How to buy W P Carey stock (WPC)

W P Carey is a reit - diversified business based in the US. W P Carey shares (WPC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $57.28 – a decrease of 3% over the previous week. W P Carey employs 197 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.6 billion.

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W P Carey stock price (NYSE: WPC)

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W P Carey shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-10-23.

Latest market close	$57.28
52-week range	$47.64 - $64.40
50-day moving average more info button	$60.50
200-day moving average more info button	$58.50
Wall St. target price	$61.73
PE ratio more info button	22.7115
Dividend yield more info button	$3.666 (5.94%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$2.60

Is it a good time to buy W P Carey stock?

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W P Carey price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $57.28 from 2024-10-25

1 week (2024-10-22)	-3.00%
1 month (2024-09-27)	-8.70%
3 months (2024-07-29)	-5.96%
6 months (2024-04-29)	2.84%

1 year (2023-10-27)	7.83%
2 years (2022-10-28)	-24.54%
3 years (2021-10-29)	77.11
5 years (2019-10-29)	81.2538

Is W P Carey stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing W P Carey stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of W P Carey's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

W P Carey's P/E ratio

W P Carey's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 23x. In other words, W P Carey shares trade at around 23x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

W P Carey's EBITDA

W P Carey's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.3 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a W P Carey's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

W P Carey financials

Revenue TTM	$1.6 billion
Operating margin TTM	46.37%
Gross profit TTM	$1.4 billion
Return on assets TTM	2.69%
Return on equity TTM	6.39%
Profit margin	34.77%
Book value	$39.45
Market Capitalization more info button	$12.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

W P Carey's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like W P Carey.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

W P Carey's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 23.23

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and W P Carey's overall score of 23.23 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 17th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like W P Carey is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

W P Carey's environmental score

Environmental score: 8.59/100

W P Carey's environmental score of 8.59 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that W P Carey is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

W P Carey's social score

Social score: 12/100

W P Carey's social score of 12 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that W P Carey is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

W P Carey's governance score

Governance score: 10.65/100

W P Carey's governance score puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that W P Carey is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

W P Carey Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	23.23
Total ESG percentile	17.46
Environmental score	8.59
Environmental score percentile	8
Social score	12
Social score percentile	8
Governance score	10.65
Governance score percentile	8

W P Carey share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 132.95% of net profits

Recently W P Carey has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), W P Carey shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In W P Carey's case, that would currently equate to about $3.666 per share.

W P Carey's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

W P Carey's most recent dividend payout was on 14 October 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 29 September 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have W P Carey's shares ever split?

W P Carey's shares were split on a 1021:1000 basis on 1 November 2023 . So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1021 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your W P Carey shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 2.1% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for W P Carey shares which in turn could have impacted W P Carey's share price.

W P Carey share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, W P Carey's shares have ranged in value from as little as $47.6398 up to $64.4034. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while W P Carey's is 0.959. This would suggest that W P Carey's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

W P Carey overview

W. P. Carey ranks among the largest net lease REITs with a well-diversified portfolio of high-quality, operationally critical commercial real estate, which includes 1,424 net lease properties covering approximately 173 million square feet and a portfolio of 89 self-storage operating properties as of December 31, 2023. With offices in New York, London, Amsterdam and Dallas, the company remains focused on investing primarily in single-tenant, industrial, warehouse and retail properties located in the U. S. and Northern and Western Europe, under long-term net leases with built-in rent escalations. .

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of W P Carey is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 1.208% of W P Carey shares are held by insiders and 69.083% by institutions. How many people work for W P Carey?
Latest data suggests 197 work at W P Carey. When does the fiscal year end for W P Carey?
W P Carey's fiscal year ends in December. Where is W P Carey based?
W P Carey's address is: One Manhattan West, New York, NY, United States, 10001 What is W P Carey's ISIN number?
W P Carey's international securities identification number is: US92936U1097 What is W P Carey's CUSIP number?
W P Carey's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 92930Y107