Net Lease Powerhouse | Essential Properties Realty Trust excels in single-tenant, net-leased real estate, focusing on middle-market companies and experiential retail with impressive growth |
Financial Fortitude | EPRT boasts a 98.78% gross profit margin, consistent dividend growth, and projections of significant AFFO expansion, driven by a robust acquisition pipeline |
Competitive Edge | Explore EPRT's superior cost of capital and higher acquisition cap rates, creating a positive flywheel effect that outpaces competitors in earnings growth |
Analyst Optimism | UBS Securities sets a $30 price target, while Wedbush rates EPRT as Outperform, reflecting confidence in the company's strategic positioning and growth potential |
Metrics to compare | EPRT | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Real Estate sector companies | Relationship RelationshipEPRTPeersSector | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E Ratio | 25.2x | 68.0x | 8.5x | |
PEG Ratio | 3.11 | 0.56 | 0.01 | |
Price/Book | 1.5x | 1.4x | 0.9x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 11.0x | 7.5x | 3.9x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 20.7% | 12.3% | 18.5% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | −6.0% | 1.7% | Unlock |
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.