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SL Green (SLG) Q2 FFO Misses Estimates, Occupancy and NOI Decline
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SL Green Realty Corp. (SLG - Free Report) delivered second-quarter 2021 funds from operations (FFO) per share of $1.60, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.62. Further, the reported figure compares unfavorably with the year-ago quarter’s $1.70.
Decline in occupancy level and same-store cash net operating income (NOI) hurt the company’s performance in the reported quarter.
While net rental revenues of $163.9 million in the second quarter surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $152 million, the figure declined 5.9% from the prior-year quarter’s $174.1 million.
Quarter in Detail
In the second quarter, same-store cash NOI, including SL Green’s share of same-store cash NOI from unconsolidated joint ventures, decreased 3.7% year over year. This excludes lease termination income.
In the Manhattan portfolio, the company signed 42 office leases for 557,703 square feet in the reported period. For the reported quarter, the mark-to-market on signed Manhattan office leases edged down 1.1% from the previous fully-escalated rents on the same spaces.
For the Manhattan office leases signed in second-quarter 2021, the average lease term was 4.7 years, while average tenant concessions were 2.4 months of free rent with a tenant improvement allowance of $17.16 per rentable square foot. This excludes the leases signed at One Vanderbilt Avenue.
As of Jun 30, 2021, Manhattan’s same-store office occupancy, inclusive of leases signed but not yet commenced, was 93.6%, having shrunk 50 basis points from the prior quarter.
The carrying value of its debt and preferred equity portfolio was $1.11 billion as of Jun 30, 2021.
Liquidity
The company exited second-quarter 2021 with cash and cash equivalents of $218.3 million, down from the $304.9 million recorded at the end of the first quarter.
Investment Activity
Under its $3.5-billion share-repurchase program, SL Green has repurchased 3.4 million shares since the beginning of this year through Jul 21, 2021.
In the second quarter, it closed on the proposed sale of its 20% stake in luxury multifamily tower — Sky — located at 605 West 42nd Street for net cash proceeds of $54.5 million.
The company also completed the sale of its property in 635-641 Sixth Avenue, generating net cash proceeds of $313.2 million.
In addition to that, it completed the buyout of fee interest in 461 Fifth Avenue for a gross purchase price of $28 million.
Dividends
During the second quarter, SL Green paid out three monthly dividends of 30.33 cents per share on its common stock in May, June and July, equating to an annualized dividend of $3.64 per share.
We now look forward to the earnings releases of other REITs like Boston Properties (BXP - Free Report) , Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (ARE - Free Report) and Highwoods Properties, Inc. (HIW - Free Report) , all three of which are slated to report second-quarter results on Jul 27.
Note: Anything related to earnings presented in this write-up represents funds from operations (FFO) — a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs.
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SL Green (SLG) Q2 FFO Misses Estimates, Occupancy and NOI Decline
SL Green Realty Corp. (SLG - Free Report) delivered second-quarter 2021 funds from operations (FFO) per share of $1.60, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.62. Further, the reported figure compares unfavorably with the year-ago quarter’s $1.70.
Decline in occupancy level and same-store cash net operating income (NOI) hurt the company’s performance in the reported quarter.
While net rental revenues of $163.9 million in the second quarter surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $152 million, the figure declined 5.9% from the prior-year quarter’s $174.1 million.
Quarter in Detail
In the second quarter, same-store cash NOI, including SL Green’s share of same-store cash NOI from unconsolidated joint ventures, decreased 3.7% year over year. This excludes lease termination income.
In the Manhattan portfolio, the company signed 42 office leases for 557,703 square feet in the reported period. For the reported quarter, the mark-to-market on signed Manhattan office leases edged down 1.1% from the previous fully-escalated rents on the same spaces.
For the Manhattan office leases signed in second-quarter 2021, the average lease term was 4.7 years, while average tenant concessions were 2.4 months of free rent with a tenant improvement allowance of $17.16 per rentable square foot. This excludes the leases signed at One Vanderbilt Avenue.
As of Jun 30, 2021, Manhattan’s same-store office occupancy, inclusive of leases signed but not yet commenced, was 93.6%, having shrunk 50 basis points from the prior quarter.
The carrying value of its debt and preferred equity portfolio was $1.11 billion as of Jun 30, 2021.
Liquidity
The company exited second-quarter 2021 with cash and cash equivalents of $218.3 million, down from the $304.9 million recorded at the end of the first quarter.
Investment Activity
Under its $3.5-billion share-repurchase program, SL Green has repurchased 3.4 million shares since the beginning of this year through Jul 21, 2021.
In the second quarter, it closed on the proposed sale of its 20% stake in luxury multifamily tower — Sky — located at 605 West 42nd Street for net cash proceeds of $54.5 million.
The company also completed the sale of its property in 635-641 Sixth Avenue, generating net cash proceeds of $313.2 million.
In addition to that, it completed the buyout of fee interest in 461 Fifth Avenue for a gross purchase price of $28 million.
Dividends
During the second quarter, SL Green paid out three monthly dividends of 30.33 cents per share on its common stock in May, June and July, equating to an annualized dividend of $3.64 per share.
SL Green currently carries a Zacks Rank of 3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
We now look forward to the earnings releases of other REITs like Boston Properties (BXP - Free Report) , Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (ARE - Free Report) and Highwoods Properties, Inc. (HIW - Free Report) , all three of which are slated to report second-quarter results on Jul 27.
Note: Anything related to earnings presented in this write-up represents funds from operations (FFO) — a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs.