.56%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	531.7M	-151.1M
YoY Change	-451.92%	96.23%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	210.3M	160.4M
Cash From Investing Activities	-809.4M	-92.60M
Cash From Financing Activities	531.7M	-151.1M
Net Change In Cash	-67.29M	-83.30M
YoY Change	-19.22%	85.94%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$210.3M	$160.4M
Capital Expenditures	-$711.2M	-$132.2M
Free Cash Flow	$921.5M	$292.6M
YoY Change	214.95%	-18.74%

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	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	171879000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	171390000	USD
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	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Other StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueOther	309507000	USD
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	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	Business and Organization<div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">W. P. Carey Inc. (“W. P. Carey”) is a REIT that, together with our consolidated subsidiaries, invests primarily in operationally-critical, single-tenant commercial real estate properties located in the United States and Northern and Western Europe on a long-term basis. We earn revenue principally by leasing the properties we own to companies on a triple-net lease basis, which generally requires each tenant to pay the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Founded in 1973, our shares of common stock are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WPC.”</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We elected to be taxed as a REIT under Section 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code effective as of February 15, 2012. As a REIT, we are not subject to federal income taxes on income and gains that we distribute to our stockholders as long as we satisfy certain requirements, principally relating to the nature of our income and the level of our distributions, as well as other factors. We also own real property in jurisdictions outside the United States through foreign subsidiaries and are subject to income taxes on our pre-tax income earned from properties in such countries. Through our taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”), we also earn revenue as the advisor to certain non-traded investment programs. We hold all of our real estate assets attributable to our Real Estate segment under the REIT structure, while the activities conducted by our Investment Management segment subsidiaries have been organized under TRSs.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On April 13, 2020, two of the non-traded REITs that we advised, Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated (“CWI 1”) and Carey Watermark Investors 2 Incorporated (“CWI 2”) (together, the “CWI REITs”), merged in an all-stock transaction, with CWI 2 as the surviving entity (the “CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger”). Following the close of the CWI 1 and CWI 2 Merger, our advisory agreements with CWI 1 and CWI 2 were terminated, CWI 2 was renamed Watermark Lodging Trust, Inc. (“WLT”), and we began to provide certain services to WLT pursuant to a transition services agreement. As a result, at June 30, 2021, we were the advisor to the following entities (</span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ibbce7e33a828481c904549a44cf07ec1_43" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Note 3</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">):</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">•</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt">Corporate Property Associates 18 – Global Incorporated (“CPA:18 – Global”), a publicly owned, non-traded REIT that primarily invests in commercial real estate properties; we refer to CPA:18 – Global together with the CWI REITs as the “Managed REITs” (as used throughout this Report, the term “Managed REITs” does not include CWI 1 and CWI 2 after April 13, 2020); and</span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">•</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt">Carey European Student Housing Fund I, L.P. (“CESH”), a limited partnership formed for the purpose of developing, owning, and operating student housing properties and similar investments in Europe; we refer to the Managed REITs and CESH collectively as the “Managed Programs.”</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We no longer raise capital for new or existing funds, but currently expect to continue managing CPA:18 – Global and CESH through the end of their respective life cycles (</span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ibbce7e33a828481c904549a44cf07ec1_43" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Note 3</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">).</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Reportable Segments</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Real Estate</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> — Lease revenues from our real estate investments generate the vast majority of our earnings. We invest primarily in commercial properties located in the United States and Northern and Western Europe, which are leased to companies on a triple-net lease basis. At June 30, 2021, our owned portfolio was comprised of our full or partial ownership interests in 1,266 properties, totaling approximately 150 million square feet, substantially all of which were net leased to 356 tenants, with a weighted-average lease term of 10.8 years and an occupancy rate of 98.0%. In addition, at June 30, 2021, our portfolio was comprised of full or partial ownership interests in 20 operating properties, including 19 self-storage properties and one hotel, totaling approximately 1.4 million square feet.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Investment Management</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> — Through our TRSs, we manage the real estate investment portfolios for the Managed Programs, for which we earn asset management revenue. We may earn incentive revenue and receive other compensation through our advisory agreements with certain of the Managed Programs, including in connection with providing a liquidity event for CPA:18 – Global’s stockholders. In addition, we include equity income generated through our (i) ownership of shares and limited partnership units of the Managed Programs (</span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ibbce7e33a828481c904549a44cf07ec1_55" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Note 7</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">) and (ii) special general partner interest in the operating partnership of CPA:18 – Global (through which we participate in its cash flows (</span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ibbce7e33a828481c904549a44cf07ec1_43" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Note 3</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">)), in our Investment Management segment.</span></div>At June 30, 2021, the Managed Programs owned all or a portion of 52 net-leased properties (including certain properties in which we also have an ownership interest), totaling approximately 10.6 million square feet, substantially all of which were leased to 65 tenants, with an occupancy rate of approximately 98.7%. The Managed Programs also had interests in 69 operating properties (totaling approximately 5.6 million square feet in the aggregate) and ten active build-to-suit projects at the same date.
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CY2020Q4	wpc	Variable Interest Entities Count VariableInterestEntitiesCount	12	variable_interest_entity
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CY2020Q4	wpc	Variable Interest Entities Consolidated Count VariableInterestEntitiesConsolidatedCount	5	variable_interest_entity
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CY2020Q4	wpc	Variable Interest Entities Unconsolidated Count VariableInterestEntitiesUnconsolidatedCount	7	variable_interest_entity
	us-gaap	Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment Description PriorPeriodReclassificationAdjustmentDescription	<div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Reclassifications</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Asset management revenue and structuring and other advisory revenue are now included within Asset management and other revenue in the consolidated statements of income.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We currently present Non-operating income on its own line item in the consolidated statements of income, which was previously included within Other gains and (losses). Non-operating income primarily consists of realized gains and losses on derivative instruments, dividends from equity securities, and interest income on our cash deposits and loans to affiliates.</span></div>
	us-gaap	Revenue Recognition Leases RevenueRecognitionLeases	<span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Lease revenue (including straight-line lease revenue) is only recognized when deemed probable of collection. Collectibility is assessed for each tenant receivable using various criteria including credit ratings (</span><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#ibbce7e33a828481c904549a44cf07ec1_49" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Note 5</a></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">), guarantees, past collection issues, and the current economic and business environment affecting the tenant. If collectibility of the contractual rent stream is not deemed probable, revenue will only be recognized upon receipt of cash from the tenant.</span>For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the same periods in 2020, lease revenues increased by $4.6 million and $2.0 million, respectively, due to the positive impact on rent collections as businesses recover from the initial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020, for our remaining hotel operating property, revenues and expenses increased by $1.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively, reflecting higher occupancy as the hotel’s business recovers from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020, for our remaining hotel operating property, revenues and expenses decreased by $0.3 million and $0.8 million, respectively, due to the adverse effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hotel’s operations.
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	us-gaap	Direct Financing Lease Interest Income DirectFinancingLeaseInterestIncome	38900000	USD
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