Capital One Financial Has Positive View of EPRT Q3 Earnings

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EPRT) – Equities researchers at Capital One Financial raised their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Essential Properties Realty Trust in a research note issued on Monday, June 23rd. Capital One Financial analyst D. Guglielmo now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.47 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.46. The consensus estimate for Essential Properties Realty Trust’s current full-year earnings is $1.83 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Essential Properties Realty Trust’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.47 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.82 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.46 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.50 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.51 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.96 EPS.

EPRT has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, May 5th. UBS Group lowered their price target on shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust from $40.00 to $37.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 13th. Scotiabank increased their price objective on shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Monday, May 12th. Finally, Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $37.00 price objective (up from $35.00) on shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust in a research note on Wednesday, May 21st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $34.91.

Essential Properties Realty Trust Trading Down 2.6%

EPRT opened at $31.84 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $6.29 billion, a PE ratio of 27.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.47 and a beta of 1.10. Essential Properties Realty Trust has a twelve month low of $26.75 and a twelve month high of $34.88. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $32.19 and its two-hundred day moving average is $31.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a quick ratio of 7.76 and a current ratio of 7.76.

Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The company reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.46 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $129.35 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $124.88 million. Essential Properties Realty Trust had a return on equity of 6.13% and a net margin of 44.62%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 24.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.42 EPS.

Essential Properties Realty Trust Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, July 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 30th will be given a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 30th. This is a boost from Essential Properties Realty Trust’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. Essential Properties Realty Trust’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 102.61%.

Insider Transactions at Essential Properties Realty Trust

In other news, VP A Joseph Peil sold 13,227 shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.96, for a total value of $435,961.92. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 76,590 shares in the company, valued at $2,524,406.40. This trade represents a 14.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.77% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in EPRT. Truist Financial Corp acquired a new position in shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $287,000. TCW Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $872,000. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund increased its stake in shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust by 6.2% in the fourth quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund now owns 95,819 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,997,000 after buying an additional 5,566 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $346,000. Finally, QRG Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust by 7.3% in the fourth quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 79,452 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,485,000 after buying an additional 5,423 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.98% of the company’s stock.

About Essential Properties Realty Trust

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc, a real estate company, acquires, owns, and manages single-tenant properties in the United States. The company leases its properties to middle-market companies, such as restaurants, car washes, automotive services, medical and dental services, convenience stores, equipment rental, entertainment, early childhood education, grocery, and health and fitness on a long-term basis.