Federal Realty Investment Trust: Not Recovered Yet

Summary

  • Federal Realty Investment Trust has shown signs of improvement since the pandemic, with plunging net debt/EBITDA and improved payout fraction of Funds From Operations.
  • The company has many positive attributes including an ability to grow cash earnings modestly without issuing stock.
  • However, FRT will not return to significant dividend growth until they get the payout ratio on Funds Available for Distribution down.
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I last wrote an article focused on Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE:FRT) about a year ago. At the time it seemed likely to be a couple years or more before it would make sense to do

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