W.P. Carey (WPC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

W.P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) is a real estate investment trust that owns and manages a diversified portfolio of commercial properties. The company primarily invests in single-tenant, operationally critical properties that are leased to companies under long-term, net lease agreements. These arrangements generally require tenants to pay property taxes, insurance and maintenance costs, subject to the terms of each lease.

Its portfolio has historically included industrial, warehouse, retail, office and self-storage properties, with a focus on assets leased to established businesses across a range of industries. W.P. Carey serves tenants in the United States and Europe, and its geographic reach has included markets such as Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.

Founded in 1973 by William Polk Carey, the company developed from a provider of sale-leaseback financing into a publicly traded real estate owner and manager. W.P. Carey completed the separation of its office properties into a separately traded real estate investment trust in 2023 as part of its efforts to focus on its core industrial, warehouse, retail and other commercial real estate holdings. Jason Fox serves as the company's president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $63.04 to $63.91
• 50-Day Range: $62.82 to $72.12
• 52-Week Range: $62.24 to $77.22
• Volume: 1.57 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.77 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $14.45 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.65
• Dividend Yield: 5.99%
• Price Target: $78.14
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

W.P. Carey Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

W.P. Carey scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 56th out of 186 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

W.P. Carey has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.56, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 9 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

W.P. Carey has a consensus price target of $78.14, representing about 23.2% upside from its current price of $63.42.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

W.P. Carey has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 3.94%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for W.P. Carey are expected to grow by 3.94% in the coming year, from $5.07 to $5.27 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of W.P. Carey is 21.65, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of W.P. Carey is 21.65, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 27.12.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

W.P. Carey has a PEG Ratio of 3.25. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

W.P. Carey has a P/B Ratio of 1.71. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.95% of the float of W.P. Carey has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

W.P. Carey has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.64.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in W.P. Carey has recently increased by 9.59%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

W.P. Carey is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.91%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

W.P. Carey has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of W.P. Carey is 129.69%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, W.P. Carey will have a dividend payout ratio of 72.11% next year. This indicates that W.P. Carey will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.50

News Sentiment

W.P. Carey has a news sentiment score of 0.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for W.P. Carey this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

18 people have searched for WPC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

8 people have added W.P. Carey to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 167% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, W.P. Carey insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.98% of the stock of W.P. Carey is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

73.73% of the stock of W.P. Carey is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/28/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/27/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Diversified REITs
• Sub-Industry: Diversified REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WPC
• CIK: 1025378
• Web: www.wpcarey.com
• Phone: (212) 492-1100
• Fax: 212-492-8922
• Employees: 199
• Year Founded: 1973

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for W.P. Carey: $78.14
• High Price Target: $88.00
• Low Price Target: $68.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +23.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.56
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.93
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.65
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.51
• P/E Growth: 3.25
• Net Income: $466.36 million
• Net Margins: 36.34%
• Pretax Margin: 38.68%
• Return on Equity: 7.81%
• Return on Assets: 3.58%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.01
• Current Ratio: 0.22
• Quick Ratio: 0.22

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.72 billion
• Price / Sales: 8.42
• Cash Flow: $4.55 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.95
• Book Value: $37.12 per share
• Price / Book: 1.71

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 227,820,000
• Free Float: 225,584,000
• Market Cap: $14.45 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.75