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Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

EPRTDividend Challenger • 7yrs
Real Estate · REIT - Retail🇺🇸 United States
$26.67
Dividend Yield4.80%
Annual Dividend$1.28
Ex-Dividend DateSep 30, 2026
Market Cap$5.53B
68/ 100
Financial Health
Stable
⚠ High payout ratio (96%)Conservative leverage (D/E 0.7x)Healthy yield (4.8%)Revenue growing (18%)

Automated dividend-safety read-out from payout, leverage, yield, profitability and track record. See the Financials tab for the full per-statement Financial Investigation. Educational only — not investment advice.

At a glance

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (EPRT) operates in the REIT - Retail industry and is based in the United States. It pays a quarterly dividend of $1.28 a year, a yield of 4.80% at the current price of $26.67. Essential Properties Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years, which makes it a Dividend Challenger. Over the last five years the dividend has grown by an average of 5.3% a year. It paid out 96% of its earnings as dividends. 20 analysts cover it; their average 12-month price target of $35.65 is 33.7% above the current price.

Written automatically from the figures on this page, as of Oct 24, 2026. Facts only, not a recommendation.

Price History
Dividend payment dates
Analyst Consensus
Buy
Bullish sentiment
95% of 20 analysts bullish
12-Month Price Target
$35.65
+33.7% vs current price

About Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. is an internally managed REIT that acquires, owns and manages primarily single-tenant properties that are net leased on a long-term basis to companies operating service-oriented or experience-based businesses. As of September 30, 2025, the Company's portfolio consisted of 2,266 freestanding net lease properties with a weighted average lease term of 14.

Business description sourced from Yahoo Finance / company filings. Not affiliated with SimplyWallStreet.

Key Metrics

Valuation

P/E Ratio
20.2
P/B Ratio
1.25
EV/EBITDA
14.8
Beta
0.84
vs S&P 500
52W High
$34.73
52W Low
$24.62

Profitability

Gross Margin
98.41%
Operating Margin
62.47%
Net Margin
43.51%
ROE
6.48%
Free Cash Flow
$305.3M

Financial Health

Debt / Equity
65.66
lower is safer
Current Ratio
3.84
>1 healthy
Quick Ratio
3.72
>1 healthy
Employees
56
HQ
Princeton, NJ, United States
Data: Yahoo Finance (yfinance)|Updated: Oct 24, 2026 11:38

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