Regency Centers Q2 net income rises, raises FY outlook

Overview

• U.S. shopping center REIT's Q2 net income per share rose to $0.61 from $0.56 yr/yr

• Nareit FFO per share for Q2 increased to $1.21 from $1.16 yr/yr

• Q2 same property NOI grew 3.8% yr/yr

Outlook

• Regency Centers raises 2026 Nareit FFO guidance to $4.84-$4.88 per diluted share

• Company lifts 2026 Core Operating Earnings guidance to $4.62-$4.66 per diluted share

• Regency Centers increases 2026 Same Property NOI growth forecast to 3.7%-4.1% year-over-year

Result Drivers

• BASE RENT GROWTH - Same property base rent growth contributed 3.7% to Q2 same property NOI growth

• LEASING ACTIVITY - Co executed 2.1 mln sq ft of new and renewal leases in Q2 at blended cash rent spreads of 10.4%

• PORTFOLIO EXPANSION - Co started $68 mln of development and redevelopment projects and acquired shopping centers and outparcels for about $48 mln in Q2

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Key Details

Analyst Coverage

• The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 10 "strong buy" or "buy", 10 "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"

• The average consensus recommendation for the commercial reits peer group is "buy"

• Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Regency Centers Corp is $85.00, about 5% above its July 28 closing price of $80.97

• The stock recently traded at 33 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 31 three months ago

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