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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT)

Essential Properties Q4 AFFO per share rises 9% to $0.49; 2026 guidance raised

Positive Impact 4 of 5 guidance Written later

Essential Properties Realty Trust reported fourth quarter 2025 results on February 11, 2026, with net income per diluted share of $0.34, up 13%, and AFFO per diluted share of $0.49, up 9%. The company raised its 2026 AFFO per share guidance to a range of $1.99 to $2.04, which matters to shareholders because it is the company's forward estimate of its core cash earnings per share.

Key points

  • Q4 2025 net income per diluted share was $0.34, up 13%; FFO per diluted share was $0.54, up 15%.
  • Full-year 2025 AFFO per diluted share was $1.89, up 9%, and net income per diluted share was $1.28, up 11%.
  • 2026 AFFO per share guidance was raised to $1.99 to $2.04, with investment volume estimated at $1.0 billion to $1.4 billion.
  • Q4 2025 investments totaled $295.8 million at a 7.7% weighted average cash cap rate; the Q4 dividend was $0.31 per share, paid January 14, 2026.

The filing

CompanyEssential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 11, 2026, 4:19 PM ET
Accession number0001728951-26-000004

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 12:58 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 11, 2026.

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