Curating Best-in-Class Portfolio
Investment Strategy Illustration: Returns Must Exceed Long-Term WACC
WACC viewpoint balances near-term earnings per share growth with long-term value accretion
LONG-TERM
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
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Drives investment decision-
making at the property level
Considers required "growth"
component of equity returns
Long-term WACC is the hurdle rate
for acquisitions
Focus on higher long-term
IRR discourages risk-taking
KEY ASSUMPTIONS & CALCULATION:
LONG-TERM COST OF EQUITY
Beta vs. S&P 500 (since S&P 500 Index Inclusion on 4/6/15)(1)
Long-term 10-year U.S. yield (Fitted Instantaneous Forward Rate)(1)
Equity market risk premium (S&P 500 Earnings Yield vs 10Y UST) (1)
Long-Term Cost of Equity (CAPM methodology)
6.2% LONG-TERM WACC
REALTY INCOME
0.81
3.4%
KEY ASSUMPTIONS & CALCULATION:
3.5%
65% Weight: Long-Term Cost of Equity
7.2%
Dividend yield
4.1%
Assumed long-term dividend growth rate
4.0%
35% Weight: Cost of Debt (unsecured, 10Y, fixed) 4.1%
Long-Term WACC
6.1%
Long-Term Cost of Equity (Yield + Growth methodology)
Long-Term Cost of Equity (Average of two methodologies)
8.1%
7.2%
SHORT-TERM
"Nominal 1st-Year Weighted
Average Cost of Capital
Used to measure initial
(year one) earnings accretion
KEY ASSUMPTIONS & CALCULATION:
NOMINAL 1ST-YEAR WACC
60% Equity: AFFO Yield (1)
5.5%
Higher stock price (lower cost)
33% Debt: unsecured, 10-year, fixed
4.1%
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supports faster growth
Spread on short-term WACC
required to generate accretion
7% Retained Free Cash Flow
0%
LOW NOMINAL WACC
supports ability to spread
invest in high-quality real
estate opportunities
LONG-TERM WACC
considers growth requirements
of equity and supports focus on
residual value of acquisitions
Nominal 1st-Year WACC
4.7%
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Unwilling to sacrifice quality to
generate wider spreads
Note: Realty Income's cost of capital information uses illustrative assumptions only (as of 7/26/2022). Actual results and calculations may vary materially from these illustrative calculations. AFFO yield is based on the NTM AFFO/sh consensus. Cost of debt is based on a mix of USD-denominated,
GBP-denominated, and EUR-denominated debt.
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(1) Source: Bloomberg.View entire presentation